Welcome to the 2019 edition of the Fund Valuation Handbook. Our objective in creating this directory of firms providing services to the asset management industry is to present, in one easily accessible location, as complete and representative a list of providers in this space as possible.
As befits our field of expertize, the Handbook focuses primarily on the area of valuation and compliance with regulations, standards and best practice in this area.
The PDF of the Handbook can be downloaded using the button below.
Download HandbookLinks to the firms participating in the Handbook are in the section below.
A fund’s administrator invariably provides fund accounting services, calculates its NAV and typically acts as a valuation service provider. In this respect they fulfil a central role in the valuation process. This section contains companies offering fund administration and custody services to investment funds
Atlas Fund Services
Go to websiteBNY Mellon
Go to websiteCircle Partners
Go to websiteCITCO
Go to websiteFundadministration
Go to websiteGrassi & Co
Go to websiteHedgeServ
Go to websiteMUFG Investor Services
Go to websiteNAV Consulting
Go to websiteNorthern Trust
Go to websiteSGGG Fexserv
Go to websiteSS&C GlobeOp
Go to websiteState Street
Go to websiteThe majority of funds are subject to either IFRS or US GAAP accounting standards and are audited annually under these regimes. Audit firms increasingly offer additional consulting services relating to valuation and compliance. This section containg companies providing audit, accounting and financial reporting services to the fund industry
BDO
Go to websiteCitrin Cooperman
Go to websiteDeloitte
Go to websiteElliott Davis Decosimo
Go to websiteGrant Thornton
Go to websiteKPMG
Go to websiteMazars USA
Go to websiteMercer Capital
Go to websitePKF O'Connor Davies
Go to websitePwC
Go to websiteWarren Averett
Go to websiteWithum
Go to websiteThere are a plethora of specialist firms (including ourselves) who offer services to funds and fund managers to help them to comply with their obligations. The most common of these are compliance consultants and those which perform operational due diligence (ODD). This section contains firms who provide consulting and advisory services to the fund industry
ACA Compliance
Go to websiteAlvarez & Marsal
Go to websiteChatham Financial
Go to websiteComplyport
Go to websiteCordium / Mirabella
Go to websiteFM Consult
Go to websiteHoulihan Lokey
Go to websiteMercer
Go to websiteNRS
Go to websiteSturgeon Ventures
Go to websiteWilshire
Go to websiteVoltaire Advisors provides investment funds - both public and private - and their advisers and service providers with specialist and independent advice on valuation to support compliance efforts and address operational and regulatory risk.
Go to websiteLawyers perform a crucial role in the investment fund world, advising on fund structuring and compliance and also dealing with any investigation or litigation issues. This section contains firms who provide legal and regulatory advice to the fund industry
Akin Gump
Go to websiteAlston & Bird
Go to websiteDavis Polk
Go to websiteDechert
Go to websiteDillon Eustace
Go to websiteFried Frank
Go to websiteFriedman Kaplan
Go to websiteK&L Gates
Go to websiteKirkland & Ellis
Go to websiteMorgan Lewis
Go to websitePaul Weiss
Go to websitePurrington Moody
Go to websiteRopes & Gray
Go to websiteSadis & Goldberg
Go to websiteSchulte Roth
Go to websiteSeward & Kissel
Go to websiteShartsis Friese
Go to websiteShearman & Sterling
Go to websiteCommercial vendors also play a crucial role in fund asset pricing. In addition to pricing and market data vendors, from where values may be directly sources, there are also model and analytic providers who supply pricing libraries used in-house. This section contains firms who provide software and data services to the fund industy
Augeos
Go to websiteAdvantageData
Go to websiteBest Credit Data
Go to websiteBGC
Go to websiteBloomberg
Go to websiteBondView
Go to websiteCBonds
Go to websiteDelphX
Go to websiteDeriveXperts
Go to websiteDuff & Phelps
Go to websiteFactset
Go to websiteFinalyse
Go to websiteFinCad
Go to websiteGoldenSource
Go to websiteICE Data Services
Go to websiteIHS Markit
Go to websiteIntex
Go to websiteInvestortools
Go to websiteKalotay Analytics
Go to websiteMarketAxess
Go to websiteMoody's Analytics
Go to websiteMTS
Go to websiteMuniAxis
Go to websiteNasdaq
Go to websiteNordic Bond Pricing
Go to websiteNumerix
Go to websiteOrchestrade
Go to websitePrytania Solutions
Go to websiteQuantifi
Go to websiteQuaternion
Go to websiteRimes
Go to websiteS&P Global
Go to websiteScanrate
Go to websiteSCI
Go to websiteStout
Go to websiteThomson Reuters
Go to websiteTradeweb
Go to websiteTradition
Go to websiteValue & Risk
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