Alternative Fund Services (AFS) is HSBC Group’s core provider of fund administration services to the alternative sector.

With more than 40 years in the business the AFS team has significant experience, knowledge and understanding of the industry and provides an expansive range of specialist services. AFS continually invests in its people, processes and technology to provide clients with a consistent, quality service – delivered through seamless solutions.

AFS’s diverse client base spans multiple strategies and fund structures, across major jurisdictions around the world. Customers include hedge fund managers, fund of hedge fund managers, absolute return fund managers and private equity partners. AFS’s global network allows clients to enjoy the benefits of local expertise and provides them with access to the extensive global resources and market-knowledge of the HSBC Group.

AFS together with Institutional Fund Services (IFS), which provides custody and administration services to institutional fund managers, are part of HSBC Securities Services, a division of Global Transaction Banking. AFS and IFS have the capability to service alternative and traditional funds in an integrated manner through their global office network.

Alternative Fund Services’ global offering consists of:

• Fund accounting

• Investor services

• Complex pricing and risk

• Custody

• Corporate Management services

• Credit

• Tax services

Drawing on the resources of the HSBC Group, AFS can tailor and deliver additional banking and financial services to meet client requirements. These include:

• Treasury

• Cash management

• Derivatives and futures execution and clearing

• Equity finance and trading (including stock borrowing and lending)

• Fixed income

• Insurance

For more information please visit www.hsbcnet.com/hss