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From Komfie Manalo, Opalesque Asia:

A report by Moody's Investor Service entitled: "Hedge Funds: Investing Through Managed Accounts," predicts managed account platforms (MACs), will substantial growth in the long term as investor continue to value liquidity.

Managed accounts give investors the ability to maintain more control over their assets. Some of the driving reasons for their popularity include the ability to gain transparency through to positions and various other risk exposures (including counterparty risk) and protection against lockups or gating.

However, investors have also found that unless they have the proper infrastructure in place to manage the data given to them from this transparency, their risks can be increased. Counterparty risk, while more easily monitored also falls to the responsibility of the managed account investor. Managed account platforms serve to control these risks, providing investors with the infrastructure and oversight that they would otherwise have to develop on their own.

Joanne Job, an analyst at Moody's and author of the report said: "Although managed accounts have been around for a while, they enjoyed a surge in popularity after the market upheaval of 2008 due to the benefits they offer, such as access to......................

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