U.S. Bancorp Fund Services LLC (USBFS) is finalising two significant integrations: AIS Fund Administration, which it acquired in 2012; and Dublin-based Quintillion Ltd, acquired in 2013. The two transactions combined added approximately USD43 billion in AuA to their existing business
By Chris Kundro, Senior Vice President, Head of Wells Fargo Global Fund Services – There should be little surprise regarding the on-going trend of bank-owned hedge fund administration businesses being sold or put up for sale. There should be even
BNY Mellon is a prominent investment company in the financial industry. It has a market capitalisation of USD45 billion and is one of the world’s largest investment managers with USD1.7 trillion in AUM. More specifically, BNY Mellon is best known
There are plenty of push and pull factors influencing hedge fund administrators but whilst there are those who are getting distracted by M&A activity, one administrator that is taking advantage of the situation to win new business is Opus Fund
According to Mark Hedderman (pictured), CEO of Custom House Fund Services, the hedge fund administration industry needs a moment to reflect and think long and hard about what the preferred model to conduct hedge fund administration should be. It’s time to
According to a report produced last August by PwC entitled ‘Hedge Fund Administration – The quest for profitable growth’, there have been 27 HFA acquisitions since 2006, with 11 of those targets running USD20 billion or more in AuA. As
Technologists are responding rapidly to the operational demands of hedge fund managers as COOs and CCOs search for greater simplicity in an increasingly complex business environment. Compliance and regulatory demands are manifold. As such, managers need the confidence, and, importantly,
With institutional dollars now dominating the hedge fund industry, managers are facing far more stringent operational due diligence assessments. Pension funds and endowments are hiring dedicated ODD teams simply to go in and find reasons not to invest in managers.
“The major changes we see are in demands for access to data and demands for accuracy. Our clients want to see data more in real-time, anytime, anywhere. There is a lot more information that has to be managed and accuracy
With cyber risks increasing year-on-year, and regulators such as the Securities and Exchange Commission (`SEC') taking an increasingly prominent role in assessing the preparedness of broker-dealers and registered investment advisors, establishing cybersecurity best practices is not only useful; it's a
