Hi shoaib-ga,
Trident Financial Services is a company which manages various aspects
of investments. Their specialty is "alternative investments" as
described on the "About" page on their site:
"Trident Financial Services (About)"
http://www.tridentfs.com/index.php?id=2
Alternative investments are defined as "A category of assets designed
to generate absolute returns, independent of market direction." (See
citation below) Examples of alternative investments would be bonds or
money market funds, which maintain a fixed rate of interest as opposed
to stocks which constantly fluctuate in value.
Trident Financial deals more with the management aspect of investment
funds, rather than helping individual investors select funds for their
needs.
Trident offers a number of investment related services to companies,
such as the following:
-Accounting and Fund Administration
This includes calculate a fund's value (how much it is worth), what
positions it has outstanding and what they are worth (it's
investments), calculating a fund's expenses, working with multiple
currencies, and preparing tax information.
"Trident Financial LLC (Accounting and Fund Administration)"
http://www.tridentfs.com/index.php?id=4⊂=1
-Middle and Back Office Services and Support
This includes all administrative duties a fund would have including:
obtaining pricing information on investments, delivering customized
portfolios and reports to fund managers, providing cash management
services, managing trade processing, and calculating profit and loss
of the fund.
"Trident Financial LLC (Middle and Back Office Services and Support)"
http://www.tridentfs.com/index.php?id=4⊂=2
-Investor Relations
This includes responding to inquiries for information from potential
and current investors in the fund and dealing with all other investor
related issues.
"Trident Financial LLC (Investor Relations)"
http://www.tridentfs.com/index.php?id=4⊂=3
-Corporate Services
These services are more applicable to public companies, which is not
the focus of Tridents business however nevertheless one of their many
services. This category includes convening board and shareholder
meetings, maintaining lists of investors and maintaining corporate and
statutory records.
"Trident Financial LLC (Corporate Services)"
http://www.tridentfs.com/index.php?id=4⊂=4
-Creating and Launching Funds
These services are fairly self-explanatory and include all the
administrative support needed to launch a fund, such as reviewing
documentation, coordinating financial and legal counsel, and
activating and maintaining the bank accounts for the fund.
WORKS CITED
Definition of "Alternative Investments"
http://www.clrfn.com/extras/glossary/exglostext.html
SEARCH STRATEGY
I primarily used my own knowledge on investments and the Trident site,
however I used Google's Glossary Service
(http://labs.google.com/glossary) to provide you with an exact
definition of the term "alternative investments."
I hope this information is of assistance to you. If you need any
addition clarification, please let me know.
Thank you,
rmn-ga |
