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[ S U R V E Y | H E D G E F U N D A D M I N I S T R AT I O N ] SS&C GlobeOp S time. “They solicit and are also very receptive to unsolicited client S&C is a massive provider, with growth and acquisitions feedback on the quality of client service, and on any issues/prob- over the last five years nearly tripling assets under adminis- lems (which are rare) and address any issues/problems quickly tration to $1.5 trillion. Unsurprisingly, the firm received a lot of and effectively,” says a client. responses, which makes these scores doubly impressive, given Weighted Weighted average average scores scores the scale of the challenge of maintaining quality and consist- 2016 5.57 2016 5.57 2016 2016 2017 2017 2018 2018 ency across such a volume and range of funds, strategies and 2017 2017 5.99 5.99 5.57 5.57 5.99 5.99 5.96 5.96 PROFILE OF RESPONDENTS managers. SS&C faces the additional difficulty of incorporat- 2018 2018 5.96 5.96 ing acquisitions, so the firm will be reassured by a solid score Respondent profile for its dedicated on-boarding teams. “We have not Respondent seen any profile Large Anoth- fund By size By location Large fund negative changes,” says one recently acquired client. 7% 7% managers managers er says “On-boarding with SS&C was faster and much easier Medium- 7% 7% than anticipated.” The score in a second field Medium- rich sized in scope for fund 22% sized fund 16% 16% 22% 16% 16% friction – KYC, AML and sanctions screening – is managers as good. SS&C Americas managers Large has expanded its ser