The growth of the global hedge fund industry over the past decade to a size variously estimated at between USD1.7trn and USD2.5trn has helped Dublin to become the world’s biggest centre for hedge f

Over the course of this decade several big banks have entered the hedge fund administration market by snapping up independent firms.

With hedge fund industry assets now standing at more than USD1.5trn, at least half of which is in funds of hedge funds, Bank of Ireland Securities Services has a positive outlook for the fund of fu

Ireland’s continuing growth as a servicing centre for hedge funds is being driven by the desire of managers to have their funds serviced by blue-chip administrators with strong balance sheets, indu

Ireland’s continuing growth as a servicing centre for hedge funds is being driven by the desire of managers to have their funds serviced by blue-chip administrators with strong balance sheets, indu

In a market such as Dublin, where more than 60 administration firms are serving the hedge fund industry, firms need to articulate clearly to potential clients their business philosophy and what set

The efforts of the Irish authorities to persuade hedge fund managers to domicile their funds in the jurisdiction are starting to bear fruit, with the launch of a new expedited approval process for Qualified Investor Funds earlier this year removing one of the previous constraints on the growth of Irish-domiciled funds, a sometimes lengthy wait for a fund to receive authorisation. Under the new regime for ‘super-QIFs’, as they have been dubbed by the industry, much of the work involved in obtaining approval work is in fact carried out by the fund’s lawyers and service providers, who review documentation, complete