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Maitland, the global advisory and fund services firm, has been voted Best European Hedge Fund Administrator at the Hedgeweek Awards for 2015, held in London last week.
Maitland offers independent third-party fund administration globally across all fund types and investment styles, with a focus on institutional asset managers, pension funds and hedge & private equity funds. It acts as an integrator of best of breed technology to provide automated front, middle and back-office administration services to clients. Through a unique combination of fund, legal and corporate services, Maitland is able to devise solutions such as its comprehensive FATCA services and
Prescient Fund Services, the fund administration business in the Prescient Group, has added global execution services to its offering.
Craig Mockford, Head of Prescient Fund Services, says: “Our global execution services include a single buy-side point of contact with brokers for access to global equities, derivatives, and foreign exchange markets.
“By handing over the dealing function, fund managers can focus on analysis.”
Established in 2010, Prescient Fund Services (PFS) is wholly-owned by JSE-listed Prescient Limited and offers specialist outsourced administration services to asset managers, multi-managers and other institutional investors. Services include segregated portfolio administration, unitisation, daily pricing and
Opus Fund Services has been voted the Best North American Hedge Fund Administrator by readers of Hedgeweek, one of the hedge fund industry’s leading publications.
Hedgeweek canvassed the views of readers, to assess the best hedge fund performers and service providers. The winners are determined on a 'peer review system' whereby institutional and high net worth investors as well as managers and other industry professionals such as prime brokers, custodians and advisers elect a 'best in class'.
The award was announced at a ceremony in London’s Mayfair district. Jorge Hendrickson, Opus SVP commented “To win Best North American Hedge Fund
Dominic Wheatley (pictured), Chief Executive of Guernsey Finance, explains why issues of substance are driving up interest among fund managers in the potential upside of relocating to Guernsey.
During the last year we have seen increased interest among fund managers in the potential upside of relocating operations to Guernsey. A contributing catalyst has been the introduction of the Alternative Investment Fund Managers Directive (AIFMD), including the end of the transitional provisions in jurisdictions such as the UK.
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AIFMD has introduced some potentially onerous requirements but managers can put themselves out of scope by establishing their funds in non-EU jurisdictions, such
Prosek has been named Best North American Public Relations Company in the annual Hedgeweek Global Awards.
The Hedgeweek Awards recognise the best hedge fund managers and service providers around the world. Winners are determined by votes from Hedgeweek’s more than 40,000 subscribers. The award was received by Andrew Waterworth, the head of Prosek's UK office at a ceremony in London on 27 February.
"We thank our clients and the readers of Hedgeweek for this remarkable award," says Jennifer Prosek, CEO, Prosek Partners. "It is an honour to be recognised by the industry for our work in building and protecting the
London-based alternative investment manager Astellon Capital Partners has selected the Eze Private Cloud for all of its IT needs.
Established in 2011, Astellon focuses on European event-driven value-investing with a particular focus on German-speaking countries.
Davi Vieira, head of operations at Astellon Capital Partners, says: "Our move to the Eze Private Cloud was born out of the need to have a secure, reliable and institutional-grade IT platform that matches our focus on implementing strong financial, operational and infrastructure controls. Eze Castle Integration is the driving force behind the adoption of cloud services in the hedge fund industry and the optimal
Capita Asset Services has extended its range of services for UCITS and alternative investment funds with the introduction of fully automated Annex IV reporting to both the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) and the Central Bank of Ireland.
Capita currently provides services to around 50 funds across the UK and Ireland. The development of the Annex IV report has been a complex process requiring extensive data extraction and analysis. As a result Capita is able to provide an automated and verified population of 100% of the Annex IV schema, without any dependence on additional information from portfolio managers.
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Concept Capital Markets has been named Best North American Prime Broker by Hedgeweek Global Awards in its 2015 reader nominated survey.
The awards, announced in London, are based on a peer review system whereby Hedgeweek’s readers, including institutional and high net worth investors, hedge fund managers, and other industry professionals at fund administrators, prime brokers, custodians, and advisers, are invited to elect a “best in class” in a series of categories via an online survey. The full awards results may be viewed here.
“We are honoured to receive this award for the second consecutive year and are grateful to
Ancoa has been selected to provide the first real-time market and trade surveillance platform for monitoring bitcoin options trading on LedgerX.
Using the Ancoa platform, LedgerX will be able to instantaneously identify and investigate manipulative behaviors and suspicious trading practices on its own exchange, across other derivatives exchanges and across the multitude of bitcoin spot markets.
Ancoa, the London-based provider of contextual surveillance and insightful analytics for exchanges, regulators and buy and sell-side firms, helps financial services firms take full control of their regulatory, reputational and operational risks across markets, functions and asset classes. Ancoa’s independent and real-time approach to monitoring,
Quantitative analytics firm Trade Informatics has launched TI Fact, a routing analysis technology that eliminates the agency information advantage, thereby levelling the field for buy-side institutions and asset managers.
TI Fact provides millisecond analysis, assisting clients in spotting and reacting to predatory market practices.
TI Fact is Trade Informatics’ latest development in a proprietary suite of analytics designed to deliver actionable results. Trade Informatics has saved clients billions of dollars in transaction costs. Via Trade Informatics’ revolutionary framework, asset managers can hyper-measure, evaluate and analyze their trading history to identify deficiencies and take corrective action, driving implementation shortfall lower.
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