With over 1,500 employees in international locations, over 250 employees and 40 partners dedicated to the financial services practice, EisnerAmper LLP has the breadth to handle global engagements and provide comprehensive guidance and support to its roster of hedge fund clients.  Over the years, EisnerAmper has forged a reputation in the US market for delivering proactive, responsive, high quality service. Now, with the opening of its inaugural European office in London this year, EisnerAmper is actively winning new UK clients and raising its profile. The office is headed up by Robert Mirsky whose focus is to grow the business across

There are many things to consider when looking to establish a ’40 Act registered fund, especially for hedge fund managers who have typically operated in a private fund environment. But as more investors seek out liquid alternatives in order to gain efficient access to strategies such as global macro, both alternative and traditional fund managers are becoming more active in the ’40 Act space. Key to success in this area is partnering with an expert fund administrator with a track record of supporting a wide range of registered products. For over 30 years Gemini has been creating and servicing mutual

New York-headquartered Imagine Software has long been viewed as one of the financial industry’s leading real-time portfolio, risk management and regulatory systems.  Founded in 1993 and still privately owned and run by Scott Sherman, Steven Harrison, Dr Lance Smith (pictured) and David Miller, Imagine supports the industry’s blue-chip hedge fund managers, fund-of-funds, pension plans, money managers, asset managers – and the major banks and brokerages. Imagine was the first to offer a cloud-based ASP solution to the industry in 1999. It currently handles USD5 trillion in risk-managed client assets.  “Our ‘traditional’ ASP sales have remained steady, and we have seen

As the worldwide leader in fund governance, risk and compliance, DMS Governance (DMS) excels in delivering high-quality Fund Governance, Risk and Compliance services across a diverse range of investment fund structures and strategies. It represents leading investment firms with assets under management exceeding USD350 billion and for the 4th consecutive year it has been awarded Best Offshore Regulatory Advisory Firm by Hedgeweek. The Hedgeweek Awards recognise excellence among hedge fund managers and service providers around the world.  The key to its continued success and high client demand is, says Daniel Forbes, Executive Director, DMS Governance (New York). “We’ve been in the industry for 18

With a staff of more than 350 and numerous specialised industry and service teams, Anchin Block & Anchin LLP is a full-service accounting, tax and advisory firm that provides investment companies, privately held businesses, and high net worth individuals/family offices with a wide range of traditional and non-traditional services.  “I was counting on 2018 being a banner year for hedge funds because what the market had been missing for so long was volatility and clearly there’s been a significant amount of it this year,” says Jeffrey Rosenthal, CPA, CGMA, is Partner–in-Charge of Anchin’s Financial Services Practice.  “One of the shortcomings

SS&C Advent, a business unit within SS&C Technologies Holding Inc (SSNC: NASDAQ), provides software and software-enabled services to the global financial services industry. SS&C Advent’s selection of software and rapidly deployable software-enabled services allows its clients to automate and integrate front-office functions such as trading and modelling. In the middle-office, these functions extend to portfolio, collateral and FX management and reporting, while in the back-office, they include accounting, performance measurement and reconciliation. “Our solutions enable clients to focus on core operations, better monitor and manage investment performance and risk, improve operating efficiency, and reduce operating costs,” comments Katherine Pearce, Vice President,

Opus Fund Services has enjoyed a number of milestones over the last 12 months. Chief among these were a rapid expansion of its Asian operations, which has helped to significantly improve the timing of daily deliverables. Also the introduction of a range of new technology developments, with a specific focus on evolving its smart technology capabilities. Opus has continued the expansion of its sales team to meet increased demand for its services. “Our Irish offices have been an integral part of our 24-hour service offering. Dublin is a key link between our Asian and US operations functions,” comments CEO Robin

The Horseshoe Group was established in 2005 and is an independent financial services company dedicated to both the alternative fund and insurance linked security (“ILS”) market. Horseshoe Group has in excess of USD25 billion of assets under administration and is widely regarded as Bermuda’s leading ILS fund administrator. Horseshoe has operational offices in Bermuda, Cayman Islands, Charlotte (North Carolina), Gibraltar and most recently opened an office in London. “2018 has been another exciting year of growth for Horseshoe across our fund and insurance administration divisions,” comments Brian Desmond, CSO and EVP Head of Fund Services at Horseshoe Group. “Once again we

FIS is a global financial services technology company, with a focus on technology, consulting and outsourcing solutions. FIS serves more than 20,000 clients in over 130 countries and employs more than 55,000 people worldwide. It is a Fortune 500 company and is a member of Standard & Poor’s 500 Index.  The FIS Investment Operations suite is designed specifically for alternative investment managers to support middle and back office functionality to enable the precise tracking of fund performance with a comprehensive general ledger for reporting. Moreover, the system empowers fund administrators to better help their end clients achieve their goals in an

Olga Chernova is founder and CIO of Sancus Capital Management, a credit manager with offices in New York and Los Angeles that she founded in 2009 after a distinguished trading career with JPM, Dillon Read and Goldman Sachs. The firm specialises in investing in complexity premiums through structured products, such as CLOs and synthetic tranches. Sancus runs two hedge fund vehicles (multi-strategy credit and CLO equity). The multi-strategy credit fund combines various credit instruments to generate option-like payoffs with limited downside. The fund provides largely floating rate exposure, which produces low correlation with other classic long/short credit managers, mutual funds,