The IMS Group and HedgeOp Compliance, the specialist regulatory services and compliance consultancy to the asset management and securities industry, has opened its first Asian office, in Hong Kong.
The new office will provide compliance consultancy, training and software across the region to support local and international firms in their efforts to manage the burden of increased extraterritorial and global regulation.
HedgeOp and the IMS Group merged in January 2012.
The Hong Kong office will serve hedge funds, wealth managers and other alternative investment managers engaged in the Asian markets. Services will include:
-Ongoing compliance consulting across regulatory jurisdictions-Web-based compliance and personal trading software-Due diligence services-Training-The groups regulatory hosting platform, Mirabella Financial Services
The new office will be spearheaded by Jonathan Currie, formerly the head of the IMS Groups Regulatory Transactions Team in London.
(JDC)