Eze Castle Integration Expands Compliance Offering to Help Firms Meet SEC Requirements

Eze Castle Integration Expands Compliance Offering to Help Firms Meet SEC Requirements

Eze Castle Integration, Inc., a leading
outsourced technology provider to the financial services industry, today
announced the expansion of its compliance offering targeted at SEC compliance
for hedge funds, with the signing of a partnership agreement with top industry
compliance consulting practice Adviser Compliance Associates, LLC (ACA).
ACA is a full-service, outsourced compliance firm headquartered in
Washington, DC, with offices in metropolitan New York City, Boston, Los
Angeles, and Richmond. Under this strategic agreement both Eze Castle
Integration and ACA will resell each other's strategic consulting and
technical solutions enabling alternative investment firms to meet new SEC
registration and compliance regulations.
"Our firms bring a unique and comprehensive solution to alternative
investment firms as they face impending SEC registration -- a task that
without the proper resources could have severe cost and operational
implications for many hedge funds," said Chris Grandi, managing director, Eze
Castle Integration. "By leveraging ACA's depth of strategy consulting and
advisory experience, along with our rich technical offerings, our clients will
be well prepared for this unavoidable milestone and execute an efficient,
cost-effective strategy."
"Eze Castle Integration is the perfect complement to our compliance
strategy and advisory services. Their solutions like e-mail and instant
messaging archiving and disaster recovery, are exactly what hedge funds need
to have in place to meet the impending SEC regulations," said Jeff Morton,
partner, Adviser Compliance Associates. "Working with Eze Castle Integration,
we will set compliance strategies and plans and ensure they are implemented in
a way that brings alternative investment funds an economical and comprehensive
solution.
Eze Castle Integration client, Dan Lehan, Chief Operating Officer, Adage
Capital Management comments: "We are confident about meeting SEC e-mail
retention requirements thanks to expert consultation and technical solutions
from Eze Castle Integration. From instant messaging and e-mail archiving to
rock-solid disaster recovery plans, we feel like we're working with the best
solutions available."

About Eze Castle Integration
Eze Castle Integration (http://www.eci.com) is the leading supplier of IT
services to the hedge fund industry. The company specializes in providing
investment management firms and professional portfolio managers with
outsourced IT services to better manage their internal IT requirements.
Service areas include startup and relocation services; outsourced technology
support; telecom installation, management and maintenance; and business
continuity planning, archiving and Internet service.
Eze Castle Integration is headquartered in Boston and has offices in New
York, San Francisco, Minneapolis, and Greenwich, CT.