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From Kirsten Bischoff, Opalesque New York: J.P. Morgan announced today that the Measurisk team, formerly affiliated with The Bear Stearns Companies (where it was known as Bear Measurisk) would become part of J.P. Morgan’s Alternative Investment Services group. Measurisk, which became part of Bear Stearns in 2004 has since grown to track 1,000 hedge funds and represent over $650 bln in assets. Opalesque spoke with Measurisk President Andrew Lapkin about the platform and the potential synergy for future J.P. Morgan products.

The Measurisk platform was formed to fill the need for transparency balance between investors and hedge fund managers as the industry evolved, investment strategies grew more intricate, and investor portfolios became more sophisticated. The platform works as an intermediary maintaining position confidentiality for fund managers who provide full detailed information to the Measurisk team and fund investors who in turn receive summary risk and exposure data. Due to the transparency balancing service which drives its offering has always worked slightly separate from the firm that it was affiliated with, and will continue to operate as an affiliate company in order to maintain data confidentiality.

Meeting the needs of institutional investors As institutional investors seek to limit additional management fees by replicating single strategy hedge funds through their own portfolio manage......................

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