Apex Expands U.S. and Canadian Presence

Fund managers in the U.S. and Canada are seeking to partner with stable providers that can provide a variety of services and outsourcing solutions. Pinnacle’s existing clients will benefit immediately from the acquisition by being able to access Apex’s full range of fund administration services, as well as expand their market reach available through the Apex Global Network of 34 offices worldwide.

Apex will rapidly introduce to the U.S. and Canadian fund services sectors, particularly to middle market managers, fund administration services including Apex’s Capital Introduction Services and Apex’s daily middle office support and outsourcing services.

“With the Pinnacle team firmly on board we will surely continue the global AuA growth we achieved over the past decade. We are highly impressed with Pinnacle’s commitment to its clients and believe they are the ideal partners to help build our North American operations,” commented Bill Salus, Global CEO of Apex Fund Services.

“During this period of industry consolidation, we analyzed all of the key drivers that have contributed to our success and concluded that it was in our clients’ best interests that we link up with an entity that enables us to broaden our service offerings without sacrificing quality” says John P. Kelly, Managing Member of Pinnacle. “We then started the daunting task of identifying a partner that matched our business philosophy and ethics. I am delighted to report that we have found an ideal partner in Apex. We are excited about working with Apex management to grow and increase the visibility of the Apex brand worldwide, but particularly in the key market of North America.”

Macquarie Capital served as exclusive finance advisor and Marino Partners LLP served as legal counsel to Apex Fund Services in this transaction.

About Pinnacle Fund Administration LLC

Pinnacle is an independently owned, full service hedge fund administrator that offers a personal and individually tailored level of service to all of its clients without regard to size of assets under administration. This personal level of service is achieved by insisting that all of the owners of the business are intimately involved with the day to day operation of the business, and by offering an attractive work environment that minimizes staff turnover. By implementation of an institutional quality operating environment since inception, Pinnacle has minimized inefficiencies involved in the net asset valuation process, thus allowing the totally scalable delivery of accurate and timely net asset valuations. Pinnacle is headquartered in Charlotte, North Carolina, with offices in Manhattan, New York and Vancouver, Canada.

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