Comment & Analysis: HFMWeek.com

Reprinted with the permission of HFMWeek

Alan Flanagan, Head of Product Management for Alternative Investment Services, explains how three new regulatory practices will affect the alternatives sector.

Author:   Alan Flanagan
Business:   Alternative Investment Services
Publication date:   June 2012

Risk Roadmap: Hedge Funds and Investors' Evolving Approach to Risk

These continue to be challenging times for hedge fund managers. Regulatory scrutiny is up, public understanding remains low, and even institutional uncertainty about the global economy has negatively impacted the industry. The hedge fund manager must now tread ever more carefully between the concentric boundaries of risk aversion and risk acceptance to achieve goals consistent with a particular fund's stated purpose, pedigree, and assets.

Authors:   Marina Lewin, Mike McCabe, Orla Nallen, Mark Mannion
In collaboration with:   the Managed Funds Association and HedgeMark Advisors, LLC
Business:   Alternative Investment Services
Publication date:   August 2012

Prime Custody Comes Into the Spotlight

Prime Custody is continuing to gain importance during 2012, the result of continued structural shifts in the hedge fund marketplace. The drivers of this growth from the hedge fund side are more fully paid assets, including investments in financial products that themselves contain built-in leverage, and a heightened awareness of the potential for counterparty credit risk. The definition of Prime Custody continues to change depending on the custodian; however, with different clients and providers using the term to mean different things. As their service models evolve, custodians are also growing into the challenge and opportunity of serving a larger hedge fund client base.

In collaboration with:   Finadium LLC
Business:   Alternative Investment Services
Publication date:   August 2012

Alternative UCITS Industry: A View from BNY Mellon

Reprinted with the permission of Financial News Ltd.

The Alternative UCITS industry continues to attract healthy inflows of capital and seems set to expand its share of the total UCITS market in the future. Accordingly, it is worth examining the growth factors behind this trend, as well as looking at the key features which new entrants need to be aware of and considering some enhanced operating features which custodians may offer.

Author:   Mark Mannion
Business:   Alternative Investment Services
Publication date:   September 2012

Counterparty Concerns and Transparency Drive Prime Custody Growth

Reprinted with permission of Incisive Media Investments Limited

In a post-financial crisis environment dominated by regulation and concerns over counterparty risk, transparency and diversity, prime custody is becoming the choice for hedge funds and investors. Marina Lewin, global head of business development at BNY Mellon Alternative Investment Services, discusses these trends with Hedge Funds Review.

Author:   Marina Lewin
Business:   Alternative Investment Services
Publication date:   October 2012

VIDEO: Prime Time - Alternative Prime Custody Gives Hedge Funds New Options

With uncertainty and volatility still very much a reality in today's economy, investors and regulators are demanding more transparency than ever before. Hedge funds are particularly challenged by this environment. Brian Ruane, CEO of BNY Mellon Alternative and Broker-Dealer Services discusses the advent of a new solution, Alternative Prime Custody - an advanced fund administration platform from which hedge funds can move, manage and safekeep assets with utmost transparency.

Author:   Brian Ruane
Business:   Alternative Investment Services
Publication date:   September 2011

Filling the Void: Transparency and the Rise of Custodian Banks

The challenges posed in today's global market issue a singular challenge: Transparency. In filling this void, custodial banks in both the U.S. and Europe face unique challenges as they look to address regulatory requirements, investor demands and diversification of risk. Alternative investment managers are looking to custody banks as financial intermediaries who can deliver a seamless offering that will safeguard their clients' assets and meet their needs in a changing market environment.

Author:   Brian Ruane
Business:   Alternative Investment Services
Publication date:   October 2011