SEI
Jay Cipriano
Senior Vice President & Managing Director
1 Freedom Valley Drive
Oaks, PA 19456
610-676-1270
Year HF services began: 1998
Through the Investment Manager Services division, SEI provides a comprehensive platform of fund administration and operational outsourcing services to support investment managers and asset owners globally across a wide range of registered and unregistered fund structures, investment strategies and jurisdictions. We provide them with the advanced operating infrastructure they need to compete in a landscape of escalating business challenges.
Our clients are leading hedge, private equity, private debt and real estate managers as well as those managing mutual funds, CITs, ETFs, and family offices who understand that operational competitiveness lies at the core of business success. With a history of innovation, a commitment to superior client service and a flexible approach to providing comprehensive solutions, we are one of the industry’s largest investment operations outsourcers, currently servicing over $1.4 trillion in investment manager assets.
Our services enable our clients to view their assets and accounts holistically, gain scale and efficiency, keep pace with marketplace and client demands, and run their businesses more strategically. SEI presently partners with more than 550 traditional and alternative asset managers, as well as sovereign wealth managers and family offices, representing over $24.5 trillion in assets, including 45 of the top 100 managers worldwide.
By selecting, integrating, and customizing best-in-class technologies to fit each manager’s specific business model, we are able to provide them with the sophisticated and tailored operating infrastructure they need to optimize their business performance.
Clients choose us because our people are problem-solvers with the deep industry knowledge and technological acumen to help them succeed. Indeed, SEI continues to receive independent industry recognition and awards, some of which include: ‘Best Fund Administrator’ from Buy-Side Technology (nine years running), ‘Best Private Equity Fund Administration Technology’ - Global Custodian, ‘Best Accounting Technology’ - Family Wealth Report, ‘Best Administrator’ - European Service Awards by Alternative Credit Intelligence ‘Best Administrator - Technology’, ‘Most Innovative - Over $30 bn.’ and ‘Best Middle Office Solution’ from HFM Week in their Service Provider Awards.