The 1st Annual MGI Conference

Ucits III Risk Management

March 7 & 8, 2007
Kikuoka Golf Club - Luxembourg

Mercuria Services S.A. is an independent company with almost 80 personnel based in Luxembourg. Mercuria has been providing domiciliation services to unregulated and regulated Luxembourg companies since 1994.The company was granted a license by the Ministry of Finance in November 2001 to operate under the financial professional status (PSF) and is subject to the supervision of the Luxembourg Financial Sector Supervisory Authority (CSSF).
Since 2004, Mercuria is also offering an array of services to investment companies (SICAV's and SICAF) as well as management companies in order to comply with the requirements of the Law of 20 December 2002 and the related circulars such as:
-Corporate Governance
-Risk Management through Mercuria Management Company
-Supervision of the delegated functions

Thanks to the high level and diversity of its staff's experience, Mercuria is also offering consultation services in its areas of expertise.
In order to enlarge its service offering, Mercuria created Mercuria Management Company S.A. ("MMC") on January 12, 2006 to provide an alternative solution to the provision of a local conducting person in order to meet the substance requirements resulting from the Law of 20 December 2002.

Independent Risk Monitoring Ltd provides practical, comprehensive risk monitoring & reporting services for fund Directors/Trustees, compliance, fiduciary & risk managers, fund managers and scheme sponsors that enable economic monitoring processes that are best practice and compliant with regulations across Europe.

Using our proprietary web based Risk Radar™ platform, which is risk model agnostic, and our extensive experience in this industry and across the European fund management markets, IRML works with clients to create and/or improve their risk & compliance monitoring capabilities.

Some of the challenges we have solved for our clients:

- Data: Collecting, cleaning, formatting and maintaining portfolio and market data
- Deadlines: Overnight implementation
- Resources: Minimal client resource needed
- Risk profile: A clear picture of the true risk profile of the portfolio
- Information flow: Web access to exception reporting and concise summaries
- Regulatory compliance: Tested and accepted in multiple jurisdictions
- Counterparty and Issuer risk: Automatic evaluation alongside risk profile
- Risk aggregation: Monitoring cross border pooling and multi-manager structures
- Risk system limitations: Multiple, recognised, risk engines used

Our raison d'être is investor protection, and our business model is unique by virtue of the fact that we are fully independent. We are not tied to any custodian, administrator, registrar, transfer agent, asset manager, legal or accountancy firm.

Always ahead in terms of technology and functional features, Linedata Services AM invests 17% of its turnover in R&D. Linedata Research Labs' expertise enables us to deliver to the market the latest Service Oriented Architecture components which in turn deliver unmatched ROI to our clients.

We actually commit on our solutions ROI. So do not hesitate to come and visit us at the stand, we will tell you more.