PLATINUM SPONSORS:
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BNY Mellon is a global investments company dedicated to helping its clients manage and service their financial assets throughout the investment lifecycle. Whether providing financial services for institutions, corporations or individual investors, BNY Mellon delivers informed investment management and investment services in 35 countries and more than 100 markets. As of March 31, 2014, BNY Mellon had $27.9 trillion in assets under custody and/or administration, and $1.6 trillion in assets under management. www.bnymellonim.com |
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Deloitte is the brand under which tens of thousands of dedicated professionals in independent firms throughout the world collaborate to provide audit, consulting, financial advisory, risk management, and tax services to selected clients. With over 200,000 professionals present in 150 countries, each Deloitte member firm works in close cooperation with their peers. A mutual understanding and collaborative work ensures not only a trust-based and long-term relationship within the Deloitte network, but also with our clients. Our leading industry experts keep our national and international clients regularly updated on the latest trends and changes impacting their business through regulatory alerts, white papers, brochures, tailor-made workshops and training seminars and webinars. We consolidate knowledge, methodology and the highest levels of ethics and integrity to deliver professional services of the highest possible quality. This approach, together with our ability to function in multi-cultural, multi-jurisdictional, and multi-lingual environments, are the key factors in building the valued relationship for which we are praised by our clients, to their utmost satisfaction www.deloitte.com |
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Pictet was founded in Geneva in 1805. Pictet is a partnership of eight owner managers that encourages us to focus on the group’s long-term success. Pictet Asset Management is the division responsible for asset management for institutional investors and investment funds. With over 700 employees, including 286 investment professionals, we operate from 17 centres worldwide. We offer a full range of active and quantitative investment solutions including equity, fixed income and alternative strategies for leading institutions globally. Our clients include some of the world’s largest pension funds, mutual funds, sovereign wealth funds and financial institutions. We are dedicated to building lasting partnerships with our clients by exceeding their expectations for investment performance and service. We manage USD 155 billion in assets as at the end of May 2014. www.pictet.com |
PASSIVE INVESTMENT SPONSOR:
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Vanguard was founded in the United States in 1975 on a simple but revolutionary idea—that an investment company should manage the funds it offers in the sole interest of its clients. In 1976, Vanguard pioneered the concept of indexing, introducing the first index fund for individual investors in the United States. Over the decades, Vanguard has grown to become one of the world’s largest investment management companies — with a presence in Australia, Europe, Asia, and the Americas. Vanguard manages over USD 2.7 trillion in assets (as at 31 December 2013). What sets Vanguard apart – and lets Vanguard put investors first around the world – is the ownership structure of The Vanguard Group, Inc., in the United States. Rather than being publicly traded or owned by a small group of individuals, The Vanguard Group is owned by Vanguard’s US-domiciled funds and ETFs. Those funds, in turn, are owned by their investors. This unique mutual structure aligns our interests with those of our investors and drives the culture, philosophy and policies throughout the Vanguard organisation worldwide. As a result, Europe’s investors benefit from Vanguard’s stability and experience, low-cost investing and client focus. www.vanguard.com |
EXCLUSIVE SECURITIES SERVICES SPONSOR:
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BNP Paribas Securities
Services, a wholly-owned subsidiary of the BNP Paribas Group, is a leading
global custodian and securities services provider backed by the strength of a
universal bank. It provides integrated solutions to all participants in the
investment cycle including the buy-side, sell-side, corporates and issuers.
Covering over 100 markets, with our own offices in 34 countries,
the BNP Paribas network is one of the most extensive in the industry. We bring
together local insight and a global network to enable clients to maximize their
market and investment opportunities worldwide.
Key figures as of 31 December 2013: USD 8,055
billion assets under custody, USD 1,442 billion assets under administration,
7,067 administered funds and 8,225 employees securities.bnpparibas.com |
TECHNOLOGY SPONSOR:
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Today, Multifonds supports more than $5 trillion in assets across more than 30 global jurisdictions for the world’s leading global custodians, third-party administrators, insurance companies and top tier asset managers. Multifonds is the award winning investment fund software platform for portfolio accounting, fund accounting, investor servicing and transfer agency that handles all of the major asset classes and fund types across both traditional and alternative funds – on a single fully integrated platform. Multifonds offers unparalleled multi-instrument functionality, multi-jurisdiction flexibility and global scalability, enabling significant cost reductions and efficiency improvements to clients. Deemed mission critical, it enables clients to transform and grow their business in a constantly changing fund industry. Multifonds is headquartered in Luxembourg has 13 global offices and is a member of the FinTech 100 of top global financial services software vendors. www.multifonds.com |
