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From Komfie Manalo, Opalesque Asia:

A new white paper released by Merlin Securities, a North American prime brokerage services and technology provider, advises hedge fund managers to adopt to the maturing business landscape to cater to the needs of institutional investors to expand their assets and attract more investors.

"Hedge funds seeking to retain institutional assets, grow their AUM and attract more sophisticated investors must look ahead and be prepared to invest in and proactively deploy long-term solutions," says the paper entitled "The Importance of Business Maturity and Automation in Running a Hedge Fund."

Hedge fund managers and the investment community went through marked changes in its landscape over the past several years, says the paper. These changes were brought by new risks, reporting, regulatory regimes and volatile global market make it imperative for the hedge fund industry to embrace an automated system to run an effective hedge fund operation.

Investors will easily see red flags from hedge funds that are still doing manual work and relying on spreadsheets and star managers which only underscores the so-called key-man risk.

In fact, the latest issue of aiCIO ......................

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