ACA Compliance Group is a full-service compliance consulting firm that is committed to offering unparalleled regulatory compliance and GIPS verification services designed to satisfy the needs of investment advisers, private funds, investment companies and broker-dealers. By partnering with ACA, our clients gain confidence from the knowledge that their compliance programs are being managed by a reputable company that has the skill, resources and desire to help them build and maintain a quality infrastructure premised on robust processes and a culture of compliance. ACA offers services and fees scalable to meet particular needs. For more information contact Damon Zappacosta at 973-631-1085 or dzappacosta@acacompliancegroup.com.
www.acacompliancegroup.com
AlphaMetrix, LLC
AlphaMetrix, LLC is an independent managed account platform specializing in liquid alpha strategies. Its offerings include managed account structuring and operations; real-time performance monitoring, analytics and portfolio building; manager due diligence; background checks; and 24-hour risk management. Investors on the AlphaMetrix platform enjoy real-time portfolio transparency, enhanced liquidity and third-party custody with leading commercial banks. In a November 2009 report from research group Infovest21, AlphaMetrix was ranked the largest independent managed account platform for alternatives.
www.alphametrix.com
Australian Securities Exchange
The Australian Securities Exchange is one of the world’s top-10 listed exchange groups, measured by its market capitalization and includes one the largest financial futures and options exchanges in the world, trading almost 76 million contracts in 2008 over four major markets – equities, interest rates, commodities and energy.
Benchmark futures contracts include: ASX 30 Day Interbank Cash Rate Futures; ASX 90 Day Australian Bank Accepted Bill Futures; ASX 3 Year Australian Treasury Bond Futures; ASX 10 Year Australian Treasury Bond Futures; and ASX SPI 200® Index Futures. In addition, our recently launched Western Australian Wheat futures contracts offer exciting new trading opportunities, www.asx.com.au/grainfutures. Visit the ASX booth to find out more about our contracts, the growth of our market and the trading opportunities the ASX presents. For more information, please contact David Mitchell, Regional Manager, North America, at 312-788-3363 or david.mitchell@asx.com.au.
www.asx.com.au
Bahamas Financial Services Board
CME Group
As the world’s largest and most diverse derivatives marketplace, managed funds around the globe rely on CME Group as their partner and premier source for managing risk. CME Group exchanges offer the widest range of global benchmark products across all major asset classes, including futures and options based on interest rates, equity indexes, foreign exchange, energy, agricultural commodities, metals, weather and real estate. CME Group brings buyers and sellers together through its CME Globex® electronic trading platform and its trading facilities in New York and Chicago. For more information, please call 312-930-1000 or email info@cmegroup.com.
www.cmegroup.com
Curium Capital Advisors, LLC
Curium Capital Advisors produces daily, best-in-class analysis on commodities and related equities and currencies. Reports tend to be 10 pages or less, written in jargon-free English for hedge fund managers. Coverage utilizes real-time, public sources in Mandarin, Russian, Spanish, and French. Curium’s web-based portal provides timely information and guidance on the global economy and markets. Proprietary content includes videocasts, company models, fundamental forecasts (supply, demand, inventory, price), raw data on costs, real economy surveys and an e-library. Curium is managed by Colin Fenton, former head of commodities at Stan Druckenmiller’s hedge fund and original member of Commodities Research at Goldman.
www.curiumcapital.com
Deutsche Bank Securities, Inc.
Deutsche Bank AG (DB) is a leading global investment bank with a strong and profitable private client franchise. A leader in Germany and Europe, the bank is continuously growing in North America, Asia and key emerging markets. DB is an industry recognized world leader in all aspects of foreign exchange. Ranked the World’s No.1 FX bank for five years running, with a market share of 21%, it operates a global business in 42 locations with over 350 sales and trading professionals. DB excels in consistent market making in currency products, 24 hours a day. DB’s industry leading dbClear provides best in class single and multi-asset clearing needs covering FX, OTC interest rates, credit, equity derivatives and exchange traded products. dbSelect, its market-leading managed account platform, manages $4bn in AUM for more than 100 CTAs and FX managers. DB provides comprehensive access to 70+ exchanges through its futures & options execution and clearing business, consistently ranked in the top five clearers on global exchanges, servicing more than 750 customers on a global basis.
www.db.com
Duff & Phelps
As a leading global independent provider of financial advisory and investment banking services, Duff & Phelps delivers trusted advice to our clients principally in the areas of valuation, transactions, financial restructuring, dispute and taxation. The Duff & Phelps Portfolio Valuation team specializes in assisting private equity firms, hedge funds, business development companies and corporations as well as limited partners, institutional investors and endowments with the valuation of alternative investments, specifically securities and positions for which there are no “active market” quotations. Duff & Phelps also advises on valuation policy.
www.duffandphelps.com
Efficient Capital Management, LLC
Efficient Capital Management, LLC (Efficient) creates and actively manages multi-manager portfolios focused exclusively on the managed futures and foreign exchange markets. Allocating a $2 billion alternative investment fund for institutional and high-net- worth investors, Efficient seeks to maximize the potential of the managed futures space in the following ways: The Managers – Efficient conducts comprehensive global research on managers who trade futures and foreign exchange, and selects only the best managers who meet our rigorous quantitative and qualitative standards; The Portfolio – Efficient blends diverse, non-correlated trading strategies across different market sectors into a portfolio that actively allocates for best possible risk adjusted returns; and The Risk – Efficient’s risk technology provides automatic alerts if any position, margin or strategy limits are exceeded. The structure of the portfolio empowers Efficient to take action if needed to stay within portfolio risk targets. Clients invest with Efficient because of the genuine portfolio benefits of active management, non-correlation to traditional assets, broad diversification, and strong return-to-risk enhancement.
www.efficientcapital.com
Eurex
Eurex Group is a leading provider of trading and clearing services organized to
deliver innovation and excellence across the value spectrum. We offer global electronic access to a broad range of international benchmark products providing multi-asset class trading opportunities. Currently, our exchange’s members trade more than ten million contracts on a daily basis. Eurex, Eurex Clearing, the International Securities Exchange (ISE), as well as Eurex Bonds and Eurex Repo are members of Eurex Group.
www.eurexchange.com
FlexTrade Systems, Inc.
Founded in 1996, FlexTrade Systems Inc. is the industry pioneer and global leader in broker-neutral algorithmic trading platforms and execution systems for equities, FX and listed derivatives. With offices in North America, Europe and Asia, FlexTrade has a client base spanning more than 120 buy- and sell-side firms, including many of the largest investment banks, hedge funds, asset managers, commodity trading advisors and institutional brokers. For futures trading, our FlexFutures solution comes fully loaded with many rules-based trading strategies, including VWAP and time slicing, as well as synthetic and contingent order types that are designed to reduce market impact and slippage, minimize risk and improve trading performance.
www.flextrade.com
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Globe Tax Services, Inc.
Cross-border tax reclamation is a powerful tool for enhancing investment portfolio returns. Hedge funds can achieve between 25 and 150 basis points in improved portfolio performance by contracting with GlobeTax for recovery of excess foreign taxes withheld on cross-border income payments. Founded in 1992 with offices in New York, London, Milan and Sydney, GlobeTax has clients in 40 countries and files over 2 million reclaims a year. GlobeTax is also the market infrastructure provider for tax reclaims on American Depositary Receipts (ADRs) as the appointed agent for the issuing depositary banks. GlobeTax has strategic alliances with all major prime brokers, and services over 500 hedge funds.
www.globetax.com
Hanley Group Capital
The recent partnership of TraderSoruce and Hanley Group Capital adds the benefit of managed futures to the Hanley Group Capital platform of resources. Established in 1999, TraderSource brings a decade of experience in monitoring and building portfolios of trading advisors from their unique database of managers. The cornerstone of the TraderSource approach is the institutional search, selection and review process involving both quantitative and fundamental due diligence. TraderSource identifies and allocates to managers based on specific institutional and high-net-worth client objectives with the goal of creating sustainable risk adjusted performance.
www.hanleygroup.com
HedgeFacts®
HedgeFacts® provides a fully integrated and highly customizable suite of accounting, performance reporting, risk and reconciliation tools with automated fund and managed account administration functions. HedgeFacts is designed to meet the unique needs of commodity trading advisors with segregated managed account programs or pools, hedge fund managers (including stocks, futures, FX and options) and multi-manager funds. HedgeFacts also helps you scale your business regardless of whether you manage complex funds, allocations to external trading advisors or have segregated account programs with multiple clearing relationships. Because HedgeFacts is available as an ASP hosted solution, we verify that all data is imported successfully, updates are deployed seamlessly, and data recovery is secure, making it a cost effective solution as well.
www.hedgefacts.com
Horizon Cash Management
Horizon Cash Management is an SEC-registered investment advisory firm with a sole focus on cash management. Founded in 1991, Horizon provides customized portfolios for managed futures funds, hedge funds and other institutional investors worldwide. With approximately $2 billion in assets under management for 40+ clients, Horizon actively manages its clients’ cash reserves, developing investment portfolios that suit the individual requirements – cash flow, liquidity, risk/return ambitions – of each client. All assets are separately managed, custodially protected and offer 100% daily transparency. By emphasizing “it’s the little things that count,” Horizon helps clients optimize capital efficiency.
www.horizoncash.com.
IntercontinentalExchange, Inc. (ICE)
IntercontinentalExchange® (NYSE: ICE), is a leading operator of regulated global futures exchanges, clearing houses and over-the-counter (OTC) markets. ICE’s diverse markets offer contracts based on crude oil and refined products, natural gas, power and emissions, agricultural commodities including canola, cocoa, coffee, cotton, orange juice and sugar, as well as credit derivatives, foreign exchange and Russell Index futures and options. Representing ICE’s commitment to technology, the ICE platform executes futures trades in under three milliseconds and serves as the leading OTC energy trading platform globally. With five global derivatives markets and five clearing houses, ICE’s innovative marketplace serves the risk management needs of market participants in over 55 countries.
www.theice.com
Investor Analytics
Investor Analytics provides market risk intelligence. Delivered through a software as a service business model, clients have access to the elements of solid risk management such as VaR calculations, stress testing, what-if analyses, historical scenarios, simulations and risk driver analyses plus advanced analyses such as portfolio optimization, Monte Carlo and efficient frontier analysis. All available 24/7. Please contact Michael Poisson for more information.
www.investoranalytics.com
MAREX Financial
MAREX is a full service futures broker for Commodities, Financial Futures and FX based in London, New York and Geneva. Marex’s clients are CTA’s, hedge funds, banks, brokers and corporates. Marex currently hold $1.45 billion of client deposits. Our top rated specialist teams in Metals, Agriculture, Financials & FX provide voice execution, market making, options trading and liquidity. Marex’s ultra low latency infrastructure and exchange memberships give our clients sophisticated, robust and cost effective DMA. Marex offers access through our own E-Trader platform, Patsystems, T.T., Bloomberg, CQG and FIX/API.
• Global Market Access
• Low Latency
• Automated Allocation Tools
• 24 Hour Execution Desk
Millennium Trust Company, LLC
Millennium Trust is an industry leader in administrative and custody services. Millennium custodies alternative and traditional assets in IRAs, Solo 401(k)s and custody accounts, offers cost-effective 403(b) solutions, creates customized Automatic Rollover programs, provides integrated Health Savings Account solutions and designs unique trading platforms for Investment Advisors. For more information, please visit www.mtrustcompany.com.
Morgan Stanley
Morgan Stanley (NYSE: MS) is a leading global financial services firm providing a wide range of investment banking, securities, and investment management services. The firm's employees serve clients worldwide including corporations, governments, institutions and individuals from more than 1,200 offices in 36 countries.
www.morganstanley.com
Newedge Group
Newedge, the joint venture bringing together Calyon Financial and Fimat, is a leading force in global multi-asset brokerage. With a presence in 23 locations across 17 countries and access to more than 85 exchanges, Newedge offers a full range of execution and clearing services covering options and futures contracts for financial products and commodities, as well as for money market instruments, bonds, FX, equities and commodities on OTC markets. Newedge also provides a range of value added services including prime brokerage, asset financing, electronic trading and order routing, cross margining, and the centralized reporting of client portfolios.
For more information about Newedge, visit www.newedge.com.
NRS
Founded in 1983, NRS offers consulting, education and technology solutions that provide compliance and registration products and services for investment advisers, broker-dealers, hedge funds, investment companies and insurance companies. NRS consultants register start-up firms and provide on-going compliance consulting services. Our industry-leading education program offers a full selection of online and live training opportunities. NRS technology products provide the tools and resources to automate business practices, enabling quicker and more efficient compliance efforts. This three-cornered approach of consulting, education and technology provides a comprehensive suite of compliance solutions our customers rely on to create a culture of compliance.
www.nrs-inc.com
Omnium
Omnium, a hedge fund administration business, brings together leading experts in hedge fund operations, financial control and technology. Our passion for process is the cornerstone of our culture representing the close partnership between our people, our technology and our clients. By partnering with us, our clients can focus on their core business of investing, while leveraging our unique and advantaged ability to deliver operational alpha through the provision of middle and back office services.
www.omnium.com
PerTrac Financial Solutions
Founded in 1996, PerTrac Financial Solutions currently serves nearly 2,000 clients in 50 countries. The company offers an integrated suite of software solutions for investment professionals including fund managers, funds of funds, institutional investors, consultants and service providers. Products in the PerTrac Suite include the PerTrac Analytical Platform, the world’s leading investment analysis and asset allocation software; PerTrac CMS, designed to help investment professionals better handle their investment management, capital raising, and investor relations workflows; PerTrac Portfolio Manager, for creating, monitoring, and maintaining successful multi-manager portfolios; and PerTrac P-Card, a revolutionary new tool for distributing, collecting, and updating investment data.
PrimeFundSolutions
Since 1969, Prime Fund Solutions (PFS) has pioneered the provision of fund services to the alternative asset management industry. It is amongst the largest and most trusted counterparts in the areas in which it specializes, including; administration, banking, custody and financing. Prime Fund Solutions currently service clients ranging from boutique asset managers to large scale global institutions such as pension and sovereign wealth funds. All of its clients benefit from the same global infrastructure, experienced staff and client focus that characterize its offering. Prime Fund Solutions’ experience has helped shape a unique, client-oriented operating model that enables it to provide you with solutions across the entire alternative asset management value chain. Prime Fund Solutions take care of all your operational requirements, allowing you to focus fully on the investment process and your most important asset: your investors.
www.primefundsolutions.com
Pyxis Global Financial Services
Pyxis Global Financial Services 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
Renaissance Regulatory Services, Inc.
Renaissance Regulatory Services, Inc. provides compliance consulting services to investment advisers, hedge funds, broker-dealers and investment companies. RRS’ staff consists of former regulators who specialize in compliance examinations, supervisory procedures, registration services, and compliance support services. RRS provides the experience and insight to meet all your registration and compliance needs.
IA Initial Registration Services - RRS personnel have extensive experience dealing with registration, licensing and filing issues, having registered over 1,000 investment advisers.
Compliance Administrator Program - RRS provides ongoing compliance services that include periodic reviews, general questions, regulatory updates, audit support, Form ADV review, and written policies and procedures.
Rothstein Kass
Rothstein Kass is a premier public accounting firm that has served privately held and publicly traded companies, individuals, and families for over 50 years. The Rothstein Kass Financial Services Group is consistently ranked as a top service provider to the alternative investment industry. Our team of professionals dedicated to this unique population provides services to clients including hedge funds, fund of funds, private equity, broker-dealers and registered investment advisors.
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, each of which has received recognition as a Best Place to Work.
Sunrise Capital Partners LLC
Sunrise Capital Partners proudly celebrates 30 years as a leader in managed futures and offers one of the most profitable track records in the alternative investment industry. Sunrise highlights include: a Barron’s Top 100 Hedge Fund and an Absolute Return magazine top manager nominee in 2009; 14% compounded net annual returns over the past 15 years; 13% over the past 10 years; 10% over the past 5 years; and, 15% over the past 3 years; $1 billion in AUM including more than $100 million in proprietary capital; and, onshore and offshore (Cayman) funds and managed accounts available.
www.sunrisecapital.com
Trading Technologies International, Inc.
Trading Technologies International Inc. (TT) develops high-performance trading software for buy-side firms and other derivatives professionals. The company’s X_TRADER® software and related services provide direct access to dozens of the major international derivatives exchanges. TTNET™, TT’s fully managed hosting solution, delivers maximum system stability and fast trade execution via hubs located close to the major exchanges. X_TRADER facilitates manual and automated trading styles with a fully customizable interface for screen and FIX-based trading. Headquartered in Chicago with 11 offices globally and more than 600 personnel, TT has received “best in class” awards from numerous independent third parties including Buy-Side Technology. For more information, please email sales@tradingtechnologies.com or call 312-476-1000 or 212-313-5300.
www.tradingtechnologies.com
Traiana, Inc.
Founded in 2000, Traiana operates the industry-standard platform for electronically processing over-the-counter foreign exchange trades. Traiana’s flagship offering, the Traiana Harmony Network is the leading platform for connecting all FX market participants to automate post-trade processes, reducing risk and cost in trade processing. The network includes all major FX market participants including prime brokers, executing banks, retail platforms, buy-side firms and execution venues.
Traiana currently has over 150 employees with offices in New York, Chicago, London and Tel Aviv. Traiana is owned by ICAP plc. - The world’s largest interdealer broker.
