GFIA Pte Ltd
Singapore-based GFIA offers wealth management and advisory services. Established in 1998 as a hedge fund consulting firm (and therefore the longest-established hedge fund consultant in Asia), GFIA has added asset allocation, cash and asset administration, and the management of philanthropic activities, to its core skill of evaluating complex investment propositions. GFIA retains a strong focus on Asia and the world’s emerging markets. GFIA’s work and opinions are fully objective – historically all of GFIA’s revenues have come from investors and allocators; it does not act for managers, and receives no fees or rebates from any external service providers. It extends this reputation for fiduciary clarity to wealth management clients, who can expect their interests to dominate GFIA’s decision making. GFIA is majority-owned by its principals and clients, and has no corporate or banking affiliations. GFIA is a member of the Alternative Investment Management Association, as well as a Singapore-incorporated exempt fund manager & investment advisor.
GFIA works for professional investors, advising them on their allocations to skill-based managers in Asia and the emerging markets, providing strategic advisory, portfolio advisory, and due diligence services. Its clients include funds of funds, family offices, and fiduciary institutions. All services are compensated by transparent fees and GFIA receives no compensation from underlying managers. GFIA’s offers wealth management services to substantial pools of sophisticated private wealth. GFIA provides a full fiduciary service, from initial structuring, through cash management, to portfolio investment, due diligence, and philanthropy. GFIA manages external providers on behalf of clients, as necessary. All services are compensated by a transparent fee invoiced to clients and GFIA receives no other compensation. Investment staff are internally trained and work within a consistent process developed over more than a decade. GFIA maintains a comprehensive and instantly retrievable library of manager information, currently in excess of 80,000 documents. Its proprietary manager rating algorithm runs on a custom-written database. GFIA’s analysts conduct in excess of 300 in-depth manager assessments every year, and are skilled in reviewing a broad range of investment propositions. GFIA’s core universe includes hedged and absolute return managers investing in Asia, including Japan and Australia; Latin America; and the emerging markets of central Europe and the former Soviet states, the Middle East, and Africa. GFIA has special expertise in indigenous managers, and in smaller and newer managers. GFIA has managed, constructed, and advised portfolios investing in to Latin American, Asian, and EMEA frontier alternative funds, as well as global unconstrained long funds. GFIA does not provide marketing or distribution services to fund managers.
Address: 59 Club Street, 2nd Fl., Singapore 069434
Phone: +65 6222 3289
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