1. flexible solutions for
your Investment Management business
middle & back office
PYXIS GLOBAL FINANCIAL SERVICES administration
700 Seventeenth Street accounting
Suite 2400 tax & audit
Denver, CO 80202 capital introductions
(303) 226-5700 ph marketing
(303) 292-5705 product structuring
www.pyxisgfs.com compliance support

2. SOLUTIONS FOR
ALTERNATIVE
INVESTMENT MANAGERS
OVERVIEW
Pyxis is a boutique financial services company
focused on providing both start-up and established
Alternative Investment Managers with a
comprehensive and scalable platform of operational,
administrative and marketing support services.
Independent, third party solutions include Middle and
Back Office, Fund Administration, Corporate and Fund
Accounting, Tax and Audit Preparation, Compliance
as well as Marketing and Sales support.
MARKETING & SALES
SUPPORT
Pyxis creates client centric service packages tailored
CAPITAL INTRODUCTIONS
to meet the specific needs of an Investment
COMPREHENSIVE DATA BASE Manager’s strategy. Our goal is to eliminate the
necessity for a large administrative, operational and
MARKETING SUPPORT MATERIAL
sales staff allowing a Manager the flexibility to scale
BRAND DEVELOPMENT
their business as assets under management dictate.
PRODUCT STRUCTURING
Built from a solid foundation of industry experience,
WEB SITE DESIGN the firm’s competencies span a wide range of
Alternative Investment strategies which include
DUE – DILIGENCE
Managed Futures and Hedge Funds as well as
QUESTIONNAIRES
specific structures such as Single Manager Funds,
RFP RESPONSES
Multi-Strategy Fund of Funds, Structured Products
COMPLIANCE SUPPORT and Individual Managed Account Portfolios.
MIDDLE & BACK OFFICE
SERVICES SOLUTIONS
Pyxis performs middle-office solutions including trade
and settlement reconciliation, portfolio exposure in
addition to risk analytics, daily position reporting,
collateral management, FAS 157 documentation, cash
transfers and security settlements.

3. FUND ADMINISTRATION
SERVICES
The Pyxis Advantage
Pyxis offers the technology, operational support and
practical industry expertise to deliver comprehensive The Pyxis platform offers an Investment
Manager the opportunity to focus on the
fund administration services:
core aspects of their business ▬
managing risk, maximizing returns and
• Daily, weekly or monthly Net Asset Valuation
generating consistent, long-term
• Capital and Share accounting performance.
• Client servicing
COMPREHENSIVE SERVICE OFFERING
• Subscription and redemption processing (ERISA, AML,
KYC and “Patriot Act”)
• Focus on core business by eliminating the
• Generation of Fund performance and statistical reports
complexities of fund set-up, accounting
• Customized and branded client reporting and valuation, investor relations,
corporate services, back office processing
and marketing.
CORPORATE & FUND
ACCOUNTING ALTERNATIVE INVESTMENT EXPERTISE
Pyxis provides a full complement of accounting services
• Receive the benefits of working with
including: highly skilled personnel who have a
detailed knowledge of Alternative
Investment strategies and products.
• All Fund holdings and all transactions
• General Ledger, Trial Balance, NAV calculation THIRD PARTY INDEPENDENCE
• GAAP Financial Statements including Balance
Sheet, Profit and Loss and Partner Allocations. • Eliminate actual and perceived conflicts of
• interest. Pyxis provides independent third
IRS approved layering and aggregate allocation
party verification and reporting to
methods for the allocation of gains and losses between
investors, Limited Partners, shareholders
investors. Multi-currency reporting, including recording as well as industry databases. Moreover,
Pyxis is independent from any banking
FX gain or loss in securities outside the base currency
institution, brokerage firm or Investment
• Calculation of management and performance fees by
Manager.
individual partners and/or classes.
• Complete corporate level accounting and INFRASTRUCTURE FLEXIBILITY
bookkeeping
• Eliminate the necessity to support and
maintain large back office, administration,
TAX PREPERATION & AUDIT operational and sales staff as well as a
costly IT infrastructure.
SUPPORT
.
SCALABLE SOLUTION
Pyxis performs tax preparation and coordinates the
annual audit with selected CPA firm. • Effectively scale business in response to
market and economic conditions, assets
• IRS approved tax lot methods
under management and new business
• Complete tax return for the Fund including detailed initiatives in a timely and efficient manner.
supporting schedules and Partner K-1s.
• Tax lot matching for detailed Schedule D reporting.