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Opus Fund Services: Best Hedgefund Administrator for Start-Up and Emerging Funds – Championing growth and development both internally and externally, Opus is making big moves to close out 2019 and head into the coming year with vigour.
Opus’ expansion of operations into Enniscorthy, County Wexford in Ireland and their acquisition of the fund administration unit of Advanced Fund Administration (AFA) are just two samples of exciting developments within the firm.
Opus’ Irish expansion, following their authorisation from the Central Bank of Ireland, will lead to the creation of 100 new jobs over five years. Commenting on the expansion of its Irish
Viteos: Best Shadow Accounting Firm – The investment book of record (IBOR) a crucial component for a hedge fund manager, is facing a number of challenges as managers search for alpha. Shankar Iyer (pictured), chief solutions officer at Viteos, explains how innovation is helping hedge funds alleviate some of these pressures.
“We are bringing expertise and tools that eventually drive towards providing better insights. For example, we carried out a pilot for a hedge fund where we took all of their trades for a past period and analysed the cost of placing them through the most optimally priced broker versus the
Anchin, Block & Anchin: Best Accounting Firm for Start-Up Funds – Start-up hedge funds should adopt best practices at the onset as this will help set them up for long-term success. Accounting firm Anchin, Block & Anchin focuses on supporting these nascent businesses and guides them through the process of setting themselves up for growth.
“Many of the funds we are engaged by are not initially subject to SEC registration as they’re below the $50m registration threshold. But we always advise them that if you want a viable business for the long-term, and not stay a US50 – USD75 million fund, you
Imagine Software: Best Risk Management Software Firm – Imagine Software has a 26-year track record for transforming challenges into opportunities for growth and development. Over the past few years, Imagine re-architected its award-winning risk engine and introduced massive parallelisation across a server farm so that it can now handle extremely large, if not limitless, volumes of positions and trades in real time.
“Our new product, Real-Time Risk & Compliance (RRC), was created for FCM’s, prime brokers and large asset managers that require “trading desk analytics” across all of their client positions,” said CEO and Co-Founder of Imagine, Dr Lance Smith (pictured).
Investcorp: Best Seeding Platform – Amidst various economic and geopolitical uncertainties, Investcorp has made significant progress executing its growth and diversification strategy. In the last year, the global alternative asset manager entered new geographies, strengthened its presence in adjacent asset classes, expanded its institutional client base and launched new lines of businesses. This was executed while embracing a culture of best practices supported by a strong alignment of interests that includes sharing in the risks and rewards with the firm’s clients, a long hallmark of Investcorp’s success.
The firm grew both AUM and profitability with AUM reaching a record $28.2 billion,
Eze Castle Integration: Best Cloud Services – Cloud technology and security risks continue to evolve and Eze Castle Integration is working incessantly to develop solutions to empower and protect their investment management clients in the face of this evolution.
Eze Castle Integration is a managed service provider focused on the hedge fund and alternative investment industry. The firm is global in nature and support its 650 clients across the US, HK, Singapore and London.
Mary Beth Hamilton, Vice President of Global Marketing, explains how the firm has seen the market evolve from a private cloud approach to greater interest being
Regulatory technology company, Evidology Systems, is launching a new service which combines real-time specialist legal opinion with principles-based regulations compliance software.
QED (Quality and Evidence Driven), which Evidology describes as a second-generation solution, aims to simplify and optimise the process of demonstrating compliance to a regulation or conformance to a standard. This visual system utilises current legal opinion to allow organisations of any size to demonstrate compliance at all times with increasingly-complex regulations, including GDPR, FRTB, SMCR, ISO 27001 and PSD2.
Rupert Brown, CTO of Evidology Systems, says: “Principles-based regulations are a guessing game for many financial institutions, because
Harneys: Best Offshore Law Firm – Laws in several financial jurisdictions, such as Luxembourg, BVI, Cayman Islands and Cyprus, are constantly changing. To ensure law firms uphold best practice at all times they require a combination of a strong team, robust communication, systems and practices. In addition, crucial investment in technology can help enhance a firm’s service offering further.
“This year we’ve seen more changes than ever before. The pace and ferocity with which new legislation is coming is unlikely to change any time soon,” comments Ian Gobin, joint global head of our Investment Funds and Regulatory at Harneys, “It’s our job
DMS Governance: Best Offshore Regulatory & Compliance Firm – In today’s ever-changing regulatory environment, asset managers can expect existing and upcoming product ranges to be affected by new regulation. DMS Governance supports its clients through a governance, risk and compliance framework to prepare them for any upcoming changes.
“We aim to help clients implement any regulatory change before it becomes a challenge,” explains Matthew Brown, Managing Director, DMS Governance. “A relevant and recent example of this in practice would be the implementation of the updated anti money laundering legislation in the Cayman Islands. DMS provides AML officer solutions that our clients
Constellation Advisers: Best Regulatory Advisory & Compliance Firm – Hedge funds continue to face increasing demands by institutional investors. Delegating key, non-investment related functions to experienced outsourced partners, can see funds of all sizes optimise and streamline their operations.
Constellation Advisers can support all non-investment functions of an organisation in a more cost-effective manner. This provides clients with better efficiencies and additional bandwidth while keeping their needs at the forefront of the service.
“We have a “client first” approach and will continue to keep that at the forefront as we deliver high touch support and strategic advice to our clients. Our
