BNY Launches Independant Hedge Fund Validation Service

Hedge fund administrator BNY Mellon Alternative Investment Services has launched a service that independently validates a hedge fund's position records to third-parties - prime brokers, custodians, trustees and agent banks - and independently verifies the pricing of that fund's securities. The new service provides fund managers and their investors with greater transparency and additional assurance that fund assets are independently priced and validated.

"Hedge fund clients are telling us their investors are demanding an independent validation of their holdings. The price verification/asset validation service helps address this need, which in turn helps hedge funds retain and grow their investor base," said Brian Ruane, chief executive officer of BNY Mellon Alternative Investment Services. "While our broad network of pricing vendors and counterparties are the power behind this new offering, greater transparency is clearly the motivation."

Currently, the price verification/asset validation service reconciles more than 27,000 client investment positions, with a total market value in excess of $24 billion. Client coverage rates (assets validated as a percentage of total portfolio scope and value) are in the range of 95-99%. Clients can elect the service on a monthly or quarterly basis.

BNY Mellon Alternative Investment Services is a leading hedge fund administrator with more than $225 billion in assets under administration and an extensive global presence, including locations in Bermuda, Cayman Islands, Hong Kong, Ireland, Luxembourg, Singapore and the United Kingdom, as well as U.S. offices in California, Florida, Massachusetts, New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania and Texas. In addition to administration the company offers a wide range of accounting, cash management, collateral management, custody, corporate trust, asset management and wealth management services to the hedge fund industry.