Clearing and Settlement
The Kyte Group Limited provides clearing and settlement services to professional ‘expert’ traders who transact business on the world's leading exchanges.
http://www.kytegroup.com/
Schneider Trading Associates Ltd (STA) is the Schneider Group’s main provider of trading services for individual professional and small corporate traders. All of the products and services available within the group are available to STA clients including market access and clearing, IT infrastructure and risk monitoring. Corporate services are also available including compliance, accountancy, payroll and marketing.
http://www.schneidertrading.com/
Hedge Fund Outsourcing and Consultancy
HedgeStart offer a range of outsourced and consultancy services, primarily to the alternative investment industry. These services are designed for people who want to concentrate on performance and don't have the time to worry about creating and running the infrastructure behind the business.
http://www.hedgestart.com/
HedgeSupport is a Compliance, Management and Operations Consultancy Company founded in January 2002 that provides professional support to regulated firms including Hedge Fund Managers, CTA’s, Property Fund Managers, Venture Capitalists, Corporate Financiers, Brokers, Advisors and Hedge Fund Marketers.
http://www.hedgesupport.com/home.php
The Sigma Partnership is a business advisory and compliance accounting firm in London for: local and inbound managers of offshore hedge and private equity funds, wealth management investment managers, local and inbound LSE & ICE securities and derivatives brokerage firms, corporate finance firms, other financial services companies and local and inbound professional practice firms.
http://www.sigmallp.com/index.html
Portfolio Management Systems
Arbor Financial Systems specialise in quality fund management and connectivity software.
http://www.arborfs.com/
The Albourne Village
Now in its eighth year, Albourne Village is a free and unique internet-based knowledge economy for the Alternative Investment community. With nearly 70,000 registered active users, the site has been designed as an ideal environment for evolving hedge-fund and private equity related intellectual property, content and debates on current issues, as well as a valuable source of jobs and commercial contacts.
https://village.albourne.com/
Independent Directors
Independent Fund Director Services provides independent directorship and director support services to hedge funds. These services include portfolio risk analysis, third party service provider reviews, governance advice, compliance and marketing support. Focus on helping funds to demonstrate a high standard of governance
http://www.fund-director.com/
Trading Systems
Trading Technologies International, Inc. develops high-performance trading software for derivatives professionals, including the world's premier investment banks, brokers, Futures Commission Merchants, hedge funds, proprietary trading firms and other trading institutions.
http://www.tradingtechnologies.com/
Fidessa group is a leading supplier of multi-asset trading, portfolio analysis, decision support, compliance, market data and connectivity solutions for firms involved in trading the world’s financial markets.
http://www.fidessa.com/
RTS is a leading provider of high performance, scalable trading solutions. With a track record of over 15 years, they have earned a reputation for performance and reliability among leading financial players.
http://www.rtsgroup.net/
Stellar Trading Systems provides cutting-edge future, options and equities capabilities to the professional trader. Stellar provides an intuitive front end with comprehensive order and risk management, combined with industry leading performance and stability.
http://www.stellartradingsystems.com/
CQG's mission is to create innovative solutions for the financial trading industry. They provide reliable data, superior decision making, and execution software with customer support that understands the trader.
http://www.cqg.com/
BGC Partners, Inc. is one of the world’s leading inter-dealer brokers, providing integrated
voice and electronic services to wholesale market participants across the globe.
http://www.bgcpartners.com/
EasyScreen is a well established technology name in the world of futures, options and commodity trading, developing and distributing high performance trading, risk and market connectivity solutions for market participants, since 1998.
http://www.easyscreen.com/
Market Data
Bloomberg L.P. is a New York-based company which employs more than 10,000 people in over 135 offices around the world.
http://www.bloomberg.com/
Thomson Reuters combine industry expertise with innovative technology to deliver critical information to leading decision makers in the financial, legal, tax and accounting, scientific, healthcare and media markets.
http://www.reuters.com/
Day Trader Communities
Trade2Win is a community web site for active traders.
http://www.trade2win.com/
Elite Trader is a community for active traders of Stocks, Futures, Options, and Currencies.
http://www.elitetrader.com/
Regulators
The Financial Services Authority (FSA) is an independent non-governmental body, given statutory powers by the Financial Services and Markets Act 2000.
http://www.fsa.gov.uk/