It’s been a positive year for SunGard’s hedge fund business, which secured a number of large new customers including Industry Funds Management (IFM) in Australia. Two of the primary drivers behind this success are the continued popularity of VPM, the company’s portfolio accounting and reporting system, and Hedge360, a modular, integrated platform that launched 18 months ago. VPM and other solutions within the SunGard suite are able to integrate seamlessly into Hedge360, which gives hedge fund managers a complete front to back office solution. With respect to VPM, SunGard has focused closely in recent years on enhancing its capabilities in

CurAlea Associates LLC has been named the Best Risk Management Software Firm for the second consecutive year. The Hedgeweek USA Awards recognise excellence among hedge fund managers and service providers around the world as determined by the votes of Hedgeweek’s 41,000 subscribers. Princeton, New Jersey-based CurAlea Associates LLC was established in 2010 by Seb Calabro and Peter Ort (pictured) to provide risk advisory services to hedge funds and other buyside clients.  The firm delivers high touch, high value-added services to clients via quantitative portfolio risk analyses and qualitative interpretations of portfolio risk.  CurAlea’s hedge fund clients are principally fundamental equity long/short managers and have

Founded by hedge fund titan Julian Robertson in 1980, Tiger Management LLC became one of the most successful and lauded hedge funds. At its peak in 1998, Tiger Management was running USD22billion in assets. In 2000, Robertson decided to take a step back and return money to external investors. Tiger Management LLC took the form that continues to this day, primarily as an investor and seeder of other hedge funds. Gill Caffray re-joined Tiger Management LLC as chief investment officer in 2011. In addition to Caffray, Robertson’s son, Alex Robertson, became president and COO of Tiger Management LLC this January,

Lyxor’s Managed Account Platform is the industry’s largest individual commingled managed account platform. With over 100 managers running a diverse range of hedge fund strategies, the Lyxor MAP is committed to providing its investors – fund-of-funds, pension funds, insurance companies, private banks – with access to a universe of best-in-class talent.  Total AuM on the single managed account business is approximately USD11billion (as of end 2012). Approximately two thirds of the managers on the platform are headquartered in the US, and thanks to the market leader reputation Lyxor has built over the 15 years of its MAP history, it is

The market rally in 2013 hasn’t necessarily translated into significant trade volumes among hedge fund managers. This is primarily due to the fact that the market’s one-directional, low volatility performance is less fundamentally driven and more fuelled by central bank action; something that hedge fund managers, especially fundamental equity shops, really do not enjoy. For clients of Concept Capital, one of North America’s leading introducing brokers, things are no different. As one of the principals of Concept Capital, Jack Seibald, explains: “The overwhelming topic of conversation continues to be whether the Fed and other central banks will continue to buy

Since it opened its doors in 2006, Opus has become one of the industry’s leading independent and privately owned full service fund administrators, providing a solid technology framework to deliver automated, middle and back office support to asset managers across the globe. This is nicely summed up in the firm’s strap line: One Platform. One Process. One Price. One Solution. Earlier this year, the firm, which already has offices in Bermuda, Chicago, Naperville and San Francisco, announced the opening of a New York office to focus, primarily, on business development. Heading up the office is Jorge Hendrickson (pictured), Director of

It’s been a great year for independently owned Meridian Fund Services. The announcement of being voted Best Offshore Hedge Fund Administrator in this year’s Hedgeweek US Awards, which took place in New York on Thursday 6 June 2013, comes on the back of also winning the European award back in March this year. At present, Meridian administrates approximately USD14billion in assets. It services 85 clients across 216 funds, which collectively have more than 5,650 separate investors. And while Meridian’s CEO, Tom Davis (pictured), says that the pipeline for new fund establishment in Bermuda and Cayman is looking good, he confirms

The consolidation of Admiral Administration into the Maitland Group last October has proven to be a winning formula according to Canover Watson, Managing Director at Admiral (which has retained its name). Following the industry collapse of 2008, it was important for Admiral to have more ballast in the market to appeal more readily to established managers and their institutional investors. “Being able to show that we’re part of a group with USD165billion in total assets is a clear benefit. “It has also been of benefit to Maitland, who are leaders in the long-only space of fund administration. That they now