{"id":8081,"date":"2008-07-10T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2008-07-10T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"-0001-11-30T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"-0001-11-30T04:00:00","slug":"global-prime-services-group-simplifies-outsourcing-for-hedge-fund-managers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hedgeco.net\/news\/07\/2008\/global-prime-services-group-simplifies-outsourcing-for-hedge-fund-managers.html","title":{"rendered":"Global Prime Services Group Simplifies Outsourcing for Hedge Fund Managers"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>New York (HedgeCo.Net) &#8211; RBC Capital Markets has unveiled its newest venture, the Global Prime Services Group that will provide comprehensive support and a vast platform of services to hedge fund and mutual fund managers as well as institutional asset managers. &nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Global Prime Services Group comes at a time when hedge fund managers and other institutional money managers are in need of a specialized tier of services.&nbsp; By providing an integral package of service providers and prime brokerage, clients are gaining the robust array of multi-asset class products and services needed in today&rsquo;s complex and ever-changing markets. <\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Building the Global Prime Services Group enables us to truly partner with our clients,&rdquo; said Greg Mills, head of Global Equity Sales &amp; Trading for RBC Capital Markets.&nbsp; &ldquo;We are now able to provide a fully consolidated platform that enables us to maximize the benefits to our clients and efficiently employ RBC&rsquo;s financing capabilities.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>While outsourcing often results in fund managers not receiving the attention and level of services they need, GPS provides a single platform of services and uses a wide-angle view to assess each particular business.&nbsp; This includes capital management, direct marketing, prime brokerage, electronic trading and capital introductions.&nbsp; The strong credit quality and stability of the providers is something that managers are actively seeking.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;While the past few months have seen unprecedented challenges in the brokerage industry, RBC&rsquo;s strength and stability has been and will remain a source of confidence for our clients, particularly those in alternative investments,&rdquo; said Jeremy Frommer, head of RBC Global Prime Services. &nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Global Prime Services Group has seen a vast increase in the number of emerging hedge fund managers that are aligning themselves with the company.&nbsp; Due to the cost efficiency and the simplicity involved in using a full service third party, new managers are capitalizing on the opportunity.<\/p>\n<p>Already a leader in Canada, GPS is expecting substantial growth this year, while aiming to excel side by side with the emerging and existing managers they are working with.<\/p>\n<p>Julie Scuderi<br \/>Senior Editor for HedgeCo.Net<br \/>Email: julie@hedgeco.net<\/p>\n<p>HedgeCo.Net is a premier hedge fund database and community for qualified and accredited investors only. 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For more information, visit <a target=\"_self\" href=\"http:\/\/www.hedgeconetworks.com\/\">www.hedgeconetworks.com<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;&nbsp; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>New York (HedgeCo.Net) &#8211; RBC Capital Markets has unveiled its newest venture, the Global Prime Services Group that will provide comprehensive support and a vast platform of services to hedge fund and mutual fund managers as well as institutional asset [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[761,1189,1413,315,197,1414,1281,97,348,1415],"class_list":["post-8081","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-hedgeco-news","tag-asian-strategy","tag-charge-interest","tag-dejarnette","tag-fund-specialist","tag-housing-market","tag-institutional-asset-managers","tag-last-gasp","tag-lengthy-prison-terms","tag-metals-group","tag-undersecretary"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/hedgeco.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8081","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/hedgeco.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/hedgeco.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hedgeco.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hedgeco.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8081"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/hedgeco.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8081\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/hedgeco.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8081"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hedgeco.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8081"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hedgeco.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8081"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}