Fund of hedge funds technology supplier Comada has appointed Chandra Arandjelovic to the newly-created position of chief operating officer.
Fund of hedge funds technology supplier Comada has appointed Chandra Arandjelovic to the newly-created position of chief operating officer. Prior to joining Comada, Arandjelovic was a senior vice president at HSBC Alternative Fund Services in Bermuda.
She has been working within the sphere of alternative fund operations for 20 years, and in her role at HSBC was responsible for delivering fund administration services to hedge funds worth over USD 30 billion.
Arandjelovic brings to Comada her experience in applying investment technology using pioneering vendor systems that are now widely adopted within the hedge funds industry. Comada states, ‘This makes her ideally suited to helping to oversee the ongoing roll-out of Comada’s own suite of technology applications within the alternative investment industry.
Based in Comada’s Bermuda office, Arandjelovic will report to Comada co-founder Dave Shastri. The Bermuda office is already serving as the company’s global base for funds of funds customers, and Shastri said it was important that Comada could demonstrate depth and experience within the COO’s role.
‘Bermuda provides an excellent base for Comada as a significant number of groups that handle hedge fund investments are based here, including funds of funds, insurance companies, endowments and administrators,’ says Shastri.
A long-term resident of Bermuda, Arandjelovic worked in the insurance sector before joining the then Bank of Bermuda, subsequently acquired by HSBC. Amongst the leading technology applications she helped to implement was Advent’s Geneva and she played a significant role in defining this application’s use in the HSBC environment as they were the pioneer administrator on the platform.
Shastri adds. ‘Chan has the right level of experience with these groups, scaling operations and technology from boutique to institutional platforms, and this will be invaluable to our clients as we roll out our core M·A·T·share software.’
M·A·T·share is Comada’s trade and portfolio management application, designed specifically for funds of hedge funds. It helps managers to track trades into and out of underlying funds, as well as maintaining detailed records on the funds they are invested with, or are currently tracking. It can also be more widely used by other habitual investors in hedge funds, for example private banks or family offices.
