KIID provider Kii Hub has been announced as the winner of the 2014 “Award for Best Practice” at this week’s Investment Week Fund Services Awards. Kii Hub is a joint venture between TFM and FE. FE also received Highly Commended in the “Best Fund Rating and Research Service” category.
The “Best Practice” award was open to fund administration and fund service providers who are going above and beyond standard practice to improve the overall process of fund administration. Judges were looking for evidence of an open and inclusive partnership that offers a high degree of transparency, sustainability, governance and information/education on processes and services provided.
Meanwhile, judges for the “Best Fund Rating and Research Service” award looked for evidence of fund coverage, levels of information and research, as well as comprehensiveness and consistency of reports.
Deborah Benn, chair of the judging panel, Fund Services Awards 2014 said "The clarity of Kii Hub's offering is outstanding. They understand their particular market segment inside out and use this knowledge effectively to ensure processes are of the highest quality. The judges felt the use of proprietary services also helps supplement what is great best practice within the fund services sector. A worthy winner of the Award for Best Practice".
Martin Jones, Head of Operations for Kii Hub said: “This award is testament to the combined efforts of everyone at Kii Hub who has helped make it such as success over the last four years. No other KIID provider delivers as complete a solution with transparent pricing that helps groups with budgeting and provides industry and regulatory updates. We are also working with the FCA to deliver solutions to future EU regulations.”
Mika-John Southworth, Marketing Director for FE added: “To be Highly Commended in this competitive category demonstrates our growing ratings and research capabilities, and the strides we are making in this industry. FE has achieved tremendous growth over recent years and continues to explore new ways of adding value to our clients businesses and investments through the provision of analysis, solutions and data. We’re thrilled to have been highlighted by the panel.” Kii Hub was also Highly Commended in the “Best Technology Solution” category.
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Kii Hub is a service provided by Global Funds Registration, a joint venture between FE and Technical Fund Marketing, to deliver Key Investor Information Documents (KIIDs) on behalf of fund management groups. The venture brings together the needed skill sets for delivery which did not previously exist in one service organisation – regulatory and product knowledge, data, drafting, translation and automated production and distribution.
Kii Hub provides the complete solution for the production and delivery of KIIDs. It combines FE’s proprietary fund information and document production system, Technical Fund Marketing’s expertise in drafting technical and marketing documents and Global Fund Registration’s cross border services. Kii Hub can either work alongside a company’s in-house team or provide a complete out-sourced solution from drafting to delivery. The hosting service is fully automated, secure and web-based, speeding up production turn-around and offering tailored sign-off processes.