Case Studies

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HedgeFacts in action

HedgeFacts software and services satisfy client’s risk management, middle office and back office needs efficiently and cost-effectively.

1case study

SOFTWARE & CONCIERGE SERVICES FOR A GLOBAL MACRO DISCRETIONARY HEDGE FUND

A global macro hedge fund manager, with a long history of superior returns, decided to replace legacy software systems and outsource key back and middle office functions. The manager selected HedgeFacts because of its robust back and middle office software systems, its capabilities for customizing software to satisfy bespoke analytical, operational and reporting needs of its clients, and its experienced staff for managing outsourced services.

A HedgeFacts system completely replaced legacy systems with new processes which included streamlined trade allocation, P&L reporting, comprehensive trade reconciliation functions, and customized order management tools for order generation and transmission.

The net result was a turnkey software and services system that delivered substantial savings via reduced head count with prompt effective order execution and timely efficient back-office operations.

2case study

COMPREHENSIVE SOFTWARE SYSTEMS WHICH SATISFY REQUIREMENTS OF MANAGERS WITH INSTITUTIONAL INVESTORS

HedgeFacts has provided, and provides, software systems to many investment managers, who manage and/or provide advice in relation to investments of institutional investors.

Institutional investors pre-investment due diligence of an investment manager includes a comprehensive assessment of the robustness, quality and scope of an investment manager’s middle office and back-office systems.

HedgeFacts provides both software infrastructure and/or outsourced services for trade capture, block order allocation, reconciliation, accounting, performance attribution, risk and exposure management.

HedgeFacts’ software capabilities developed in compliance with rigorous quality assurance processes, assessed independent CPA firm audits for compliance with AICPA SOC 1, 2, 3 control standards, provide a tried and tested system for meeting the operational due diligence requirements of institutional investors.

3case study

AUTOMATION OF HIGHLY COMPLEX TRADING ACTIVITIES

An energy commodities trading firm experienced rapidly expanding growth but had inadequate middle and back office systems. The firm needed a continuous daily information stream to maintain trade allocation spreads and to execute physical product weightings between accounts and funds.

HedgeFacts services greatly expanded the firm's capacity to manage its business. The firm then increased the number of managed accounts, significantly reduced staffing costs and lowered operational risk.

4case study

FAMILY OFFICE NEEDS IN MANAGING A MULTI ASSET CLASS INVESTMENT PORTFOLIO

Family Offices often actively manage their own portfolios in addition to allocating capital to external advisors. Their internal and externally managed portfolios typically encompass a wide range of asset classes.

A client deployed HedgeFacts software to facilitate multi-asset class accounting and performance reporting across a diversified portfolio of equities, futures, options, FX, and credit. The family office legacy system included software limited to a single asset class and several manual processes.

HedgeFacts’ fully automated trade capture, P&L reporting, and books and records software capabilities provide fast, more efficient and complete records for all asset classes.

A family office client’s assets portfolio includes futures, FX, private equity investments and crypto currency investments.

Another family office client manages several funds using different strategies; with each fund having different mixes of investments which include futures, FX, equities, options and treasures.

5case study

MULTI FUND INVESTMENT PLATFORM NEED FOR RISK ON-TRADING DAY RISK/PERFORMANCE REPORTS & COMPREHENSIVE T+1 DAY REPORTS

HedgeFacts was engaged to provide a next generation software infrastructure to automate and enhance the operations, accounting, and risk capabilities of an asset allocator’s multi-fund investment platform. The manager’s information/reports needs for each fund included daily comprehensive accounting reports and risk management reports, and break-points shadow NAVs and Close-outs reports. The HedgeFacts system for the manager’s investment platform provided solutions for problems due to pre-existing multiple vendors and manual in house spreadsheets low productivity and untimely reports. The HedgeFacts solutions reduced total costs, provided the manager with timely reports and enabled the manager to promptly provide reports to investors.