Hedge Fund Services

Competing on Capabilities

The competition for institutional allocations is fierce. You need:

  • An institutional-quality infrastructure 
  • A focus on adding value and enhancing the client experience
  • A strategic partner with extensive hedge fund expertise  

SEI helps you deliver the controlled operating environment and experience that sophisticated pension fund, foundation and endowment investors demand.

Customised to meet your needs

Our flexible, scalable solution can accommodate even the most complex and sophisticated fund strategies and structures and includes:

  • Fund administration 
  • Portfolio and fund accounting
  • Investor servicing
  • Trustee and custody services

A flexible reporting environment with the ability to provide estimated P&Ls and NAVs, including:

  • Profit and loss allocations
  • Fee calculations
  • Accruals through an entire fund structure, down to the investor level

Transparency and risk mitigation

Our data management process and innovative tools support timely and focused business decision-making:


  • Information is aggregated from multiple operating systems.
  • Decision-makers are able to view role-specific data that is most relevant to their area of responsibility.

And because our paperless operating environment integrates automated workflow management and is tested annually through SAS 70 Type II audits, you get:

  • Consistent, reliable operating quality
  • Minimal manual processes
  • Audit trails

Coverage of key domiciles

We service key domiciles, including:

  • United States
  • Ireland
  • Cayman Islands
  • British Virgin Islands
  • Bahamas

SEI is among the top providers of outsourced operating services to hedge funds, servicing more than 500 single-manager funds representing over $84 billion in assets (as of 30 June 2011).  With SEI as your strategic partner, you can profit from industry-leading operating capabilities while staying focused on your core competencies.  

Industry Recognition

HedgeFund.net's Q4 2008 Hedge Fund Administrator survey ranks SEI the third-largest servicer of managed accounts for hedge funds and FoHFs based on AUA.