How to apply

All higher education institutions funded by HEFCE are eligible to apply. Consortia of institutions and representative bodies may also apply, but will need to identify an HEI through which funds can be routed. Where relevant, we would expect HEIs to demonstrate in their application that they have the active support of the relevant professional bodies. Further education colleges directly funded by HEFCE are not eligible to apply as lead institutions, but may benefit from a project in collaboration with a lead HEI.
All higher education institutions funded by HEFCE are eligible to apply. Consortia of institutions and representative bodies may also apply, but will need to identify an HEI through which funds can be routed. Where relevant, we would expect HEIs to demonstrate in their application that they have the active support of the relevant professional bodies. Further education colleges directly funded by HEFCE are not eligible to apply as lead institutions, but may benefit from a project in collaboration with a lead HEI.
All proposals should address:

• the identification of (not an account of) existing relevant good practice, in HE or elsewhere, or the lack of it
• a summary of how the project would benefit the higher education sector
• a short description of how the project will be managed
• an indicative budget with a plan of how the money will be spent
• an indicative list of partner HEIs and organisations.
  

Benefits of automated fund management

Microsoft offers fund management applications that help make transferring balances between accounts an accurate, seamless process. A comprehensive solution provides these benefits to people who manage multiple funds for education institutions:

• Helps reduce the errors you might make when manually reconciling funds
  Eliminates need for you to make manual journal entries
  Uses automatic processing, saving employees time
  Helps you avoid missed transactions and posting errors
  Minimizes the need for accounting personnel to know all related accounts

Optimal FUND MANAGEMENT

Optimal FUND MANAGEMENT is an investment management company specialising in Asia Pacific equities. Optimal was established in 1999 by Warwick Johnson and as at June 2008, it managed over US$1.7 billion of assets for a diverse range of institutional clients and accredited investors. Optimal's objective is to maximise returns for investors whilst preserving investor capital.

The Benefits of using the helpdesk

• Maximise surveyor/Facilities Manager's time
• Improved service for tenants
• One point of contact - data is stored centrally and is available at the touch of a button
• Statistical analysis including client reporting and Identification of recurring problems
• Improved administrative efficiency
• Greater value for clients.
  

Facilities Management Helpdesk

The Facilties Management /Helpdesk Group operates nationally consisting of a team of Facitlities Managers, a Health and Safety Expert, Helpdesk, Property Administrators and a Team co-ordinator. It was set up as a result of the large increase in legislation affecting occupational premises governing such area’s as:

• Health and Safety Risk Assessment
• Fire Risk Assessment
• Asbestos Registers
• Disabled Access
• Working Time Directive
  The team are expanding their property portfolio, providing Facilities Management services for multi-let premises across the UK to both investor and corporate clients.

SHK Fund Management ("SHKFM") is a specialist in alternative investments

We aim to be the gateway for investors looking to capture the growth in Asia with our range of hedge funds. Our range of Asian hedge funds is managed by top-tiered portfolio managers and their team of seasoned staff. We also partner with best-of-breed managers providing Asian based institutions access to SHK branded Global hedge funds. SHKFM operates on an institutional platform with experienced middle office, fund accounting and operations staff providing best of class service to our clients. SHKFM and its subsidiary/affiliates have around USD 1 billion in assets under management.

What we do in Fund Services?

Fund Services is a global fund administration business that delivers professional services for traditional/mutual funds, alternative/hedge funds and other collective investment vehicles from centers located in Canada, the Cayman Islands, Ireland, Luxembourg, Switzerland and the UK. Fund administration is our core business. We provide administration services to meet the varied, sophisticated and innovative requirements of a diverse global client base. We are the largest administrator in Switzerland and the Cayman Islands and one of the top 10 hedge fund administrators worldwide.
With a comprehensive offering, from product design and registration through accounting and net asset value calculation to reporting, we offer a tailored, cost effective service that makes the optimal use of the latest technology.
Our roles provide exciting opportunities for talented individuals to develop their careers. Whether your expertise is in fund administration, product administration, fund accounting, business development, business analysis or even IT, your knowledge, skills and competencies will help us to deliver superior returns and sustain the long-term client relationships that are the foundation of our success. In return, our culture of performance will recognize and reward your individual contribution to our collective achievements

What we do in Product Management & Development

Our Product Development & Management units provide investment solutions for high net worth private investors, wholesale and institutional investors and intermediaries. To meet the requirements of origination units, changing market environments and client demands, you will develop new programs and products and modify existing ones. Your skills and competencies will help us to deliver superior investment returns and sustain the long-term client relationships that are the foundation of our success.
Investment specialists are dedicated to designing, developing, and identifying appropriate portfolio solutions with end-to-end program responsibility. You apply a phased and disciplined project management approach with clear deliverables and sign-offs by the relevant stakeholders. Product Managers have complete responsibility for one or more products or product categories managing the whole product lifecycle from launch to decommissioning. This includes ongoing product maintenance, tracking of product and process quality and profitability according to predefined standards.

Fund Management Online

Thinking about trebling your money within a few years time, but don’t know how to go about it? Well, then help is at hand in the form of innumerable financial institutions and agencies, which offer cash management solutions to distressed people all across Australia. Most people in Australia are interested in fund management and cash management, but do not have any clue about how to go about it or whom to approach.
Cash management is the IN thing right now. Almost every person wants to multiply his money manifold and invest in some place, which offers safe and assured returns. The high demand for cash management solutions has also initiated a plethora of management institutions offering courses in cash management. Incidentally, there are a large number of students who are applying for these courses and they get jobs as soon as they complete their course, as there is a huge demand for specialists in this domain.
So what exactly is cash management all about? You earn a lump sum yearly and don’t know what to do with it. Here in enter the cash management specialists, who offer you tips and suggestions on ways to invest your cash. The only glitch in the entire procedure is that the final onus lies on the customers. The specialists can only offer suggestions, but it’s you who is going to decide. And the money market being extremely volatile in nature makes things all the more complicated. So one can never blame the specialist if things go awry.

Fund Management Consulting

A number of firms and financial institutions are now into fund management consulting, and offer valuable tips and suggestions to customers who approach them. Majority of these firms specialize in personal cash management and offer suggestions to customers about ways of investment and higher returns. Investment management fund is also a new concept where customers are guided by these financial services regarding investment and banking solutions. Most of these organizations have their websites and one can get all the information about fund management online. Some of the websites also offer an interactive portal, where an employee of that organization is always present online to answer the queries of future customers or public, in general.
Most of the banks in Australia also offer fund management services and people find it safer to approach banks than independent financial institutions or agencies. To get all the low down on banking fund management and related topics, there are innumerable books written on this subject, which are available in any book shop. An alternate solution would be to surf the Internet and get the information from the umpteen number of sites, which have all the information, required.

What we do in Portfolio & Fund Management?

UBS is one of the world’s leading asset managers. We offer private investors a broad choice of traditional, alternative and reale state investments.Our portfolio and fund management roles provide exciting opportunities for talented individuals to develop their professional careers. Wherever your expertise lies, your skills and competencies will help us to deliver superior consistent investment returns and sustain the long-term client relationships that are the foundation of our success.
As Portfolio Manager, you will be responsible for the implementation of innovative strategy and risk management solutions for portfolios containing money market, currency, equity, fixed income, hedge fund and structured products and real estate investments.
Fund Managers are responsible for making security selections and setting strategy for individual fund products. You will represent our fund strategies and capabilities to internal and external clients as well as prospects.

Fund Management

FUND MANAGEMENT is the professional, in many cases regulated, caretaker of client assets for a fee. Dependent upon type of fund, the fund may be authorized to put assets within the fund at risk in the pursuit of profits for the asset owners (clients).

Asset allocation

The different asset classes are stocks, bonds, real-estate and commodities. The exercise of allocating funds among these assets (and among individual securities within each asset class) is what investment management firms are paid for. Asset classes exhibit different market dynamics, and different interaction effects; thus, the allocation of monies among asset classes will have a significant effect on the performance of the fund.

Fund Manager

It refers to both a firm that provides investment management services and an individual(s) who directs 'fund management' decisions.

Asset Management

The term asset management is often used to refer to the investment management of collective investments, whilst the more generic fund management may refer to all forms of institutional investment as well as investment management for private investors. Investment managers who specialize in advisory or discretionary management on behalf of (normally wealthy) private investors may often refer to their services as wealth management or portfolio management often within the context of so-called "private banking".

Investment Manager

It is the professional management of various securities (shares, bonds etc) assets (e.g. real estate), to meet specified investment goals for the benefit of the investors. Investors may be institutions (insurance companies, pension funds, corporations etc.) or private investors (both directly via investment contracts and more commonly via collective investment schemes e.g. mutual funds) .

Options for joint programmes

There are three types of Fund Management: Parallel, Pooled, and Pass-Through.
These options can also be combined.

Parallel Fund Management:
This fund management option is likely to be the most effective and efficient when interventions by participating UN organizations are working towards common results, but with different national, sub-national and/or international partners. Under this option, each organization manages its own funds
A good example of a possible programme for parallel fund management would be where several agencies are supporting disaster recovery in a particular province but with separate ministries and focal points. The parallel fund management modality might be more suitable when working with sub-national partners if local capacities are limited or the partner’s functions are narrowly defined.

Pooled Fund Management:
This fund management option is likely to be the most effective and efficient when participating UN organizations work for common results with a common national or sub-national partner (e.g. Department, provincial office, NGO) and/or in a common geographical area.

Pass-Through Fund Management:
This option can be used when two or more UN organizations have developed with partners a joint programme which is to be fully or partly funded by donors, and the donor(s) and participating UN organizations jointly agree to channel the funds through one UN organization

Money Market

Financial institutions can use short-term savings to lend out in the form of short-term loans like
-Credit on open account
-Bank overdraft
-Short-term loans
-Bills of exchange
-Factoring of debtors

Capital Market

In Capital Market long-term funds are bought and sold like
-Shares
-Debentures
-Long-term loans, often with a mortgage bond as security
-Reserve funds

Capital

Capital is the money which gives the business the power to buy goods to be used in the production of other goods or the offering of a service.

Sources of capital
-Capital market
-Money market
-Borrowed capital
- Own capital

What includes Finance?

Finance incorporate any of the following:
The study of money and other assets;
The management and control of those assets;
Profiling and managing project risks;
The science of managing money;
As a verb, "to finance" is to provide funds for business or for an individual's large purchases (car, home, etc.).
The activity of finance is the application of a set of techniques that individuals and organizations (entities) use to manage their money, particularly the differences between income and expenditure and the risks of their investments.