Hedge Fund Office Space

Jay G. Smith, Inc. is a full service Real Estate Brokerage firm based in New York City. Founded in 1992, Jay G. Smith, Inc. has been serving the needs of clients in both the New York metropolitan area and throughout the U.S. for almost 20 years. With a specific focus on financial firms and vast knowledge of the national Real Estate market, Jay G. Smith, Inc. has represented some of the largest, well- known financial institutions throughout the world evidenced by our very impressive client roster. Our philosophy has always been to give each client the proper attention needed to assist them in achieving their Real Estate Goals. Every client is assigned a team of professionals to ensure each receives the personal service they deserve. We work closely with our clients from the onset making sure every last detail is handled to the highest of standards. After the transaction is complete, our team continues to monitor your status and provides you with a detailed annual review in order to identify changes in market conditions. Jay G. Smith, Inc. offers a wide range of services including: Office Leasing Retail Leasing Consulting and Advisory Services Lease Audit Investment Sales Joint Venture Development For information on current market conditions or a free consultation, please contact: David Scher Managing Director Jay G. Smith, Inc. 212-682-8610 x 103 dscher@jaygsmith.com

Studley is the premier provider of real estate services to the hedge fund industry and is focused on the business drivers, infrastructure requirements, and space needs that are critical to a firms operational success. Studley advisors provide exceptional site selection services by not only focusing on the real estate requirement, but by also understanding the pertinent front-office and back-office issues that are specific to the industry, including: • Acoustical and HVAC issues on a Trading Floor • Electrical Capacity • Back-Up Power • Technological Infrastructure • Space Efficiency At Studley, we stay ahead of the curve by keeping in close contact with the hedge fund community. We monitor which funds are looking for space, which spaces will be left behind as a result of a move and which firms might be disposing of space via sublease and/or closing their fund. Studley advisors scour the marketplace for appropriate office space opportunities, including: • Turn-key spaces with existing trading floors • High-floors in trophy buildings with expansive views • New pre-built units with high-end finishes • Build-to-suit opportunities in Midtown’s best boutique buildings Whether you are a start-up fund planning to open your first office or an established fund preparing for an upcoming lease expiration, we would be pleased to assist. For more information about our firm, our services, or simply an update on the office space market, please call or email Evan Margolin at 212-326-8623 or emargolin@studley.com.

UGL Services is a leading global corporate real estate advisor focused exclusively on the business space user. With extensive experience advising the hedge fund industry and related financial service firms, we understand the importance of real estate in serving their business and operational needs. Our strategic approach takes into account workspace planning, HVAC and electric needs, backup power, technology requirements, and other critical considerations. UGL Services’ New York office stays ahead of the competition by remaining at the frontline of market intelligence and data. We successfully achieve this by combining our integrated global platform with a collaborative structure that results in a vast knowledge of availabilities and space-users in the local market. We then deploy our extensive knowledge of the constantly changing marketplace to create leverage on behalf of our clients and successfully negotiate and secure the best deals possible. Regardless of your fund’s current real estate situation, whether you are a startup or an established firm, we are confident UGL Services can offer you the best representation.

Jones Lang LaSalle is the premier full service commercial real estate firm to hedge funds, asset managers, investment banks and other financial service clients. With more than 45,500 professionals in 1,000 locations, Jones Lang LaSalle has the resources to assist in owning, occupying or investing in real estate in New York and across the globe. We know how to develop and implement a plan that aligns your Manhattan real estate with your strategic, financial and corporate objectives, and provide a long term real estate solution while addressing short-term tactical needs. Jones Lang LaSalle approaches each assignment with a multi-disciplinary team whose professionals tap their subject and market expertise, creativity, objectivity, relationships, industry knowledge, confidentiality and resource efficiency for clients’ benefit. Our New York office can assist in the acquisition, disposition, financing, assessment, and project, development and property/facility management of real estate of all types and sizes. For more information on the value we bring to real estate occupancy program development and execution for financial service firms, please contact Brittany H. Wunsch at 212.812.6451 or Alexander M. Chudnoff at 212 418 2622.