2026 Shortlist
The shortlist for the Hedge Fund Services Awards | APAC has now been released. The calibre of entries was as impressive as ever - a huge congratulations to everyone who has made the list!
Administration
Best administrator - boutique and emerging managers
Ayasa Globo
Bolder
AlfaR Group
Formidium
CITIC Securities Fund Services (Asia)
Best administrator - client service emerging
Precision Fund Services
CITIC
Ayasa Globo
Bolder
Formidium
CITIC Securities Fund Services (Asia)
NAV Fund Services
IQEQ
Best administrator - client service established
CITCO
AlfaR Group
Formidium
BNP Paribas
IQEQ
CSC
Northern Trust
Best administrator - digital assets
Precision Fund Services
Ayasa Globo
Bolder
AlfaR Group
Formidium
NAV Fund Services
Best administrator – innovation
CITCO
Precision Fund Services
Ayasa Globo
Formidium
CITIC Securities Fund Services (Asia)
NAV Fund Services
Best administrator - over $30bn single manager
CITCO
CITIC Securities Fund Services (Asia)
Northern Trust
Best administrator - under $30bn single manager
Bolder
Precision Fund Services
IQEQ
NAV Fund Services
BNP Paribas
AlfaR Group
Private equity / credit
Best administrator – private equity/credit
Vistra
Alter Domus
IQEQ
CITIC Securities Fund Services (Asia)
Precision Fund Services
CSC
Best administrator – private equity/credit - client service
Vistra
Alter Domus
CITIC Securities Fund Services (Asia)
Precision Fund Services
CSC
Best advisory firm - regulation and compliance - private equity
Compliance Plus HK
Optima Partners
Vistra
IQEQ
Best law firm - private equity/credit
Hogan Lovells
Sidley Austin
Fangda Law
Simmons & Simmons
Compliance / legal
Best advisory firm - Tax
EY
PwC
Best advisory firm - Regulation and Compliance
S2 Compliance
Vistra
Waystone
Optima Partners
IQEQ
Best auditor
EY
PwC
EisnerAmper PAC
KPMG
Deloitte
Best offshore law firm
Harneys
LoebSmith
Appleby
Campbells
Ogier
Best offshore law firm - client service
Ogier
LoebSmith
Campbells
Harneys
Best onshore law firm – start up and boutique managers
Broadfield Law
Charles Wilson LLP
Sidley Austin
Best onshore law firm
Greenberg Traurig
Simmons & Simmons
Broadfield Law
Charles Wilson LLP
Sidley Austin
Rajah & Tann
Best onshore law firm - client service
Sidley Austin
Greenberg Traurig
Hogan Lovells
Broadfield Law
Simmons & Simmons
Rajah & Tann
Best regtech provider
Steeleye
Eventus
ACA Group
Data / tech
Best fund accounting and reporting software
Formidium
CITIC Securities Fund Services (Asia)
Multifonds
Best AI Solution
Linedata
ECI
LinqAlpha
Bare Cove
Broadridge
Best cloud hosting solution
ECI
Hazeltree
Bare Cove
Options Technology
Best cyber-security service
Options Technology
ECI
Bare Cove
Best digital assets provider
Watson Wheatley
Haruko
Talos
Best new technology solution - established
DolphinDB
TraditionData
Hazeltree
Best new technology solution - emerging
3forge
Bare Cove
Premier Technology
Haruko
Talos
Best OMS
Talos
LSEG
Flextrade
Haruko
Best portfolio management software
Oxane Partners
Haruko
Broadridge
Linedata
Talos
Best risk management technology
Orchestrade
Haruko
Talos
Best technology firm - private equity/credit
Broadridge
Bare Cove
Most innovative technology firm - boutique
ECI
DolphinDB
Bare Cove
Haruko
Most innovative technology firm - Large scale
Flextrade
ECI
Watson Wheatley
Hazeltree
Best cash management/treasury services
Kayenta
Hazeltree
Overall
Best hedge fund custodian
Kotak
Nuvama
IBKR
BNP Paribas
Best hedge fund platform
3forge
IBKR
CSC
Orchestrade
LSEG
Best hedge fund incubator
OPIM
Wolverhill
Best middle office service provider
Hazeltree
Linedata
Orchestrade
CSC
CITCO
BNP Paribas
Best outsourced trading provider
StoneX
Meraki Global Advisors
LSEG
Best valuations firm
Houlihan Lokey
Oxane Partners
Best boutique prime broker
IBKR
Maybank
Saxo
26 Degrees
CGS
IG Prime
Prime brokerage
Best prime broker - capital introduction
UBS
26 Degrees
Morgan Stanley
Best prime broker - client service
Standard Chartered
Maybank
IG Prime
26 Degrees
BofA
Best prime broker – derivatives
Standard Chartered
CGS
SocGen
Nomura
HSBC
Best prime broker – innovation
IBKR
CGS
SocGen
IG Prime
Best prime broker
BofA
Morgan Stanley
Goldman Sachs
Best specialist brokerage
IBKR
CGS
Going Securities