NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Continuing its series of global hedge fund industry events, HedgeMark International, LLC (“HedgeMark”), a BNY Mellon affiliate, on Wednesday sponsored a “HedgeMark Forum” in Tokyo where nearly 100 institutional investors, consultants and hedge fund managers gathered to discuss the evolution of the hedge fund industry and the technology, research and risk management trends that are shaping the next phase in the industry’s growth and its evolving best practice standards.
Attendees were welcomed to the Forum by Ken Phillips, founder and CEO of HedgeMark, who gave an introductory talk on “The Next Generation in Hedge Fund Investing.” A panel discussion on “How Investors Are Using Managed Accounts” followed, featuring experts from BNY Mellon, Credit Suisse, K2 Advisors, LLC, and Nomura Funds Research and Technologies Co., Ltd.
Following a round of breakout sessions led by HedgeMark and BNY Mellon experts on risk and performance analytics; transparency, liquidity, control and governance in managed accounts; manager research and due diligence; and structuring and vendor selection in the area of fund administration, a panel discussion on hedge fund manager views concluded the educational component of the day’s agenda. Portfolio managers from NB Alternatives, Visium Asset Management, Willowbridge Investment Corporation, Victory Park Capital Advisors and Merricks Capital shared their thoughts with attendees.
The event was held at the Shangri La Hotel, and was the latest in a series of successful Forums that HedgeMark has hosted all over the world, including London and New York. Additional events are planned throughout the remainder of this year for major U.S. cities, Singapore and Sydney, Australia.
“The HedgeMark Forum series offers a unique opportunity for leading managers and institutional investors to share their latest thoughts on everything from investment strategy, to the growing trends towards managed accounts, to position-level risk management solutions,” said Phillips. “We’re very pleased with the response that our Forums have generated, and look forward to bringing this thought leadership series to new investment hubs around the world.”
HedgeMark offers a comprehensive, end-to-end hedge fund managed accounts and funds infrastructure platform, integrating a comprehensive holdings-based risk analytics business with access and transparency to a broad range of investment strategies. Through the HedgeMark platform, investors can structure their hedge fund investments and/or access a broad range of funds and strategies. The platform then allows users to build, analyze, and monitor their diversified alternative investments with the option of integrating and aggregating this position-based data with non-HedgeMark funds and/or their traditional investments. HedgeMark’s risk analytics are embedded in the basic HedgeMark platform and are also available to clients on a stand-alone basis to support their requirements for existing investments. Hedgemark also provides a range of Enterprise Risk services to institutional investors including pensions, sovereign wealth funds, endowments and foundations.
About BNY Mellon:
BNY Mellon is the world’s leading provider of asset custody, administration, and related services with approximately $27 trillion of assets under administration. BNY Mellon also offers a wide range of cash management, foreign exchange, collateral management, corporate trust, asset and wealth management services.
About HedgeMark International, LLC:
HedgeMark offers an independent hedge fund managed account and funds infrastructure platform and risk analytics services. The platform is supported by a fully-integrated suite of position-level risk and performance analytics, which include portfolio construction, back-testing, stress testing, and scenario modeling tools. Analytics are based on daily (t+1), position-based reporting that enables clients to analyze sources of portfolio risk and performance on a fund-specific or aggregate level. Through the HedgeMark platform, users can build, analyze, and monitor diversified hedge fund portfolios while using a proprietary surveillance engine to ensure that investments are managed in accordance with guidelines. More information is available at www.hedgemark.com.
