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SS&C GlobeOp, a division of SS&C Technologies, one of the world's largest fund administrators, has a clear strategic vision of what it takes to be a successful player in the fund administration space.  One key ingredient is the ability to accumulate a deep pool of talent, both organically and through acquisitions.  "Last year we acquired Citi's Alternative Investor Services business, which comprised both a hedge fund group and a private equity group," says Rahul Kanwar (pictured), Head of SS&C GlobeOp. "For us, this was primarily a talent play. The acquisition gave us 1,400 people with significant expertise in the fund
Supporting more than 400 investment management firms and thousands of global users, it's easy to recognise the impact the Eze Private Cloud platform has made in recent years – perhaps best solidified with recognition as Hedgeweek's Best Global Cloud Service Provider in 2017.  Discussing what makes Eze Castle Integration's premier cloud platform stand out from the competition, Mary Beth Hamilton, Vice President of Marketing, says that it comes down to a couple of key factors.  "One is the core infrastructure and the ECI Link network we've built and continued to make investments in, adding new features and capabilities to support
London-based One Ten Associates is a specialist recruitment firm set up by Founding Partner, Mush Ali (pictured), in 2011 to service the non-investment hiring needs of the hedge fund and private equity sector. Mush is a qualified accountant who previously worked at KPMG and General Electric before switching to recruitment in 2004. One Ten Associates has grown its reputation by blending technical expertise in the alternatives sector with an established candidate network across the private equity, hedge fund, asset management, real estate, infrastructure and service provider sectors. "We do not recruit for front-office investment roles. We focus entirely on non-investment roles
Harneys operates through 14 international locations and its global funds practice advises on all aspects of offshore investment funds, establishment, maintenance and restructuring both in distressed and planned scenarios.  The firm's investment funds practice has continued to grow, particularly in Cayman, where Harneys has rapidly closed the gap between it and other firms in the jurisdiction through a number of key hires, including Appleby's former global head of investment funds, Ian Gobin (pictured), who joined at the start of 2016 along with team members Matt Taber (partner), Jonathan Bernstein (senior associate) and several other key executives including Cayman head of business
Twelve-years old CitySavvy specialises in creating communications programmes for asset management sector firms and financial institutions. "Our core expertise is international media relations programmes and profile raising for clients via thought leadership, engagement with business and media outlets, conference participation and so on," comments Henrietta Hirst, Managing Director of CitySavvy.  "We also do issues management and response, reputation management, fund launches and investor marketing, which we have been very busy with over the last 12 months. This includes production of pitch books, fund factsheets, and helping clients prepare ahead of investor roadshows." CitySavvy has a wide range of clients that
Established in 2013, New York-based Wavelength Capital Management is an independent investment management firm specialising in liquid, transparent, and cost-effective investment solutions designed to preserve assets and produce returns in any economic environment.  "We focus on research-driven, insights powered by technology," says Mark Landis (pictured), who co-founded Wavelength with Andrew Dassori. "We invest using a systematic approach that applies quantitative tools to process fundamental economic and market information. We seek to empower our clients through transparency in what we do, sharing our thought leadership, and our mission is to deliver the best balance of risk and return for their financial
ACA Aponix, a division of ACA Compliance Group, provides financial services firms with a 360-degree, independent approach to technology risk and governance. The ACA Aponix team conducts comprehensive risk assessments to help fund managers identify potential gaps and vulnerabilities in their information security framework in order to mitigate associated risks to their business.  At a high level, the ACA Aponix product offering involves performing risk assessments, mock audits, vendor due diligence, network penetration testing (both internal and external), training (which includes phishing exercises), tabletop exercises, and helping clients produce a Written Information Security Programme (WISP).  Vendor risk is one of the biggest concerns of
Cowen Prime Services LLC continues to attract established institutional-quality hedge fund managers as well as start-ups and emerging managers. This is thanks to its ability to provide managers with the financial stability of a large bank as the counterparty in tandem with a service offering that provides tailored solutions.  Cowen Prime’s clients can choose to use outsourced middle-and back-office support as well as outsourced trading to limit their infrastructure spend, and when one factors in that all the usual prime brokerage services – trade execution and clearing, securities lending, financing, research and capital introduction – are also part of the
DMS Governance Ltd (DMS) is the worldwide leader in fund governance with more than 225 professionals representing leading investment funds with assets under management exceeding USD330 billion.  DMS delivers high quality Fund Governance, International Tax Compliance, AIFMD, UCITS, MiFID, Banking, Custody, Trust, Corporate and Outsourcing solutions across a diverse range of investment fund structures and strategies.  "We've just had our third anniversary as a management company in Europe. We've been fully authorised as an AIFM and a UCITS management company since 2014 and we've enjoyed core growth in that business, with a good mix of client names and a corresponding
Hathersage Capital Management LLC is a discretionary global macro investment manager founded in 1991. The firm is a foreign exchange specialist, expressing its global macro views strictly in G10 currencies, using interbank spot, forwards and vanilla options.  The portfolio management team at Hathersage has a wealth of experience in the foreign exchange markets. Members of the team have been managing substantial FX-only portfolios for more than three decades. The team combines that experience with its knowledge of options pricing and options trading in structuring a portfolio of directional exposures based upon fundamental macroeconomic analysis.  In today's marketplace, investors have begun to

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