AlphaMetrix, LLC
AlphaMetrix provides institutional investors and funds of funds a managed account investment platform, quantitative and qualitative research services for more than 1000 managed futures funds and financial due diligence of managers, funds and other parties. The AlphaMetrix managed account platform provides near real-time performance tracking and 24/7 risk management.
Aviva Investors
Aviva Investors North America, Inc. was incorporated as AmerUs Capital Management in December 1997. The company was acquired by Aviva plc in November 2006 when the name changed to Aviva Capital Management and subsequently re-branded as Aviva Investors in 2008. Headquartered in Des Moines, IA, with offices in New York, NY, Manhattan Beach, CA and Chicago, Aviva Investors North America is a premier investment advisor specializing in institutional, income-driven asset management for life insurance and annuity companies, pension plans, foundations, endowments and other institutional clients.
CME Group
CME Group operates the Chicago Mercantile Exchange, the Chicago Board of Trade and the New York Mercantile Exchange. We are the world’s largest and most diverse derivatives exchange. CME Group offers innovative futures and options products that cover all major asset classes and provides technologies and services to help manage risk.
Custom House Global Fund Services Ltd.
Custom House Global Fund Services Limited offers its clients a full “round the world” and “round the clock” hedge fund administration service through its fully integrated network of offices in Amsterdam, Chicago, Dublin, Guernsey, Luxembourg, Malta and Singapore. Custom House’s Dublin office, which is authorized by the Irish Financial Regulator under Section 10 of the Investment Intermediaries Act 1995, achieved an exception-free SAS70 Type II and was the first hedge fund administrator to be awarded a Moody’s Management Quality Rating. Custom House Global Fund Services Limited is authorized by the Malta Financial Services Authority.
www.customhousegroup.com
The Depository Trust and Clearing Corporation
DTCC Deriv/SERV LLC, a wholly-owned subsidiary of DTCC, provides automated matching and confirmation for OTC derivatives contracts, including credit, equity and interest rate derivatives. According to major market participants, over 90% of credit derivatives traded globally are electronically confirmed through Deriv/SERV. The Trade Information Warehouse, a service offering of Deriv/SERV launched in November 2006, is the market's first and only comprehensive trade database and centralized electronic infrastructure for post-trade processing of OTC derivatives contracts over their lifecycles, from confirmation through to final settlement.
Efficient Capital Management, LLC
Efficient Capital Management, LLC allocates a $1.8 billion alternative investment fund for institutional and high net worth investors. Efficient creates and actively manages multi-manager portfolios focused exclusively on the managed futures and foreign exchange markets.
Eurex
Eurex, the international derivatives exchange, has more than 686.8 million contracts traded in Q1 of 2009. Eurex is one of the world’s largest derivatives exchanges. Eurex Clearing is the leading clearing house in Europe, offering services for derivatives, equities, bonds and repos, servicing more than 107 clearing members located in 10 European countries.
www.eurexchange.com
HedgeFacts®
HedgeFacts® is a world-class technology with which you can manage a hedge fund, CTA or fund of funds business. HedgeFacts is a fully integrated end-to-end software solution for automating the collection of electronic broker account data, administering funds and managed account programs, performing portfolio and partnership accounting, and providing tiered access to comprehensive performance and portfolio risk assessment information on demand.
www.hedgefacts.com
Horizon Cash Management LLC
Since 1991, Horizon has been the leading purveyor of customized cash management solutions to managed futures advisors, hedge funds and select institutional investors worldwide. With approximately $2 billion in assets under management for more than 80 accounts, Horizon seeks to maximize cash balance returns while handling daily money movements that help its clients achieve optimal capital efficiency. Horizon is a registered adviser with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission. For more information, please visit www.horizoncash.com.
IntercontinentalExchange (ICE)®
IntercontinentalExchange® (NYSE: ICE) operates global futures exchanges, clearing houses and over-the-counter markets. ICE’s markets are globally distributed and include futures and OTC contracts based on agricultural commodities, credit, emissions, energy, equity indexes and foreign exchange. ICE is the exclusive home to the U.S. Dollar Index® and U.S. Russell Index futures. ICE’s technology brings participants in 55 countries together with benchmark contracts, clearing and risk management, and market data.
www.theice.com
Investor Analytics
Investor Analytics is about more than risk management - we're about risk transparency and risk intelligence. That means being smart about the types of analyses we offer, the practicality and accuracy of the results, and never being lulled into a sense of false security “just because the numbers say so.”
Markit
Millennium Trust Company
Millennium Trust Company is a leader in financial administrative and custodial services. Millennium custodies alternative assets, including futures, hedge funds, and other non-traditional entities, as well as traditional assets in Self-Directed IRAs, 403bs and Solo 401(k)s. In addition, the company creates customized automatic rollover programs, provides integrated health savings account solutions, designs unique trading platforms for investment advisors and supplies valued personal trust administration.
National Futures Association
Newedge
Newedge, the joint venture bringing together Calyon Financial and Fimat, is a leading force in global multi-asset brokerage with a world-leading position in the execution and clearing of listed derivative products. Newedge offers access to more than 85 markets and has a presence in 25 locations across 17 countries.
For more information about Newedge, visit www.newedgegroup.com.
PerTrac
PerTrac has provided analytic and workflow solutions to investment professionals since 1996. Products include the PerTrac Analytical Platform, the world’s leading investment analysis and asset allocation software; PerTrac CMS, the premiere investment management workflow solution; PerTrac P-Card, a revolutionary fund data distribution and collection tool; as well as PerTrac Portfolio Manager.
www.pertrac.com
Pyxis Global Financial Services
Pyxis is a comprehensive financial services provider specializing in alternative investments and hedge funds. We provide an independent, third-party middle and back-office solution which includes complete administration, accounting and reporting services as well as marketing support, product structuring, capital introductions and other essential investment services. Built from a solid foundation of industry experience, the firm's competencies span a wide range of strategies which include managed futures, currency, equity and fixed income.
www.pyxisgfs.com
Rothstein Kass
Rothstein Kass is a premier public accounting firm that has served privately held and publicly traded companies, individuals, and families for 50 years. Beyond audit and tax services, the firm provides a full array of integrated services, including strategic business counseling, regulatory compliance and SEC advisory services, insurance and risk management consulting and family office services. Rothstein Kass has offices in California, Colorado, New Jersey, New York, Texas and the Cayman Islands.
Standard & Poors
Standard & Poor's, a division of The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc., provides financial information, analysis, advice, and credit ratings globally. Standard & Poor's Index Services, a leading provider of equity, fixed income, commodity and strategy indices, maintains a wide variety of investable and benchmark indices to meet the widest array of investor needs. The S&P Global Broad Market Indices is the comprehensive index series that covers more than 11,000 companies in 48 countries. The S&P Global 1200, an investable index for the world, combines seven indices: the S&P 500 for the US, the S&P Europe 350, the S&P/TOPIX 150 for Japan, the S&P/TSX 60 for Canada, the S&P/ASX 50 for Australia, the S&P Asia 50 and the S&P Latin America 40. The S&P GSCI is the premier commodity index and the S&P 100 CDS index offers a unique view on equities and credit default swaps. Information about Standard & Poor’s indices can be found at http://indices.standardandpoors.com
TMX | Montreal Exchange
Since May 1st, 2008, the Montréal Exchange is part of TMX Group Inc. TMX Group is the product of the business combination of TSX Group Inc. and Montréal Exchange Inc. TMX is the leading integrated exchange group in Canada, operating markets for multiple asset classes.
The Montréal Exchange (MX) is the Canadian derivatives exchange. MX offers trading in Canadian interest rate, index and equity derivatives. Clearing, settlement and risk management services are provided by an AA rated clearing house. MX has interests in: the Boston Options Exchange (BOX), a U.S. automated equity options market, the Canadian Resources Exchange (CAREX), a corporation dedicated to developing the Canadian energy market; and the Montréal Climate Exchange (MCeX), a joint venture with the Chicago Climate Exchange®, which aims to establish the leading market for publicly traded environmental products in Canada.
Trading Technologies International, Inc.
TT provides buyside traders with superior trading screen technology, integrated charting, autotrading tools, execution results and risk mitigation. Trade more than two-dozen derivatives exchanges through X_TRADER® and TT’s high-performance gateways. Or access open APIs to create tools for black box and program trading, synthetic order routing, signal based trading and more.
www.tradingtechnologies.com
TriOptima
TriOptima is the award-winning supplier of post trade processing services including triResolve, the network community for proactive reconciliation of OTC derivative portfolios. Used by global dealers, regional banks and a range of buy side firms, triResolve currently handles an estimated 75% of all OTC derivative transactions globally, putting users in control of their counterparty exposures.
www.trioptima.com
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