- Software consulting
- Advanced technology consulting: AI/ML, big data, blockchain
- Digital transformation consulting for hedge funds
- IT infrastructure consulting, including cloud consulting
- QA consulting
- Project management consulting
- Software product consulting, including SaaS consulting, for companies developing hedge fund software products
IT Services and Solutions for Hedge Funds
In financial IT since 2005, ScienceSoft provides full-cycle technology consulting, software engineering, and support services to hedge funds. We create secure and compliant solutions that help hedge funds enhance investment and fund administration efficiency, improve the accuracy of portfolio decisions, and minimize risks while keeping IT costs under control.
Custom Software Solutions for Hedge Funds
ScienceSoft engineers multi-functional systems covering the whole spectrum of hedge fund management processes, as well as specialized solutions that automate particular operational areas. Here are some of the hedge fund solutions we deliver:
Solutions that automate the positioning, allocation, monitoring, and valuation of hedge funds’ multi-asset and specialized (e.g., stock, index, estate) portfolios. They enable dynamic investment scenario modeling and what-if analysis and offer analytics-driven portfolio construction and rebalancing.
Solutions aimed to automatically aggregate and consolidate multi-source data relevant to hedge funds’ fundamental, technical, and quantitative research processes, including leverage vehicle research. They comprise asset screening, research task management, insight reporting, and collaborative tools.
Investment risk management solutions
Software used to automatically monitor and forecast hedge funds’ portfolio, market, liquidity, and operational risks. Custom solutions can accommodate proprietary statistical and machine learning (ML) models for evaluating standard deviation, MDD, VaR/CVaR, RAROC, Sharpe ratio, kurtosis, skewness, and FX rate exposures.
Performance attribution software
Solutions meant to streamline investment strategy and style analytics for complex, multi-strategy hedge fund structures. They reveal and analyze dependencies between alpha, beta, and risk factors, auto-identify key drivers for portfolio returns, and attribute investment performance to security selection, market timing, and allocation style.
Order management software
Software that automates the generation of hedge funds’ position-based and cash-based investment orders. It auto-validates orders against pre-trade compliance rules (restricted lists, issuer limits, strategy-specific constraints, etc.) and can be integrated with execution venues for automated order distribution.
Execution management systems
Software that streamlines investment order execution and settlement for hedge funds involved in trading activities. It connects to the chosen trading platforms for automated order submission, real-time trading desk oversight, and post-trade analytics. Advanced tools offer intelligent order routing to the best-performing platforms.
Debt capital management software
Specialized tools designed to support the end-to-end debt capital formation process in hedge funds employing leverage. Users can model and evaluate the impact of leverage on investor exposure and returns, track leverage commitments, and monitor leverage performance against pre-set credit limits and risk tolerances.
Software that automates multi-currency calculations (P&L, NAV, taxes, etc.), management fee accrual, bookkeeping, and financial reporting. Custom solutions can support any required hedge fund structures (e.g., master-feeder, series, side pocket) and accounting standards (IFRS, US GAAP, local standards).
Digital platforms used to centralize interactions with institutional and retail investors, track commitments and deal pipelines, and manage subscription agreements. They automate investor due diligence, segmentation, regulatory document distribution (e.g., PPMs, side letters, DDQs), and personalized outreach workflows.
Solutions that rely on rule-based engines and robotic process automation (RPA) to generate and distribute investor reports (portfolio reports, allocation blueprints, fee summaries, K-1 forms, etc.), regulatory filings (e.g., SEC-compliant forms PF, forms 13F), and internal performance snapshots (e.g., attribution summaries).
Online platforms that provide investors and brokers with secure access to fund documents, up-to-date portfolio performance information, investment account statements, and legal notices. Users can self-submit KYC-relevant documents and investment orders and communicate with hedge fund representatives using live chat tools.
Compliance management software
Software meant to monitor the hedge fund’s activity compliance against internal servicing policies and necessary regulations, including local frameworks (e.g., SEC for the US, SAMA for the KSA, AIFMD for the EU). It runs real-time compliance checks and immediately reports breaches to compliance specialists.
Solutions that enable automated integration, validation, cleansing, indexing, and maintenance of disparate data relevant to hedge fund operations. They support permission-based access to data and provide a complete log of data manipulations. Such tools can apply intelligent image analysis for automated document processing.
Solutions that let hedge funds automate the calculation, forecasting, and reporting of chosen metrics across investor experience, deals, finance, and risk management areas. They offer tailored visualization options for produced insights. Advanced systems can incorporate AI-powered predictive and prescriptive analytics.
Generative AI assistants
Intelligent chatbots that aid hedge fund teams in searching task-relevant data and drafting documents. They instantly process textual and voice user inquiries and communicate the requested information in regular human language. Large language models (LLMs) are employed to analyze unstructured data, extract and compile insights, and present them in the chosen format.
Solutions that provide fully traceable, tamper-resistant recordkeeping of hedge fund transactions on the blockchain. Smart contracts can automate multi-step workflows across investment ordering, trade execution, reporting, and compliance verification. Using fund tokenization solutions, hedge funds can convert fractions of their vehicles into liquid, tradeable digital tokens.
Full-Cycle IT Services for Hedge Funds
Technology and business consulting
Software engineering
- Full-cycle engineering of investment solutions for hedge funds
- Architecture design for complex hedge fund solutions
- Proof of concept and MVP delivery
- Software integration
- Testing and QA for solutions under development
- UX and UI design for hedge fund apps
- DevOps services for ongoing development projects
- Team augmentation (with software engineers, architects, testers, consultants, PMs, etc.)
Software modernization
- Legacy app modernization
- Cloud migration services
- Software rearchitecting (e.g., monolith strangling to microservices)
- Code review and refactoring
- Tech stack modernization
- Software evolution with new features
- Software integration
Managed IT services
Security and compliance services
- Cybersecurity consulting
- IT security audit
- Security testing
- Establishing application security and network protection: implementing SIEM, IAM, UEBA, firewalls, and more
- Compliance consulting: NYDFS, GDPR, SEC compliance, and more
- Compliance assessment
- Managed security services