10 Nov 2011
SYZ Asset Management, the institutional asset management division of the Swiss banking group SYZ & CO, is supplementing its alternative management offering with a managed accounts platform (segregated funds), which is available in addition to its existing tailored alternative mandates and funds of hedge funds.
The platform, which is the result of close cooperation between SYZ Asset Management and UBS Investment Bank, aims to give institutional investors substantial advantages in terms of transparency, risk management and reporting. SYZ Asset Management will perform multiple roles in the operation of the platform. They will select managers to be included and will manage investment mandates as well as other investment vehicles. It will then be able to launch new investment solutions using the platform’s managers.
UBS Investment Bank is the operator of this managed accounts platform. SYZ Asset Management selected the UBS platform for the flexibility it offers to hedge fund managers, its extensive reporting and highly sophisticated risk management. It does not necessarily require hedge funds to change their liquidity frequency or prime broker, enabling them to retain the same strategy as in their original hedge fund.
The platform, which is the result of close cooperation between SYZ Asset Management and UBS Investment Bank, aims to give institutional investors substantial advantages in terms of transparency, risk management and reporting. SYZ Asset Management will perform multiple roles in the operation of the platform. They will select managers to be included and will manage investment mandates as well as other investment vehicles. It will then be able to launch new investment solutions using the platform’s managers.
UBS Investment Bank is the operator of this managed accounts platform. SYZ Asset Management selected the UBS platform for the flexibility it offers to hedge fund managers, its extensive reporting and highly sophisticated risk management. It does not necessarily require hedge funds to change their liquidity frequency or prime broker, enabling them to retain the same strategy as in their original hedge fund.
