The Lyxor Managed Account Platform currently supports more than 100 managed accounts totalling more than USD10bn in assets under management and is today the world’s largest such platform. It offers an unrivalled range of alternative strategies that replicate some of the best-performing hedge funds in the industry. Recognising the importance that its investors now places on transparency, liquidity and rigorous risk management, Lyxor’s dedicated team of more than 40 investment professionals is able to provide them with one of the industry’s most advanced managed account models. Innovation is critical to Lyxor MAP’s success and allows it to provide diversification, one

Linedata is a global solutions provider serving the investment management and credit community. Headquartered in France, with offices in Europe, North America and Asia, Linedata was established in September 1998. More than 700 clients operating out of 50 countries now count Linedata as a service provider, from global banks and major financial institutions to small asset managers and start-up hedge funds. With respect to its corporate structure, Linedata has a four-person executive board headed by founder and chief executive Anvaraly Jiva, who joined the GSI group, one of Linedata’s three predecessor firms, in 1978. Yves Stucki heads product development and

JP Fund Administration is a Cayman Islands-based fund administrator offering services to asset managers in all styles of alternative investment management. The choice to establish in the Cayman Islands was based on its well-established legal and regulatory framework, which has made it the leading fund jurisdiction for the overwhelming majority of offshore alternative investment fund managers. The Cayman Islands Monetary Authority granted JPFA an unrestricted mutual fund administrator’s licence in November 2008, allowing the company to offer clients a full range of administration services including NAV calculation, fund accounting, transfer agency and share registry services. To meet the demands of

Dr Jon Thorn, a former London-based business journalist who later worked at Drexel Burnham Lambert, is today one of the industry’s longest-serving India-only managers. With more than 16 years’ investing experience, he is an acknowledged expert on India’s economy and capital markets. Since launching the flagship India Capital Fund (initially known as the Indian Smaller Companies Fund) in 1994, Thorn’s India Capital Management has established a solid investment track record in Indian public equities. The firm currently manages around USD500m in assets under management, comprising some USD400m in the India Capital Fund and the remaining USD100m spread across its two

The London-headquartered IMS Group is a leading provider of consulting and integrated business support to the asset management and securities industry. The group’s core service offering is regulatory compliance consulting to UK-regulated financial services firms. IMS supports more than 600 investment businesses, ranging from established global firms to start-ups. Its clients include many of the world’s largest hedge funds, private equity firms, funds of funds, family offices and institutional pension funds. As well as offering ongoing compliance consulting, IMS has offered a complete FSA application project management service since 1997. Its FSA regulatory transactions team is the country’s only dedicated

Netherlands-based seeding platform IMQubator has a simple mission: to deliver high absolute returns to its investors by investing in new, up-and-coming investment managers. The multi-manager fund uses a structure comparable to a joint/shared account. IMQ Investment Management is investment manager, selecting and managing each new addition to IMQubator and actively monitoring them on a weekly basis. “We demand that in their first years of operation new teams establish their business centre on the same office floor as IMQ,” says the firm’s chief executive, Jeroen Tielman (pictured). “This enables us, among other things, to have weekly CIO-to-CIO meetings with emerging managers

Deutsche Bank is a leading global investment bank with a strong private client franchise. A leader in Germany and Europe, the bank is continuously growing in North America, Asia and key emerging markets. With more than 100,000 employees in 74 countries, Deutsche Bank offers unparalleled financial services throughout the world. The bank competes to be the leading global provider of financial solutions, creating lasting value for its clients, shareholders, people and the communities in which it operates. In response to increasing investor demand for alternative Ucits-compliant products, Deutsche Bank decided to launch a Luxembourg-domiciled Ucits III variation of Winton Capital

Dalton Strategic Partnership, established in 2002 by a group of ex-Mercury Asset Management colleagues, is a global investment management firm that manages assets on behalf of institutions, family offices, charities, foundations, private clients and retail investors. This is achieved through the use of specialist equity funds (all named Melchior), global asset allocation portfolios and a private client business. The firm has offices in London, Hong Kong and Mumbai as well as affiliated offices in Tokyo and Toronto. It is owned by its 16 working partners, including founding partners Andrew Dalton and Magnus Spence (pictured), and had USD2bn in assets under

Custom House was established in Ireland in 1989 to provide a broad range of fund services to its clients. The group merged into Equity Trust on September 1, 2008, in effect becoming a joint venture between Equity Trust and the Custom House management. At that time, the holding company Custom House Global Fund Services was established in Malta. The company now has more than 260 employees and subsidiary offices in Chicago, Dublin, Guernsey, Luxembourg, the Netherlands and Singapore. Custom House Singapore first opened its doors in April 2008 and has since grown to more than 60 personnel. The office has

London-based Capital Support was established in 2002 and is still privately owned. With offices located across the capital in Docklands, the City and the West End, the firm currently employs approximately 80 people and considers itself a vertical specialist in financial services technology. It is one of the UK’s leading IT solutions providers to the financial and professional services industry. Capital Support’s team of directors includes Nigel Brooks (pictured) and Dean Foreman, both of whom have extensive experience in the IT industry. By offering a one-stop IT service, Capital Support is able to provide bespoke solutions to its clients, and