Mellon Financial Corp. announced Monday that its global securities services group has been named master custodian for the $1.8 billion Florida Retirement System Public Employees Optional Retirement Program.
Mellon is to supply global custody, performance measurement, and analytics for the program, which is overseen by Florida's State Board of Administration.
The participant-directed program can be selected by employees in lieu of participating in the state's $115 billion pension plan, for which Mellon also is master custodian. Florida has the nation's fourth-largest public retirement system.
Pittsburgh-based Mellon has about $4.7 trillion of assets under management, administration, or custody, including $781 billion under management.










