TABLE OF CONTENTS
ABOUT DATAMONITOR 2
KEY TAKE-OUTS 4
Four key things you need to know about hedge fund technology and service provision 4
JUSTIFICATION 6
Business drivers in the global hedge fund industry 6
Growth of assets is starting to impact operatonal models 6
Hedge fund regulation: controversial yet inevitable 7
Implications for service providers and technology vendors 9
The future shape of the industry: early days to call the hedge fund sector mature, but a significant middle-tier segment is emerging 9
Hedge fund service provision is a fast-maturing market, with fierce competition in prime brokerage and consolidation amongst fund administrators 11
Hedge funds have historically represented only a limited direct opportunity for technology vendors, but this will change with the growth of the middle-tier segment 13
APPENDIX 15
Future readings 15
SPP writing team 15