London-based Hedge Fund Manager Selects Options PIPE® Core, a Complete Office and Mobile Technology and Support Service for Financial Services Firms

LONDON -- (BUSINESS WIRE) --

Options IT, a leading provider of ultra-low latency market data and connectivity, fully managed application hosting, and high-performance technology Infrastructure-as-a-Service for the buyside and sellside, today announced that Occitan Capital Partners, a London-based hedge fund manager, has chosen Options IT as its technology infrastructure provider.

Set up in Q4 of 2010 by Thomas de Garidel-Thoron and Hervé Gallo, Occitan Capital Partners provides fundamental long/short investing across the entire spectrum of pure equity products, specifically through the cash, volatility and dividends markets.

Occitan has selected the Options PIPE Core service, a complete business technology infrastructure service providing a robust and resilient technology foundation for day-to-day business communication, regulatory compliance and operations management. PIPE Core is one of three financial technology infrastructure services available on the Options PIPE platform.

The Options PIPE platform is a fully managed and optimized global technology infrastructure and network connectivity environment providing on-demand, private cloud technology solutions to more than 120 investment banks, proprietary trading shops, brokerages, and traditional and alternative asset management firms globally.

"The changing market environment over the past few years significantly increased the level of operational sophistication fund managers must demonstrate to investors and regulators alike," said Sophie Thieux-Billiard, COO at Occitan Capital Partners. "Working with providers like Options IT, enabled us to quickly implement a robust and secure business infrastructure with much greater efficiency than if we had set out to build it ourselves."

"We're delighted that Occitan has chosen Options IT to provide and support the fund's technology infrastructure," said Nigel Kneafsey, CEO at Options IT. "PIPE Core, like all PIPE services, provides a resilient and fully managed enterprise strength solution delivered on-demand, freeing clients to focus on their core business. PIPE services provide full compliance with regulatory requirements and can speed investor due diligence process as a check-the-box solution from a trusted provider."

About Occitan Capital Partners (http://www.occitancap.com/)

Occitan Capital Partners is a newly formed asset management company, offering fundamental long/short investing across the entire spectrum of pure equity products, specifically through the cash, volatility and dividends markets. Combining thematic and idiosyncratic approaches, Occitan's liquid strategies aim to generate absolute, uncorrelated, returns across the cycle. The managers' long standing experience in using derivatives to obtain asymmetric risk reward and payoff structures in the portfolio is set out as a key value differentiator in Occitan's risk taking and management philosophies. The investment strategy bias for long convexity and tail risk enables Occitan to benefit from large peaks of correlation and volatility which can emanate from potential macro-driven shocks. Occitan Capital Partners is FSA registered with a team of 12 professionals and substantial financial commitments.

About Options IT (www.options-it.com):

Options IT is a global provider of high-performance financial technology Infrastructure-as-a-Service, delivering ultra-low latency market data, connectivity and fully managed application hosting to investment banks, proprietary trading shops, brokerages, and traditional and alternative asset management firms. Combining innovative, centralized technology solutions with highly experienced technology management and support staff, the Options PIPE® platform, provides clients with a complete financial technology infrastructure solution that is cost efficient, quick to market, and offers full flexibility and scalability in a pay-as-you-go model.

CONTACT:

Options IT
Patrick Ruppe, +1-646-205-2500
Head of Marketing
patrick.ruppe@options-it.com
or
Occitan Capital Partners LLP
Sophie Thieux - Billiard, +44 207 071 3907
sophie.thieux@occitancap.com