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Chris Bekmessian Partner
212-891-4062
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750 Third Avenue
New York NY 10017-2703 USA
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Specialty: Eisner LLP is a full-service accounting and advisory services firm. Our Financial Services Industry Group offers audit, tax and a broad range of advisory services, including strategic planning, regulatory, mergers and acquisitions, and risk management services. We provide these services to our start-up and established hedge funds, including fund of funds, multi-strategy funds, PIPES, and master/feeder structures. We also provide compliance services to offshore funds through our Eisner Cayman office.
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Accounting Firms/US & North America
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FEATURED COMPANY
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Joost Lobler Managing Director
+44 (0) 20 7017 1927
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12A Charterhouse Square
London NA EC1M 6AX United Kingdom
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Specialty: EQUITY Fund Services, a division of the Equity Trust Group, provides a package of mainly operational and administrative services to investment funds. Equity Trust is the worlds leading trust and fiduciary services group supporting high net worth individuals, corporations and intermediaries all over the world. Equity Trust has an extensive global network operating in 30 key jurisdictions in Asia Pacific, Europe, UK, and the Caribbean and the Americas. During the last 15 years, EQUITY Fund Services has built up a client portfolio of around US$16 billion of hedge funds, funds of funds, private equity funds and real estate funds. We offer a suite of services to such funds including fiduciary services, advisory and establishment services, fund administration, accounting, net asset valuations, corporate secretarial, registrar services as well as custody. EQUITY Fund Services has centers of expertise spread across Amsterdam, British Virgin Islands, Cayman Islands, Curacao, Guernsey, Hong Kong, London, Luxembourg, Malaysia and New York, offering a global service. With a dedicated and experienced team of fund administrators, EQUITY Fund Services provides tailored services exceeding your expectations. Please visit our website at www.equityfundservices.com
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Sponsor of the Fall Fund Services Expo and Conference, held October 2, 2008, in NYC.
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Sponsor of the Fund Services Expo and Conference 2008, held June 3, 2008, in NYC.
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Administrators/Europe Offshore US & North America
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FEATURED COMPANY
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Michael Cafaro Director of Commercial Markets
212-763-5532
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220 West 42nd Street
New York NY 10036 USA
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Specialty: EXENET is a vertical services provider of IT optimization and assurance solutions in the alternative investment and legal markets. With years of experience in enterprise financial IT, EXENET specializes in the unique requirements of hedge funds and the alternative investment community. EXENETs highly scalable enterprise-class solutions are delivered and maintained throughout their life cycle by consulting, architecture, design, integration, managed services, and support staff with broad expertise in the areas of collaboration, mobility, contingency, and security. EXENET solutions are provided by a professional services staff and are supported throughout their lifecycle by EXENET Managed Services, delivered through EXENETs enterprise-class, 24x7 Network Operations Center.
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Sponsor of the Fall Fund Services Expo and Conference, held October 2, 2008, in NYC.
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Technology Vendors/Offshore US & North America
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FEATURED COMPANY
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Vinod Paul Managing Director of Service & Business Development
212-954-0600
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529 Fifth Avenue
7th Floor
New York NY 10017 USA
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Specialty: Founded in 1995, Eze Castle Integration (www.eci.com) is a leading provider of technology and IT services to hedge fund and investment firms. More than 500 hedge fund companies managing more than $300 billion in assets rely on Eze Castle Integration to be their single source for strategic IT consulting and support in designing, procuring, deploying and managing their IT and telecommunications infrastructures. Service areas include Startup and Relocation, Outsourced Technology Support, Telecommunications, Business Continuity and Disaster Recovery, Archiving and Internet Service. The company is headquartered in Boston and has offices in Chicago, Los Angeles, New York, Minneapolis, San Francisco, Stamford, and London.
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Sponsor of the The Hedgeworld October 2010 Conference, held October 21, 2010, in NYC.
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Sponsor of the Fall Fund Services Expo and Conference, held October 2, 2008, in NYC.
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Sponsor of the Spring 2009 Fund Services Conference, held June 18, 2009, in NYC.
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Sponsor of the Investor Outlook and Master Classes, held October 2, 2007, in NYC.
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Technology Vendors/US & North America
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FEATURED COMPANY
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James Coughlin Senior Vice President
800-988-4794
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200 Seaport Boulevard
Boston MA 02210 USA
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Specialty: Fidelity Prime Services provides a prime brokerage platform that allows for the optimal execution of your investment strategy. We provide securities lending, execution, financing, reporting, clearance and custody for sophisticated institutional managers, particularly those who utilize long/short strategies in the U.S. equity and fixed-income markets. We pride ourselves on offering extensive securities lending capabilities and a superior client service model in a conflict-free environment. Through our extensive retail and institutional networks we provide internal access to the securities needed for even the most difficult short-selling strategies. A single point of contact representing a highly skilled team supports each of our clients. Our conflict-free standard of conducting agency-only trading ensures that we are your trusted service provider. Your business is our sole priority. Fidelity Prime Services is part of Fidelity Capital Markets Services, a division of National Financial Services LLC, Member NYSE, SIPC. 435301.2.0
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Sponsor of the Fund Services Expo and Conference 2008, held June 3, 2008, in NYC.
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Prime Brokers/US & North America
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FEATURED COMPANY
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Matthew S. Eisenberg Partner
203.325.5084
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177 Broad Street
15th Floor
Stamford CT 06901 USA
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Specialty: Finn Dixon & Herling LLP provides a broad range of legal services to hedge funds and other alternative investment funds. The firm's attorneys have collectively represented hundreds of funds. The firm represents fund managers located in the U.S., Canada, Europe and Asia. Clients (which have assets under management ranging from under $100m to more than $10B) employ a wide variety of fund structures and investment strategies. The firm's fund-related expertise extends to: fund structuring and formation; investment adviser, broker-dealer and CPO/CTA registration and compliance; structuring of specialized fund products (e.g., ERISA funds, insurance-dedicated funds); structuring of seed investment transactions, joint venture transactions and exit strategies; tax matters; and employee compensation and retention matters.
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Attorneys/Lawyers/US & North America
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FEATURED COMPANY
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Jesse Waters Director, Product Sales
212.908.0844
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One State Street Plaza
New York NY 10004 USA
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Specialty: Fitch Solutions, a division of the Fitch Group, focuses on the development of fixed-income products and services, bringing to market a wide range of data, analytical tools and related services. The division is also the distribution channel for Fitch Ratings content. Fitch Solutions product offerings include Fitch Ratings research delivery, risk and performance analytics, surveillance tools, structured finance workflow solutions, and pricing and valuation services. The divisions service offerings include Fitch Training, a specialist training firm for financial professionals, and Advisory Services, which provide customized consulting to help clients better understand their risk. The Fitch Group also includes Fitch Ratings, a global rating agency dedicated to providing the worlds credit markets with independent and prospective credit opinions, and Algorithmics, a leader in enterprise risk management solutions. The Fitch Group is a majority-owned subsidiary of Fimalac, S.A., headquartered in Paris, France. For additional information, please visit www.fitchratings.com; www.algorithmics.com; and www.fimalac.com.
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Sponsor of the Fund Services Expo and Conference 2008, held June 3, 2008, in NYC.
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Information Providers/US & North America
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FEATURED COMPANY
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Michael Secondo Director, Sales & Relationship Management
212-340-5547
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153 E. 53rd Street
27th Floor
New York NY 10022 USA
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Specialty: <p>Complete solutions to traditional and alternative investment funds</p> <p>At Prime Fund Solutions, the part of Fortis Merchant Banking dedicated to servicing the alternative and traditional investment community, we are committed to building strong and lasting relationships within the global investment industry.</p> <p>Focusing on the future needs and opportunities in all type of investment funds, ranging from traditional through hedge funds to funds of hedge funds, we deliver cutting-edge services and invest in state-of-the-art information technology. These services are provided from key locations, supported by representative offices around the globe.</p> <p>Providing a first class package of fund administration, cash management, clearing, custody, securities borrowing & lending, risk management and bridge and leverage finance, we are ready to support our clients challenges.</p>
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Sponsor of the Fall Fund Services Expo and Conference, held October 2, 2008, in NYC.
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Administrators/Offshore US & North America
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FEATURED COMPANY
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Bob Jersey President & CEO
312-566-0741
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440 South LaSalle Street
Suite 2201
Chicago IL 60605 USA
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Specialty: Gar Wood Securities, LLC is a boutique institutional broker-dealer headquartered in Chicago, Illinois and offices in New York and Dallas. Gar Wood services a select group of established and start-up hedge funds, and professional traders by providing them with: Trade Execution Prime Brokerage Structured Products Third Party Marketing Gar Wood clears as an introducing broker through Bear Stearns Securities Corp. This arrangement provides their clients with the best of both worlds; the personal attention provided to them from Gar Wood Securities, LLC and the confidence of having transactions cleared and assets custodied through a well-capitalized organization such as Bear Stearns. The trade desk at Gar Wood is an agency and outsourced trading desk which acts only in the clients best interest. The desk routinely executes trades in listed equities, OTC equities, and listed options. Clients also have a choice between four different trading platforms that provide direct market access to all major markets and ECNs worldwide, and allows trading in equities, options, CFDs, futures and Forex. Additionally, Gar Wood offers algorithmic trading that includes; agency VWAP, guaranteed VWAP, T-VWAP, and Implementation Shortfall or Arrival Price orders. Gar Wood Securities, LLC provides consulting services on leading-edge structured products to hedge funds, fund-of-funds, and investors. Their expertise in alternative investment solutions and innovative risk-management vehicles enables Gar Wood to serve as a full-service broker. Gar Wood assists in all aspects of design, negotiation, pricing and marketing of customized fund-linked products. The goal is to find and arrange the best transactions for their clients. Being a completely independent and bank-agnostic agent, and through extensive relationships Gar Wood Securities, LLC has the ability to leverage their deal flow with banking partners, which allows their clients to secure aggressive terms and favorable pricing. Gar Wood Securities, LLCs third party marketing and capital introductions efforts are designed to assist start-up, emerging, and established hedge fund managers in their mission to build assets under management. Our network of affiliated Third Party Marketers is comprised of seasoned professionals with proven track records of raising alternative assets from fund-of-funds, family offices, private banks, foundations and endowments. Gar Woods value added services also include help in fund formation decisions, selection of service providers, developing business plans, and creating marketing material and presentations.
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Sponsor of the Fund Services Expo and Conference 2008, held June 3, 2008, in NYC.
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Sponsor of the Managed Futures & Commodities Investing Event, held April 22, 2008, in Chicago IL.
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Prime Brokers/US & North America
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FEATURED COMPANY
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Bob Jersey President & CEO
312-566-0741
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440 South LaSalle Street
Suite 2201
Chicago IL 60605 USA
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Specialty: Gar Wood just earned top honors among the mini-prime brokers in the 2010 Global Custodian annual prime brokerage survey, finishing first in 6 of 11 categories. Gar Wood Securities, LLC, is an investment banking firm providing money managers and professional traders with a comprehensive suite of Prime Brokerage Services, including global trade execution and custody, consolidated portfolio reporting and third party marketing. The firm clears through JP Morgan and Penson and trades solely on an agency basis, and provides clients with direct market access to all major global markets and ECNs covering equities, options, and futures. Formed in 2003, the firm has offices in Chicago, Dallas, Mobile, Milwaukee, New York and Vancouver, WA.
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Sponsor of the Fall Fund Services Expo and Conference, held October 2, 2008, in NYC.
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Prime Brokers/Asia Europe Latin America Offshore US & North America
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FEATURED COMPANY
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Eric R. Roper Senior Partner
(212) 752-9700
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101 East 52nd Street
9th Floor
New York NY 10022 USA
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Specialty: The law firm of Gersten, Savage, Kaplowitz, Wolf & Marcus, formed in 1977, is engaged primarily in the areas of financial, securities, commercial, litigation and arbitration matters. We have a particular specialization and expertise in advising clients on the structuring, formation and on going representation of domestic and offshore investment funds, fund of funds, broker-dealers, ERISA entities, CPO's/CTA's and federal or state registered investment advisors. We also counsel clients in the U.S. and offshore on the regulatory and legal aspects of raising, or investing in, capital pools within the public markets and for private equity.
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Attorneys/Lawyers/US & North America
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FEATURED COMPANY
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Cynthia Keveney National Financial Services Director
212-624-5495
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60 Broad Street
New York NY 10004 USA
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Specialty: Grant Thornton LLP has been providing Accounting, Tax and Business Advisory Services to the Financial Services Industry for over 40 years. Through member firms in 110 countries, including 50 offices in the United States, the partners and employees of Grant Thornton member firms provide personalized attention and the highest quality service to public and private clients around the globe. For further information about our practice, please contact our National Financial Services Marketing Director, Cynthia Keveney at (212) 624-5495 or visit our website directly at www.grantthornton.com
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Grant Thornton has been providing Accounting, Tax and Business Advisory Services to the Financial Services Industry for over 40 years. Through member firms in 110 countries, including 49 offices in the United States, the partners and employees of Grant Thornton member firms provide personalized attention and the highest quality service to public and private clients around the globe.
For further information about our practice, please contact our National Financial Services Marketing Director Cynthia Keveney at (212) 624-5495 or visit our website directly at www.grantthornton.com
Accounting Firms/Asia Europe Latin America Offshore US & North America
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FEATURED COMPANY
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Barry Savitz Mr.
203-388-4800
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100 First Stamford Place
6th Floor East
Stamford CT 06902 USA
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Specialty: Greenwich Prime Trading Group (GPTG) provides a sophisticated institutional outsourced trading platform which allows managers to avoid the expense and time of establishing their own trading desk. GPTGs five sector-specific traders utilize top technology and systems and the outcome for clients is better execution and information flow with reduced costs. GPTG has all necessary record recovery tools as well as on-site IT technician. GPTG can also provide office space within their Stamford, CT offices along with technical and/or administrative support available if desired. The offices are conveniently located next to the train station for easy commuting to and from NYC.
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The Lipper HedgeWorld Expo 2006 Fund Services Expo was a success. We thank our sponsors and attendees for their participation.
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Prime Brokers/Offshore US & North America
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FEATURED COMPANY
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William Mulligan CEO
212-515-2800
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3 Park Avenue
14th Floor
New York NY 10016 USA
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Specialty: Founded in 2001, HedgeOp Compliance, LLC focuses exclusively on helping hedge fund and fund of hedge fund managers meet their compliance and operational challenges. HedgeOp has developed a successful business based on its proactive approach to servicing clients and proven reputation. Our clients range from start-up hedge funds to large firms with well-established track records. Specifically, HedgeOp consists of the following business lines: ComplianceTrak- ComplianceTrak is a web-based software application that enables hedge fund managers to build and maintain a solid compliance infrastructure by fully integrating compliance monitoring and reporting applicable with their operational environment and generating a tailored road map for the CCO and/or compliance team. Consulting Services- HedgeOps consulting group provides a wide array of on-going and project-based compliance support services for SEC-registered and unregistered managers. These services range from compliance infrastructure reviews to more proactive monitoring and maintenance of a managers compliance program. Due Diligence Research (DDR)- Our DDR team works with fund of funds and other institutional investors to perform extensive non-investment due diligence research on prospective money managers and their underlying funds. HedgeOp has a staff of approximately 30 employees with offices in New York and Boston. Contact Information: New York Office 3 Park Avenue, 14th Floor New York, NY 10022 Phone: 212-515-2800 Fax: 212-515-2820 Email: info@hedgeop.com Boston Office 101 Federal Street, Suite 1900 Boston, MA 02110 Phone: 617-204-6160 Fax: 617-204-6182 Email: info@hedgeop.com
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HedgeOp Compliance, LLC focuses exclusively on helping hedge fund and fund of fund managers meet their compliance and operational challenges.
Our various web-based compliance tools and specialized compliance consulting services will help hedge fund managers identify and address all of the compliance and operational issues relevant to their business and help build and maintain a solid compliance infrastructure.
Our presentation from the HedgeWorld expo can be downloaded on this page.
Compliance/US & North America
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FEATURED COMPANY
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Jonathan Brickman EVP and Global Head of Business Information Services
301-760-2530
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4833 Rugby Avenue
Suite 600
Bethesda MD 20814 USA
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Specialty: Hemscott provides high-quality financial data, maintaining a global database of over 15,000 public companies and more than 230,000 professional profiles. The Bigdough product integrates account management and prospecting tools helping you build relationships with money managers.
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The Lipper HedgeWorld Expo 2006 Fund Services Expo was a success. We thank our sponsors and attendees for their participation.
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Technology Vendors/Offshore US & North America
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FEATURED COMPANY
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Gurvinder Singh
917.345.3431
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66 York Street
Jersey City NJ 07302 USA
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Specialty: Indus Valley Partners is a niche technology consultancy focussed on the capital markets space. IVP has been serving the needs of the hedge fund space for over five years including some of the largest hedge funds and fund of funds. IVP has experience in building, integrating multi asset class front, middle and back office systems and has worked with most leading vendor solutions prevalent in the hedge fund market. IVP also provides custom technology solutions addressing specific buy side needs around Reconciliations, Reporting and Connectivity monitoring.
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Sponsor of the Fall Fund Services Expo and Conference, held October 2, 2008, in NYC.
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Sponsor of the Fund Services Expo and Conference 2008, held June 3, 2008, in NYC.
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Technology Vendors/US & North America
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FEATURED COMPANY
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Michael Poisson Chief Sales & Marketing Officer
908-508-8012, 201-463-7500
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30 E. 39th Street, 5th Floor
New York NY 10016 USA
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Specialty: Investor Analytics LLC (IA), founded in 1999, offers cutting-edge risk measurement and risk management services for asset managers and asset owners. With clients located in the US, Europe and Asia, IA offers a truly global service.
Our application is remotely hosted so clients have no software to download to their machines; access is provided through a secure internet connection, with the added bonus that all software updates flow seamlessly to our clients. The Service component is equally important to IA; we pride ourselves on having a world-class Client Service team, recognized as among the most responsive, knowledgeable and professional in the industry.
Our Financial Engineers, all highly qualified with Masters degrees and Doctorates, lead our Research and Development process, constantly updating our product offerings so we remain at the forefront of the industry. Within the past 12 months, some of the notable enhancements include the release of an enhanced Monte Carlo VaR; expanded market stress capabilities in which we highlight recent movement in the stresses (i.e. the mean, standard deviations and range of each risk factor over a given time period) allowing clients to stress the portfolio with a better understanding of the typical range of the stress, and can also stress a factor and specify that the remaining factors auto calculate based on the covariance with the reference factor; the development of UCITS IV reporting to meet the new requirements; the development of Money Market Stress tests to comply with recent SEC directives for 2a-7 funds.
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Sponsor of the The Hedgeworld October 2010 Conference, held October 21, 2010, in NYC.
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Sponsor of the The Hedgeworld Communications & Sales Marketing Conference, held September 16, 2010, in NYC.
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Compliance/US & North America
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FEATURED COMPANY
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Michael Poisson Chief Sales & Marketing Officer
908-508-8012, 201-463-7500
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30 E. 39th Street, 5th Floor
New York NY 10016 USA
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Specialty: Investor Analytics LLC (IA), founded in 1999, offers cutting-edge risk measurement and risk management services for asset managers and asset owners. With clients located in the US, Europe and Asia, IA offers a truly global service. <br><br> Our application is remotely hosted so clients have no software to download to their machines; access is provided through a secure internet connection, with the added bonus that all software updates flow seamlessly to our clients. The Service component is equally important to IA; we pride ourselves on having a world-class Client Service team, recognized as among the most responsive, knowledgeable and professional in the industry. <br><br> Our Financial Engineers, all highly qualified with Masters degrees and Doctorates, lead our Research and Development process, constantly updating our product offerings so we remain at the forefront of the industry. Within the past 12 months, some of the notable enhancements include the release of an enhanced Monte Carlo VaR; expanded market stress capabilities in which we highlight recent movement in the stresses (i.e. the mean, standard deviations and range of each risk factor over a given time period) allowing clients to stress the portfolio with a better understanding of the typical range of the stress, and can also stress a factor and specify that the remaining factors auto calculate based on the covariance with the reference factor; the development of UCITS IV reporting to meet the new requirements; the development of Money Market Stress tests to comply with recent SEC directives for 2a-7 funds.
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Risk Management/US & North America
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FEATURED COMPANY
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Caleb MCann Strategy Director and Founding Partner
603-570-7300
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953 Islington St.
Portsmouth NH 03801 USA
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Specialty: InvestorFlow™ is a suite of integrated digital marketing and investor relationship management applications designed to streamline and improve communications throughout the investor relations lifecycle. InvestorFlow™ enables timely and professional communications by providing 360-degree visibility from information gathered across the entire organization and at all possible investor touch points. Investor relationships are increasingly supported through digital applications, with investors demanding transparency and continuous communication from investment management companies. InvestorFlow provides a solution that extends relationships online through personalized portals and email communications while enabling investors with intuitive workflow and process management tools. The proprietary core of InvestorFlow™ provides security and administration, web-based publishing and controls for document management, real-time reporting and tracking, custom charting components, as well as integrated print/ PDF publishing. InvestorFlow™ includes investment management business logic for the streamlined uploading and automatic posting of capital call notices, general correspondence, tax information, and distributions. Additionally, InvestorFlow™ provides extended functionality for the management of investor meetings, due diligence web sites for new funds, and an integrated contact manager. InvestorFlow™ is a product line of Silver Oven, the leading branding and digital agency for the investment management industry. Silver Oven has branded the management of over $1.5 trillion worth of enterprise value for private equity firms, hedge funds, venture capital, funds of funds, and asset managers.
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Sponsor of the Spring 2010 Fund Services Conference, held May 20, 2010, in NYC.
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Technology Vendors/US & North America
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FEATURED COMPANY
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Lonnie Macdonald EVP & Director, Business Development
414-299-2111
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803 West Michigan Street
Milwaukee WI 53233 USA
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Specialty: Whether yours is a traditional hedge fund, fund of funds, or registered fund of funds, JD Clark & Company is ready to serve your needs. We offer high-touch service, leading-edge technology, and the stability of a highly capitalized parent organization that's been around for 95+ years.
Our full array of services includes product formation assistance, fund administration, fund accounting, investor accounting and reporting, tax preparation and reporting, and custody (through our affiliate, UMB Bank, n.a.).
For reliable, responsive and relationship-oriented service, call 414-299-2111 or visit www.jdclark.com.
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Sponsor of the Spring 2010 Fund Services Conference, held May 20, 2010, in NYC.
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Administrators/US & North America
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