Custodian
Perpetual Trustee Company Ltd has provided custodial services to Richmond Mortgage Fund since 2001.
Perpetual Trustee Company Ltd is a subsidiary of Perpetual Ltd who are a diversified financial group offering a broad range of financial products and services throughout Australia.
Perpetual Ltd are an ASX Top 100 company with a market capitalisation of approximately AUD $2.0 billion. Funds under management as at 31 December 2010 was A$27 billion and funds under administration was A$209 billion.
The Custodian's Role
As custodian, Perpetual Trustee Company Ltd undertake the following roles for Richmond Mortgage Fund:
Asset Custody
- Legal ownership of scheme assets
- Transacting and recording all movements of scheme assets.
- Holding and recording all title documentation in secure, scheme segregated facilities.
- Arranging the execution of documents in accordance with instructions from the Responsible Entity.
Financial Custody
- Holding and recording all investments in scheme identifiable bank accounts.
- Receipt of all scheme income.
- Various reporting including Asset Holding Report, Custodian Compliance Report.
Please refer to the Product Disclosure Statements of Richmond Mortgage Fund for more information regarding Perpetual's role

