A world class Fund Administration service requires support from a technology environment which caters for the following in how information is managed, processed and published:

• Flexibility
• Scalability
• Reliability
• Accuracy

We continue to make significant investments in our world-class technology platform to achieve these capabilities. We call this environment the D2 Platform. It combines technology solutions from industry leading software companies with customised solutions built in-house to support the varied needs of our expanding customer base.

Linedata Services

The Global Investment Systems division of LineData Services provide our main Fund Accounting engine. MFACT meets our investment management, portfolio accounting, daily NAV calculation, complex securities, and foreign exchange needs. MFACT's long history means we can count on reliable, accurate, and cost-efficient fund accounting.

Koger Inc

Koger is the provider of our Transfer Agency, Shareholder Registration, and Shareholder Reporting Systems. They are a world leader in transfer agency software. Their NTAS Share Registration / Unit Trust System meet the needs of most modern fund complexes and their administrators. Tailored specifically for the financial services industry, NTAS is a high-quality, cost-effective, robust, and scalable solution for the challenges of effective fund administration. Their ETAS front-end Web application system is used to power part of our my.daiwagas.com customer portal.

Netik

Netik is the provider of our core data warehouse which consolidates portfolio accounting data, performance attribution and return data, as well as being the engine for several key in-house systems. These solutions are all centred around the uniquely powerful business model of Netik InterView™; a highly sophisticated securities data model designed to process all securities across the entire spectrum of investment operations, offering a complete model for traditional and alternative markets. Netik solutions offer the highest quality and consistency of reporting for both ad-hoc inquiry drill down and board-quality periodic print shop reporting.

The D2 Technology Platform was designed to achieve excellence in managing and publishing data for our customers. D2 provides a base platform that is highly scalable and flexible and provides a standard environment that delivers consistent consolidated reporting. It is based on service-oriented architecture principles and we are committed to a thin-client delivery model based on core Microsoft .NET and Citrix technologies.

The creation of the D2 Platform is part of an on-going process of upgrading our technology infrastructure to meet the increasing and ever demanding needs of our hedge fund clients. There are four powerful themes behind the evolving strategy for the D2 Platform.

We use three interdependent and interrelated guiding principles for executing our technology strategy effectively. These principles are designed to drive the creation of our IT operational and strategic plans.

One of the founding ideals of our technology organisation was to create a flexible and scalable IT eco-system (people, processes, products, partnerships) for meeting our firms’ major goals. Our key philosophy is to use a small core in-house team combined with virtual project teams which will utilise external vendors where and when appropriate.

Three core principles guide everything we do from a technology perspective:

1. Articulate a long-term plan
2. Create a common technology platform (The D2 Platform)
3. Build a high-performance culture