AIFMD Depositary INDOS Financial Selects Eze Castle Integration Private Cloud Solution

Eze Castle Integration, Ltd, a leading provider of strategic IT solutions and private cloud services to hedge funds and investment firms, today announced that INDOS Financial has selected the Eze Private Cloud as its hosted technology platform. Eze Castle’s award-winning cloud services provide INDOS a highly reliable and secure IT solution that simplifies operations.

INDOS Financial, founded late 2012, is an independent Alternative Investment Fund Managers Directive (AIFMD) depositary provider that specialises in providing a depositary-lite solution to offshore hedge funds. INDOS evaluated multiple private cloud solutions and ultimately selected the Eze Managed Suite offering, which is powered by the Eze Private Cloud. The Eze Managed Suite gives INDOS a complete IT solution that includes file services, email, key business applications, mobile services, email security, disaster recovery and 24x7x365 all-inclusive support.

“We have a very targeted plan for growth and our chosen technology partner must deliver outstanding IT services and support so we can focus on our clients,” said Bill Prew, Founder and CEO at INDOS Financial. “Eze Castle Integration stood out amongst the competition based on its reputation, global presence and premier private cloud infrastructure. Since go-live on the Eze Private Cloud we have received excellent support.”

More than 2,500 investment professionals around the world use the Eze Private Cloud. It is a robust, secure infrastructure that spans three continents and delivers a range of services, including Eze Managed Suite, Eze Managed Infrastructure and Eze Managed Data Protection. The company’s cloud services give firms seamless access to technology and over 80 applications to ensure firms operate at the highest level of efficiency without the challenges of major capital expenditures or budgeting for hardware and software upgrade lifecycles.

“Flawless IT and business operations are essential components to attracting and maintaining clients in today’s market. Eze Castle Integration understands this and is focused on delivering outstanding technology and supporting services to our clients worldwide,” said Serge Bukhar, senior vice president at Eze Castle Integration.

About Eze Castle Integration
Eze Castle Integration (www.eci.com) is the leading provider of IT solutions and private cloud services to the investment industry. The company’s products and services include Private Cloud Services, Technology Consulting, Outsourced IT Support, Project & Technology Management, Professional Services, Telecommunications, Business Continuity Planning and Disaster Recovery, Archiving, Storage, Colocation and Internet Service. Eze Castle Integration is headquartered in Boston and has offices in Chicago, Dallas, Hong Kong, London, Los Angeles, Minneapolis, New York, San Francisco, Singapore and Stamford.

About INDOS Financial
INDOS Financial (www.indosgroup.com) is an independent AIFMD depositary business which expects to shortly receive its final FCA authorization. INDOS provides a flexible and pragmatic depositary-lite solution for any hedge fund manager that wishes to market its non-EU hedge funds to EU following the introduction of the AIFMD. INDOS is the only independent provider specializing in hedge funds and is currently in the process on on-boarding its initial clients prior to UK managers submitting their ‘Variation of Permission’ applications to the FCA by 22 January 2014.