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Best administrator - over $100bn in assets under administration client service ALPS, A DST Company

BNY Mellon

Northern Trust

SEI

State Street

U.S. Bancorp Fund Services

UMB Fund Services


Best administrator - under $100bn in assets under administration client service Atlantic Fund Services

Gemini Fund Services

M3Sixty Administration

Ultimus Fund Solutions


Best administrator - over $100bn in assets under administration ALPS, A DST Company

BNY Mellon

Northern Trust

SEI

State Street

U.S. Bancorp Fund Services

UMB Fund Services


Best administrator - under $100bn in assets under administration Atlantic Fund Services

Gemini Fund Services

M3Sixty Administration

Ultimus Fund Solutions


Best administrator - small and start-up firms ALPS, A DST Company

Gemini Fund Services

M3Sixty Administration

U.S. Bancorp Fund Services

Ultimus Fund Solutions


Best administrator - technology and reporting ALPS, A DST Company

Gemini Fund Services

M3Sixty Administration

Northern Trust

U.S. Bancorp Fund Services

Ultimus Fund Solutions


Most innovative fund administrator - over $100bn in assets under administration ALPS, A DST Company

BNY Mellon

Northern Trust

SEI

State Street

U.S. Bancorp Fund Services

UMB Fund Services


Most innovative fund administrator - under $100bn in assets under administration Atlantic Fund Services

Gemini Fund Services

M3Sixty Administration

Ultimus Fund Solutions


Best administrator - overall ALPS, A DST Company

BNY Mellon

Gemini Fund Services

Northern Trust

SEI

State Street

U.S. Bancorp Fund Services

UMB Fund Services


Best transfer agent and shareholder services ALPS, A DST Company

BNY Mellon

M3Sixty Administration

U.S. Bancorp Fund Services

Ultimus Fund Solutions

UMB Fund Services


Best accounting and audit service BDO

EY

KPMG

PwC


Best tax advisory BDO

EY

KPMG

PwC

The Cantor Group


Best risk management technology provider Broadridge Financial Solutions

LiquidityBook

National Quality Review

Rapid Ratings

Wolters Kluwer


Best outsourced tech infrastructure provider Broadridge Financial Solutions

Fiserv

StarCompliance

Wolters Kluwer


Best marketing and communications firm Cognito

JConnelly

Prosek

R.T. Hausler Strategic Marketing


Best fund distributor ALPS, A DST Company

U.S. Bancorp Fund Services

Ultimus Fund Solutions


Best law firm - fund start-ups Drinker Biddle & Reath

K&L Gates

Kirkland & Ellis

Milbank, Tweed, Hadley & McCloy

Morrison & Foerster

Ropes & Gray

Stradley Ronon Stevens & Young

Vedder Price


Best law firm - independent counsel/board services Drinker Biddle & Reath

K&L Gates

Kirkland & Ellis

Milbank, Tweed, Hadley & McCloy

Morrison & Foerster

Ropes & Gray

Simpson Thacher & Bartlett

Stradley Ronon Stevens & Young

Vedder Price


Best law firm Drinker Biddle & Reath

K&L Gates

Kirkland & Ellis

Milbank, Tweed, Hadley & McCloy

Morrison & Foerster

Ropes & Gray

Simpson Thacher & Bartlett

Stradley Ronon Stevens & Young

The Cantor Group

Vedder Price


Best law firm – client service Drinker Biddle & Reath

K&L Gates

Kirkland & Ellis

Milbank, Tweed, Hadley & McCloy

Morrison & Foerster

Ropes & Gray

Simpson Thacher & Bartlett

Stradley Ronon Stevens & Young

The Cantor Group

Vedder Price


Best advisory firm - regulation and compliance ACA Compliance Group

BDO

Cipperman Compliance Services

Cordium

M3Sixty Administration

PricewaterhouseCoopers

StarCompliance

Wolters Kluwer


Best middle-office solution Broadridge Financial Solutions

LiquidityBook

Northern Trust

Ultimus Fund Solutions


Best research and data vendor FUSE Research Network

Interactive Data

National Quality Review

Style Research


Most innovative technology provider ALPS, A DST Company

Broadridge Financial Solutions

Cordium

LiquidityBook

SalesFocus Solutions

Seismic

StarCompliance

Style Research
 TradingScreen

Wolters Kluwer


Best cyber security service ACA Aponix

Dell SecureWorks

eSentire

Nettitude

StarCompliance


Best fund accounting and reporting software Advise Technologies

Indus Valley Partners

Linedata

LiquidityBook

Ultimus Fund Solutions


Best portfolio management software provider Broadridge Financial Solutions

Eze Software

ITG
 TradingScreen

LiquidityBook


Best custody services BNY Mellon

JP Morgan

MUFG

Northern Trust

State Street

U.S. Bancorp Fund Services

UMB Fund Services