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BNP Paribas Securities Services offers integrated financing and asset servicing solution for FoHFs

*BNP Paribas Securities Services has become the first custodian to
offer funds of hedge funds an integrated liquidity management
solution. Fund managers now have a committed financing and FX hedging
service which is fully integrated with their asset servicing needs
across the entire trade lifecycle.*

The comprehensive solution is delivered through a new integrated
platform that helps mitigate the complexities of liquidity forecasting
and supports the fund manager by streamlining the creation,
administration, and evaluation of investment performance.

Key features of the offer include: completely scalable committed
financing and FX solution that brings together dedicated structuring,
hedge fund research and loan administration teams - unique among
custodian banks; full transparency on credit scoring and monitoring of
underlying hedge fund holdings, supported by a dedicated hedge fund
database; a sophisticated web-based reporting tool that provides
clients with a comprehensive suite of trade order management,
liquidity forecasting, accounting, investor and regulatory reports;
and web-based trade order capture tool combined with late-hour trading
facilities in all time-zone.

This solution is the latest development within BNP Paribas' AlphaSuite
full range of fund services for alternative fund managers. AlphaSuite
is designed to respond to the rapidly changing alternative fund
industry. As one of the world's strongest banks and largest
custodians, BNP Paribas offers fund of hedge fund managers long-term
service commitment, delivered by a bank whose diversified and
integrated business model has continued to perform throughout and
beyond the financial crisis.

Commenting on the launch, Jacques Bofferding, Head of Alternatives
Financing says: "This solution meets the needs of funds of hedge
funds as they readdress their risk profile in today's post-crisis
environment where safety, liquidity and end-investor protection are
paramount."
Source: Hedgeweek.com
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UPDATE 1-Guosen Securities raises yuan China PE fund in HK

Thu Jan 13, 2011 9:43pm EST
* PE fund to focus on China's agriculture-related business
* Yuan-denominated funds in Hong Kong seen heating up
* Another step in the rapidly expanding yuan asset market
(Adds details)
By Victoria Bi

HONG KONG, Jan 14 (Reuters) - China's Guosen Securities Co
Ltd will raise a $300 million yuan-denominated private equity
fund in Hong Kong to meet growing demand for yuan investment
products in the territory, sources with direct knowledge said.
Guosen Securities (HK) Asset Management Co Ltd would manage
the fund, the first yuan-private equity fund of the group, which
would invest in Chinese agriculture-related businesses, the
sources said on Friday.

Shenzhen-based Guosen Securities, ranked the top brokerage by
the China Securities Regulatory Commission from 2006 to 2009,
plans to tap into the agriculture sector which is set for a
speedy transformation phase in the next five to 10 years amid
rising food prices, said a source who declined to be named as he
was not authorised to talk to the media.
The move comes a day after sources told Reuters that at least
10 asset managers are preparing to launch yuan-denominated funds
in Hong Kong, an indicator of the growing demand of such assets
among global investors.

At least 10 of them, including the fund unit of HSBC
(0005.HK) (HSBA.L), are planning the launch while Guotai Junan
Securities Co has said its Hong Kong unit was preparing a yuan
fund, sources told Reuters on Thursday. [ID:nTOE70C038]
The yuan's fast-expanding role in overseas trade has sparked
a boom in yuan deposits in the former British colony leading to a
surge in demand for renminbi-denominated assets.

Yuan circulation in Hong Kong totaled 280 billion yuan ($42.3
billion) at the end of November, and in an effort to create an
offshore market for yuan products, China has allowed global
institutions and companies, including the World Bank, McDonald's
Corp (MCD.N) and Caterpillar (CAT.N) to issue yuan-denominated
bonds.

In addition, China may let companies conduct yuan-denominated
IPOs in Hong Kong, and is also planning to allow offshore yuan to
be invested in the mainland under the so-called mini-Qualified
Foreign Institutional Investor (mini-QFII) scheme.

Overseas demand for yuan assets is also driven by
expectations that China may allow the yuan to appreciate faster,
with some economists forecasting a 6 percent rise in the
currency's value this year. (Editing by Jacqueline Wong)
Source: Reuters.Com
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