Joins as Head of Investment Solutions

LONDON, 26 July 2010 — BNY Mellon Asset Management has announced the appointment of Ryan Rajkumar as Head of Investment Solutions in its UK Wholesale Sales Team.

Reporting to Scott Goodsir, Rajkumar will be responsible primarily for managing client relationships with Life Company Head Offices and rating agencies based in the UK.

Rajkumar joins from Quercus Investments, a third party investment fund sales operation which he established in February 2009. Prior to setting up Quercus, Rajkumar was a Sales Director at Fidelity International from October 2007 to January 2009. Other positions held during a career that spans more than 17 years in the asset management industry include Investment Sales Director at Scottish Widows Investment Partnership.

Scott Goodsir, Managing Director of UK Wholesale, comments: “Ryan’s wealth of asset management sales and investment experience will deepen further our existing skill base, enabling us to continue to provide superior solutions to our clients.”

BNY Mellon is a global financial services company focused on helping clients manage and service their financial assets, operating in 36 countries and serving more than 100 markets. BNY Mellon is a leading provider of financial services for institutions, corporations and high-net-worth individuals, providing superior asset management and wealth management, asset servicing, issuer services, clearing services and treasury services through a worldwide client-focused team. It has $21.8 trillion in assets under custody and administration and $1.0 trillion in assets under management, services $11.6 trillion in outstanding debt and processes global payments averaging $1.5 trillion per day. BNY Mellon is the corporate brand of The Bank of New York Mellon Corporation. Additional information is available at www.bnymellon.com.