HFM APAC Services Awards
Previous Winners
Year on year, the With Intelligence HFM APAC Services Awards recognise and reward hedge fund service providers who demonstrate exceptional client service, innovative product development and strong and sustainable business growth.
The rigorous judging process, based on the views of a panel of leading hedge fund COOs, CFOs, CCOs, GCs and CTOs, ensures that the Awards stand out from the crowd as the ones the big providers really want to win, and recognise those driving up service standards across the sector.
2024 Winners
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Best advisory firm - regulation and compliance
IQ-EQ
Best advisory firm - tax
EY
Best digital assets custodian
Copper.co
Best digital assets service provider
OSL
Best administrator - digital assets
AYASA Globo Financial Services Limited
Best audit service provider
KPMG
Best fund accounting and reporting software
Temenos Multifonds
Best valuations firm
Houlihan Lokey
Best offshore law firm
Ogier
Best offshore law firm - client service
Loeb Smith Attorneys
Best onshore law firm
Sidley Austin
Best onshore law firm - client service
Simmons & Simmons
Best law firm - alternative credit
Stephenson Harwood
Best administrator – alternative credit
Apex Fund Services
Best technology firm - alternative credit
Broadridge Financial Solutions
Best alternative data provider
ExtractAlpha
Best cloud tech provider
Options Technology
Best RegTech provider
SteelEye
Best cyber-security service
Bare Cove Technology
Best AI service provider
Linedata
Most innovative technology firm
ECI
Best risk management solution/technology
Orchestrade
Most disruptive technology solution
Haruko
Best portfolio management software
Linedata
Best outsourced trading provider
Marex
Best middle office service provider
BNP Paribas
Best cash management/treasury service
BlackRock
Best administrator - boutique and emerging managers
Bolder Fund Services
Best administrator - client service (emerging managers)
Portcullis Fund Administration
Best administrator - client service (established managers)
CITCO
Best administrator - innovation
CITIC Securities Fund Services
Best administrator - under $30bn single manager
NAV Fund Administration Group
Best administrator - over $30bn single manager
State Street
Best hedge fund platform
CSC
Best hedge fund custodian
BNP Paribas
Best hedge fund incubation platform
OPIM
Best boutique prime broker - innovation
CGS International Securities
Best boutique prime broker
Maybank Securities
Best prime broker - derivatives
Standard Chartered
Best prime broker - capital introduction
UBS
Best prime broker - overall
Morgan Stanley
2023 Winners
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Best administrator - innovation
Apex Group
Best administrator - boutique and emerging managers
Ayasa Globo Financial Services
Best cyber-security service
Bare Cove Technology
Best hedge fund custodian
BNP Paribas Securities Services
Best administrator - specialist structures
Bolder Fund Services
Best technology firm - alternative credit
Broadridge
Best boutique prime broker - innovation
CGS-CIMB Securities (Singapore)
Best digital assets custodian
Copper.co
Best digital assets provider
Coinbase
Best law firm – client service
Deacons
Best cloud technology provider
ECI
Best managed service provider
Enfusion
Best advisory firm - tax
EY
Most innovative technology firm
Haruko
Best valuations firm
Houlihan Lokey
Best audit services
KPMG
Best Middle Office Service Provider
Linedata
Best Innovation in ESG
Maples Group
Best boutique prime broker
Maybank Securities Pte Ltd
Best prime broker
Morgan Stanley
Best administrator – alternative credit
NAV Fund Administration Group
Best offshore law firm
Ogier
Best hedge fund platform
OP Investment Management
Best onshore law firm
Simmons & Simmons
Best Prime Broker - Derivatives
Standard Chartered PLC
Best administrator - client service
State Street
Best law firm - alternative credit
Stephenson Harwood
Best outsourced trading provider
TD Cowen
Best fund accounting and reporting software
Temenos Multifonds
Best administrator - under $30bn single manager
The ASCENT Group
Best administrator - over $30bn single manager
The Citco Group of Companies
Best portfolio management software
TORA, an LSEG business
Most disruptive technology solution
Tradeweb
Best prime broker - capital introduction
UBS
Best tech infrastructure provider
Velocity Technology
Best advisory firm - regulation and compliance
Waystone Compliance Solutions
2022 Winners
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Best administrator - client service
BNP Paribas
Best administrator - specialist structures
Ascent Group
Best administrator - boutique and emerging managers
Ayasa Globo Financial Services
Best administrator - innovation
Citco
Best administrator - under $30bn single manager
CLSA Fund Services (Asia) Limited
Best administrator - over $30bn single manager
State Street
Best advisory firm - regulation and compliance
Waystone Compliance Solutions
Best advisory firm - tax
EY
Best valuations firm
Houlihan Lokey
Best audit services
EY
Best offshore law firm
Ogier
Best onshore law firm
Simmons & Simmons
Outsourced middle office and shadow accounting provider
Apex Group
Best managed service provider
Bare Cove Technology
Best digital assets provider
Copper.co
Best digital assets custodian
Coinbase
Best cloud tech provider - hybrid/private
Options Technology
Best cloud tech provider - public
Velocity Technology
Best fund accounting and reporting software
SS&C Advent
Best cyber-security service
ECI
Best tech infrastructure provider
Velocity Technology
Most innovative technology firm
Refinitiv HK
Most disruptive technology solution
Backstop Solutions
Best portfolio management software
Broadridge
Best portfolio management software - innovation
TORA
Best hedge fund platform
OP Investment Management
Best hedge fund custodian
Nuvama Asset Services
(formerly known as Edelweiss Asset Services)