About Ipes
Ipes is one of Europe's leading providers of fund administration and outsourcing services to the private equity industry.
Our team of over 130 skilled professionals manages in excess of $40bn assets from four European locations – London, Luxembourg, Jersey and Guernsey. We work for more than 90 clients with over 300 funds and 5,000 investors worldwide.
Established in 1998, Ipes has successfully pioneered a specialist approach to private equity fund administration based on trust, expertise and working in partnership with clients to deliver a service built around their needs.
It's an approach that appears to work as our 14 year track record, diverse client base and multiple industry awards demonstrate.
We specialise in private equity and offer a comprehensive range of administration and outsourcing services to a broad range of funds across the closed ended asset class. Additionally, we support clients with compliance and banking and with the administration of listed funds, carry and co-investment schemes.
For more information, please download our corporate brochure.
What sets us apart:
Established in 1998, we have a 14 year track record in the industry and have built up a wealth of experience through working with our diverse client base. In the 2010/11 Lipper Fitzrovia Fund Encyclopaedia, Ipes was ranked as the second largest fund administrator in Guernsey based on assets under administration.
We are unique in that each of our locations is run as a full service operation, staffed by Ipes people, working to Ipes process maps and using Ipes technology. In our view, we cannot rely upon third party name plate operations or joint venture arrangements to deliver the consistently high levels of service our clients expect.
We believe transparency is an essential part of building trust with our clients. To this end, we charge on a variable basis and all our workflow is tracked and reported via our in-house systems.
As a specialist provider, Ipes has invested in an industry leading platform which we supplement with proprietary technology, that is unique to us. In particular we are able to offer workflow tracking and reporting software, a unique SWIFT interface and a purpose-built web-portal. More information is available on our technology page.
Ipes has made a strategic decision to specialise in the private equity industry and the closed ended asset class. This specialist focus has enabled us to invest in the development of our team and our systems so we can operate as an expert partner to private equity.
Private equity is built on a partnership model based around long-term relationships built on trust and expertise. We have applied this ethos to our client relationships and describe our approach as 'partnered in-sourcing' - essentially working as an extension of a client’s back office. The success of our approach is evidenced by our exceptional track record in securing follow on funds from our clients.
Credentials
Awards
Funds Europe Awards – European Specialist Administrator 2011
ACQ Awards – Fund Administrator of the Year in the UK 2011
Corporate Intl Special Global Awards – CSR Firm of the Year Award in the Channel Islands 2010
Corporate Intl Global Awards - Investment Funds Advisory Firm 2010
Private Equity Awards - Specialist Professional Services Firm 2010
The Compliance Register Platinum Awards - Best outsourcing services Award 2010
Shortlistings
British Private Equity Awards - Fund Administrator of the Year - 2011
PE News - Private Equity News Fund Administrator of the Year - 2011
League Tables
Ipes is ranked #2 in Guernsey based on assets under administration by Lipper Fitzrovia
Ipes is ranked #5 globally by ICFA Magazine for Private Equity Assets under administration
Accreditations
ACCA Platinum
Approved Employer
ACCA Professional Development
Approved Employer
Memberships
Ipes is a Category II listing member of The Channel Islands Stock Exchange 'CISX'
