James Singleton

Experience

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  WestLB Mellon Asset Management

  Oct 1999 - Dec 2004

  Back Office
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  Wellington Management

  Dec 2004 - Dec 2008

  Fund Administration

  - Investment Administration – Client Admin Specialist responsible for all operational aspects of 15 Equity accounts and main point of contact with custodians on those accounts.- Communication with Portfolio Managers regarding any cash movements impacting NAV or cash available for investment- Manual monthly and weekly NAV calculations/ Monthly Client reporting/ Monthly performance reporting to 3rd party performance provider- New business take-on and transitions- Query resolution including complex non-standard accounting and custody issues and direct client queries.- Worked on outsourcing of some accounts to third party administrator- Oversight of the currency hedging process for share classes- Cash Reconciliations and other banking transactions to custodian bank records- Monitoring/managing foreign and local cash balances to avoid overdrafts and instruction of foreign exchange deals where appropriate. - Liaising with other parties at all levels including fund managers, settlements teams, corporate actions department, transition managers, relationship managers, clients, client service team, and pricing team. Show less

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  Newton Investment Management (Bank of New York)

  Aug 2009 - Aug 2010

  Portfolio Specialist

  - Stock break identification and resolution arising from custodian feeds.Allocation and communication of breaks to all relevant internal departments and custodians e.g. corporate actions/ settlements.- Preparation and distribution of NAV, Market Value & Pricing reconciliations for a number of clients.- Resolving queries resulting from NAV, Market Value & Pricing Reconciliations &/or providing additional information to internal departments or third party custodians.- Report preparation for a number of segregated clients requesting details of assets held at month end and resultant discrepancies. - Information management for mid month and end of month management reporting and Compliance reporting. - “TLM” system administration, including setting up new client accounts. Show less

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  Fauchier Partners (BNP Paribas)

  Jul 2010 - Jun 2012

  Fund Accountant

  Working as part of a team responsible for all aspects of accounting and operations for Fund of Hedge Fund Portfolios.Among others:- Management of weekly and monthly NAV/performance data of underlying hedge funds- Custodian / Administrator relationship management: day-to-day interaction regarding queries, required deliverables and escalating unresolved issues to line managers and client servicing managers- Net Asset Value (Unit Price) review and calculation, including sign off - Review of Profit & Loss, Balance Sheet & Cash Flow Statement provided by 3rd party service providers (monthly valuations)- Calculating Performance and Management fees,FX hedging adjustment requirements and P&L impact (Carrying Mark-to-Market value) - Cash projections & Liquidity management including expense authorisation and payment instruction- Reconciling Hedge Fund trades, FX trades, and client dealing- Estimate & Final AUM reporting- Assisting with investor queries- Sign off of Annual & Interim Financial Statements- Monitoring of fund investment restrictions and foreign exchange activities-----------------Fauchier Partners manages and advises on portfolios for a wide range of investors, including pension funds, asset management firms, private banks, charities, insurance companies and family offices. The London based fund of hedge funds currently manages approximately US$ 5.8 billion with offices based in London, New York, Paris and Guernsey. Show less

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  Ideal FX

  Aug 2012 - Dec 2012

  FX Proprietary Trader

  - Full discretion of daily FX trading budget of US$2M, with profitable track record- Initiated and generated new FX business - Daily analysis of macroeconomic factors impacting FX markets (Asia, Europe, US)- Devising short and long term trading strategies for FX and forwards trades- Writing market analysis for company website and daily client newsletter

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  Square Yards

  Jun 2014 - Jul 2015

  Associate Director, Due Diligence

  Globally responsible for Due Diligence and Product selection of Real Estate Products.

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  RS Capital

  Jun 2015 - now

  Real Estate Transactions and Capital Markets

  Prior to building up RS Capital’s business (established in 2015), I was a relationship manager for a private real estate fund manager in Singapore, which managed funds holding office assets, hospitality assets and closed-ended single asset residential development funds.

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  Grindlay Street Managers Ltd.

  Jun 2017 - now

  Founder

  Private Company established as a real estate holding company. The business carries out other activities of Real Estate Entrepreneurship, including investing in REITs and commercial development loans.

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  ZACD Group Ltd

  Dec 2017 - Dec 2018

  Relationship Manager ZACD Capital

  Working at ZACD Capital, I am well placed to sell our commercial real estate funds, into which I have also put my own money. My core function is to facilitate investments from business to business, or business to consumer clients into our portfolio of property development funds and The ZACD Income Trust. To date, ZACD has an excellent track record of over 38 projects in Singapore, Malaysia and Australia.With a 15-year track record in financial services, I have worked with top name institutions such as the Bank of New York and Wellington Management. My real estate experience has been honed over the course of my entire adult life, my expertise lying in commercial real estate investments, from sourcing and brokering capital market deals, to offering our property development funds. I also specialise in markets and locations scattered around the globe; such as Singapore, Australia, the UK and more. Also a connector, I am always looking for ways to facilitate other people’s business needs to the best of my ability. I recently brokered a significant portfolio of student “HMOs” (Houses of multiple occupancy/ co-living spaces) in the UK to a South East Asian client, having successfully delivered many Letters of Intent (LOIs) from clients acquiring large UK commercial assets. The needs of my clients come before anything else; a core belief of mine is to only offer products that I would personally invest in and those of which are suitable for an investor. I believe that with the time it takes to build trusted and solid relationships, they, in turn, need to be treated with the highest level of respect and integrity. Show less

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  KS Wohnung Ltd

  Mar 2019 - now

  Director
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  People's Association

  Nov 2021 - Jul 2023

  Food bank volunteer