Hedge Funds Review is compiling its first service provider rankings list, giving hedge fund and fund of hedge funds managers as well as investors a chance to rate service providers.

For the first time Hedge Funds Review is compiling a rankings list of service providers for the hedge fund industry.

Eligible to vote are individuals from single-manager hedge fund or fund of hedge funds (FoHF) organisations and investors (for example, family offices, pension funds, sovereign wealth funds, insurance companies, asset allocators) who invest into hedge funds or FoHFs.

The rankings cover a wide range of service providers (listed below) essential to the industry including prime brokers, fund administration and custodians as well as technology providers and accounting and legal professionals. Individuals taking part can name their most favoured service provider over a range of categories, including third-party marketers, consultants, platforms and others.

The results will be available to subscribers in a special report to be published in November.

A special reception in London in December will recognise those coming top of the rankings.

Completing the survey takes about 10 minutes. All responses are confidential and personal information will not be published or released to any third party.

The closing date for the survey is October 28, 2011.

Categories

Accounting/auditing
Best regulator
Brand communications
Capital introduction
Clearing service
Consultant
Custodian
Database provider
Fund administrator
Index provider
Legal - offshore
Legal - onshore
Managed account platform from hedge fund/FoHF viewpoint
Managed account platform from investor viewpoint
Market data
Most favoured domicile
Press relations/communications
Prime financing (securities lending)
Prime services/broker
Research
Risk and compliance management solutions
Seeder/incubator
Technology provider
Third party marketer
Trading and execution
Trading system
Ucits platform from hedge fund/FoHF viewpoint
Ucits platform from investor viewpoint

Methodology (PDF)

Hedge Funds Review Survey Provider Rankings 2011 survey (PDF)

Full terms and conditions (PDF)