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Fund Domiciles.com announces its Service Provider Award winners
Posted: 18 January 2010
FundDomiciles.com is pleased to announce the winners for its Service Provider Awards for 2009. The announcement was made at a party following FundDomiciles.com's event on January 14, The Future of the Fund Domiciles--which was streamed live on the web as it happened. Following are the winners (listed in alphabetical order by domicile):
The Bahamas:
Best Law Firm: Klonaris & Co
Bahrain:
Best Fund Administrator: Apex
Bermuda:
Best Fund Administrator: Apex
Best Law Frirm: Conyers Dill & Pearman
BVI:
Best Law Firm: Ogier
Cayman:
Best Fund Administrator: Citco
Best Law Firm: Walkers
Dubai:
Best Fund Administrator: Apex
Gibraltar:
Best Law Firm: Hassans
Guernsey:
Best Fund Administrator: Augentius
Best Law Firm: Ogier
Ireland:
Best Fund Administrator (Alternative Administrator): Citco
Best Fund Administrator (UCITS Administrator): BNP Paribas Securities Services
Best Law Firm: Maples & Calder
Isle of Man:
Best Fund Administrator: Caledonian Fund Services
Best Law Firm: Appleby (Dickinson Cruickshank)
Jersey:
Best Fund Administrator: Standard Bank
Best Law Firm: Appleby
Luxembourg:
Best Fund Administrator: Brown Brothers Harriman
Best Law Firm: Elivinger Hoss & Prussen
Malta:
Best Fund Administrator: Custom House
Best Law Firm: David Gristi & Assoc
Netherlands Antilles:
Best Fund Administrator: ATC
The following awards were across all domiciles:
Best Auditor: PwC
Best Stock Exchange for Offshore Funds: The Irish Stock Exchange
Lifetime Achievement Award: William Slattery, Executive Vice President, State Street
As before winners were selected as a result of a two stage procedure. Award winners were selected as a result of votes received as well as being based on the views of a panel of judges. A total of 223 votes were cast for 115 service providers in 14 domiciles. Please note that companies could only vote once (and are not allowed to vote in their own service provider category). Service providers in Ireland received the most votes followed by those in Guernsey and then Luxembourg.
Members of the judging panel were: Grant Fuller, Managing Director, Axicorda; Christi Gujral, Chief Operating Officer, Zan Partners; Dallas McGillvray, Managing Director, FM Consult Ltd; Paul O'Donnell, Managing Director, The Canonbury Group and Simon Osborn, Editor, International Fund Investment. The panel was chosen as a result of their independence, knowledge of fund service provision and the many years of experience that they all have had dealing with organisations in the fund domiciles.