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Asset Administration & Competitive Framework for Service Providers

Asset Administration & Competitive Framework for Service Providers.

The world of hedge funds and their service providers is undergoing dramatic changes. While hedge funds are becoming mainstream and attracting increasing regulatory attention, they are forced to explore newer strategies and geographies to generate higher alpha. These challenges are exposing the inadequacies of self-administration and leading to increased acceptance of outsourcing beyond offshore funds.

Expanded opportunities and the growing significance of hedge funds is attracting new players into asset administration. Prime brokers and custodians are moving aggressively into administrator services while independent service providers are upping their service levels to retain and attract clients. These service providers are being challenged to provide more and better services within the same or reduced cost structures.

This article looks into the evolving marketplace to discuss and assess the capabilities of the three players in this dynamic situation: prime brokers, custodians and independent service providers, or the specialists in this marketplace.

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