Challenges and Opportunities Emanate from Regulation

Reprinted with permission of Incisive Media Investments Limited

Marina Lewin, global head of business development at BNY Mellon Alternative Investment Services, discusses the challenges and opportunities facing the international hedge funds industry.

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

Regulation: New Operating Models Needed

Reprinted with the permission of PEI Media

As new regulations change the way the market functions, private equity must evolve to meet fresh challenges. Daniel Amir and Brian McMahon of BNY Mellon discuss the most significant regulatory requirements impacting both Europe and the U.S. and identify what they mean for private equity practitioners.

Authors:   Daniel Amir, Brian McMahon
Business:   Alternative Investment Services
Publication date:   June 2012

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

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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