Opalesque Industry Update - Merchant Capital, provider of the leading UCITS III umbrella for hedge fund managers globally, has today announced the launch of its UCITS Strategy Assessment/Feasibility Evaluation (UCITS-SAFE) service, whereby managers with funds with established track records can ascertain whether their strategies will translate efficiently into a UCITS structure. Merchant Capital (“Merchant”) is supported by Carne Global Financial Services (“Carne Global”) and Kinetic Partners in the execution of the system. Merchant Capital and Carne Global undertake the role of assessing a fund’s invested underlying instruments, exposure and positioning, while Kinetic Partners carries out the appropriate Value-at-Risk (VaR) analysis. George Cadbury, Director of Funds at Merchant Capital, announced the launch of UCITS-SAFE, saying: "With many alternative investment managers from around the world now exploring the UCITS market, assessing at an early stage whether their funds’ strategies fit comfortably within the UCITS rules is the most important initial step for them. Often managers are given conflicting advice with regards to their strategy’s compatibility. With UCITS-SAFE, we offer an unambiguous, thorough and cost-effective process by which managers can decide on the viability of moving into UCITS.” Dr Christian Szylar, a Member of Kinetic Partners, said: “Merchant's initiative is an effective solution and particularly appropriate for the current regulatory environment. It will allow asset managers to assess their project within UCITS, the main requirement of which is to comply with global exposure under the VaR approach. A test VaR report will confirm a strategy’s viability.” Teddy Otto, Principal Consultant at Carne Global Financial Services, added: “As a leader in advising the asset management industry – including many of Europe’s top 20 hedge fund managers – on a wide range of aspects of fund structuring, compliance and regulation, we are close to managers’ needs and concerns. We are pleased to be a part of UCITS-SAFE, which adds an important component to the inventory of compliance tools for hedge fund managers.”
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Industry Updates
Merchant Capital unveils ‘UCITS-SAFE’Strategy Assessment for hedge fund managers
Wednesday, June 16, 2010
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