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Stuart Feffer
Senior Vice President & Co-Head of Global Fund Services, Wells Fargo
Stuart Feffer is a senior vice president and co-head manager for the Global Fund Services (GFS) division of Wells Fargo Corporate Trust Services. Based in New York, he heads a division that provides fund administration, outsourced middle-office, and operations services to the alternative investment industry.
Wells Fargo provides comprehensive administration, middle-office, operations and cash/collateral management services to alternative investment managers. Wells Fargo administers more than $250 billion in alternative assets, covering a wide range of strategies traded by global portfolio managers including fixed income, credit, distressed, structured credit, macro, equity, commodities, CDO, CLO, private equity and real estate. Global Fund Services work processes follow the sun through its global network of offices. Services to Asia-based managers are provided locally from offices in Singapore and Hong Kong, supported by New York, Minneapolis, London, and Dublin. Wells Fargo's real-time, intra-day dashboard lets you monitor trades submitted, confirmation activity, settlement activity, cash activity, forecast/anticipated activity, and other important operational information.
Prior to joining Wells Fargo, Stuart was co-CEO of LaCrosse Global Fund Services, which was acquired by Wells Fargo in 2011. Stuart has held a variety of positions throughout his 25 year career in the hedge fund industry, working at companies such as The Capital Markets Company (Capco), Deloitte Consulting, and The Geldermann Group.
Stuart earned a B.A. from University of Chicago, and an M.A. and Ph.D. from the University of California, Berkeley.
Stuart is the co-author of the "Capco" studies on operational risk in hedge funds that have been recognized by international regulators, the academic community and the alternative investment industry. His work and perspectives have been widely covered by the international media including: The Wall Street Journal, Financial Times, Business Week, CNBC and the alternative investment trade press.
