DIRECTORY
www.alfi.lu The Association of the Luxembourg Fund Industry (ALFI) represents the face and voice of the Luxembourg asset management and investment fund community, championing mainstream, private assets and sustainable investing. ALFI seeks to promote Luxembourg’s fund sector internationally, and to cultivate for the benefit of its members a collaborative, dynamic and innovative ecosystem underpinned by the most robust regulatory framework. ALFI’s ambition is to empower investors to meet their life goals. cCreated in 1988, the Association today represents over 1,500 Luxembourg domiciled investment funds, asset management companies and a wide range of business that serve the sector. These include depositary banks, fund administrators, transfer agents, distributors, legal firms, consultants, tax advisory firms, auditors and accountants, specialised IT and communication companies. Luxembourg is the largest fund domicile in Europe and a worldwide leader in cross-border distribution of funds. Luxembourg domiciled investment funds are distributed in more than 70 countries around the world.
www.mjhudson.com MJ Hudson, the specialist service provider to the asset management industry, provides legal and financial services, investment consultancy, outsourcing, analytics and complementary advice and support to fund managers, investors and their counterparties, together forming an endto-end platform of services. From its offices in Europe and North America’s major asset management centres, MJ Hudson’s team of 240 professionals works across the industry, with a particular focus on alternative assets, including private equity, venture capital, hedge funds, real estate, infrastructure, energy, and private credit. The firm was admitted to the AIM market of the London Stock Exchange on 12 December 2019 and trades under the MJH.L symbol.
www.waystone.com
Waystone is the leading provider of institutional governance, risk and compliance services to the asset management industry. Partnering institutional investors, investment funds and asset managers Waystone builds, supports and protects investment structures and strategies worldwide. With over 20 years’ experience and a comprehensive range of specialist services to its name, Waystone is now supporting asset managers with more than US$1Tn in AUM. Waystone provides its clients with the guidance and tools to allow them to focus on managing their investment goals with confidence.
fund-services.universal-investment.com
The Universal-Investment Group is one of Europe’s leading fund service platforms and Super ManCos, with around EUR 719 billion in assets under administration, over 1,900 mutual and special fund mandates and a workforce of more than 1,000 at locations in Frankfurt am Main, Luxembourg, Dublin and Krakow. Founded in 1968, the company is an independent platform for asset managers as well as institutional investors offering structuring and administration solutions as well as risk management for Securities, Real Estate and Alternative Investments. The companies UI Labs, UI Enlyte and CAPinside complement the group’s innovative service offering. Universal-Investment is a signatory of the UN Principles of Responsible Investment. (as of 31 August 2021)
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