We are a leading specialist of outsourced operational due diligence, consulting for a broad base of professional investors with a focus on alternative funds and fund of funds. Our clients include private banks, pension funds, family offices and fund of funds and currently represent in excess of USD 60 billion in their allocation to the hedge fund space.

Our operational due diligence service, the Independent Process of Operational Due Diligence (IPODD) is based on independence and is sold to investors only, not managers, thus allowing us to always remain objective in our work. Our reviews ensure that we benchmark processes against best practice standards in the hedge fund industry, such as those set out by AIMA, HFSB, IOSCO and MFA.

Some of the advantages of using our services include:

• Expertise – we are experts in complex hedge fund operations;
• Costs – out pricing is very competitive in comparison to our peers;
• Capacity – we are an efficient outsourcing solution;
• Independence – we are always paid by the investor which allows us to be totally objective in our assessment;
• Education – we welcome our clients to attend any on-site visits with us.

Our consultants bring years of combined experience in the hedge fund space and have completed more than 1,000 due diligence reviews. Through our advice, our clients have historically avoided investments in hedge fund frauds like Bayou Capital Management and Weavering Capital, and have benefitted from our team of experts which combines legal, regulatory and financial backgrounds.

Although our core due diligence assessment are focused on hedge funds and funds of hedge funds, our team can conduct due diligence across a number of other structures including traditional investment funds, UCITS funds, structured products, and financial service providers such as brokers, custodians and administrators.