Glossary · Custody and data
Repapering is having clients re-execute account documents, typically because assets are moving to a different custodian.
It is the single most disruptive part of a platform transition from the client's point of view, and the main reason firms delay changes they know they should make.
A move that keeps assets at the existing custodian avoids it entirely.
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