BNY Mellon's Pershing Unit Invests in HedgeMark International

JERSEY CITY, N.J., Feb. 1, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Pershing LLC, a BNY Mellon company, and HedgeMark International, LLC announced today that Pershing has made a non-controlling investment in HedgeMark and obtained rights to acquire HedgeMark over time.  

HedgeMark offers the first comprehensive, end-to-end hedge fund managed accounts platform in recognition of  the substantial institutional demand for alternative investments. HedgeMark's platform features a fully integrated suite of technology modules that include fund due diligence, portfolio construction and back-testing, holdings-based risk monitoring, stress test analytics and a comprehensive compliance surveillance engine. Through the HedgeMark platform, investors can build, analyze and monitor a diversified portfolio of alternative investments while integrating and aggregating alternative and traditional investment risk data.  

"HedgeMark is re-defining the role of hedge funds in the managed accounts industry for both institutional and qualified investors and asset managers," said Richard F. Brueckner, chairman of Pershing LLC, "HedgeMark has built an investment solution that speaks to the fiduciary demands of our most sophisticated institutional clients by integrating due diligence, portfolio construction, risk management  and multiple levels of position-based monitoring and reporting. These capabilities complement Pershing's core managed account strategy, recently enhanced with the acquisition of PNC Managed Investments, which focuses on providing managed account solutions for broker-dealers and investment advisors to enable them to service their retail and high-net-worth clients."

A recent study conducted by Greenwich Associates and sponsored by Pershing titled "Transparency and Liquidity: The Growth of Separately Managed Accounts in the Hedge Fund Industry" highlighted the growing demand for a better model for investors.

"Transparency, liquidity, control and governance, supported by a robust risk monitoring engine, are the baseline requirements for successful hedge fund investing in today's world," said Kenneth S. Phillips, chief executive officer and founder of HedgeMark. "The HedgeMark platform was built to help financial institutions meet the emerging fiduciary standards, providing what we believe to be the industry's leading suite of tools for building and managing diversified portfolios and monitoring risk."

HedgeMark was founded in 2009 and has offices in Los Angeles and New York. The HedgeMark platform supports a broad range of institutional investors and fund managers, including pensions, endowments, foundations and funds of hedge funds.  Additional information is available at www.hedgemark.com.

Pershing LLC (member FINRA/NYSE/SIPC) is a leading global provider of financial business solutions to more than 1,500 institutional and retail financial organizations and independent registered investment advisors who collectively represent approximately five million active investors. Located in 21 offices worldwide, Pershing and its affiliates are committed to delivering dependable operational support, robust trading services, flexible technology, an expansive array of investment solutions, practice management support and service excellence. Pershing is a member of every major U.S. securities exchange and its international affiliates are members of the Deutsche Borse, the Irish Stock Exchange and the London Stock Exchange. Pershing LLC is a BNY Mellon company. Additional information is available at www.pershing.com.

BNY Mellon is a global financial services company focused on helping clients manage and service their financial assets, operating in 36 countries and serving more than 100 markets. BNY Mellon is a leading provider of financial services for institutions, corporations and high-net-worth individuals, providing superior asset management and wealth management, asset servicing, issuer services, clearing services and treasury services through a worldwide client-focused team. It has $25.0 trillion in assets under custody and administration and $1.17 trillion in assets under management, services $12.0 trillion in outstanding debt and processes global payments averaging $1.6 trillion per day. BNY Mellon is the corporate brand of The Bank of New York Mellon Corporation (NYSE: BK). Additional information is available at www.bnymellon.com.

SOURCE Pershing LLC