Run
Trading & portfolio technology
OMS, EMS and PMS selection, integration and ongoing ownership, so the front office trades and the back office reconciles.
Every function your firm runs on. One accountable partner.
Fractional CTO and CISO leadership for financial services. Built right, then run every day.
Most firms stitch it together.
Each of your providers owns a piece. Nobody leads the whole. We do.
Your providers
Managed service provider
Security vendor
Trading-systems provider
Market data provider
Fund administrator
Cloud provider
We don't replace them or sell their services. We lead them on your behalf, as your technology and security executive, and hold each one to account.
Two seats at your executive table.
Pernix fills the technology and security seats with senior leadership, accountable to your COO, CFO and managing partners.
The technology seat, filled by someone who has sat in it.
Executive technology leadership that aligns systems with the strategy of the firm and the needs of every desk.
- Technology strategy and roadmapA plan and budget your partners can approve, tied to the firm's strategy and growth.
- Trading and portfolio technologyOrder, execution and portfolio systems that fit how your desk trades.
- Infrastructure and operationsCloud, network, low-latency and end-user environments, designed for resilience.
- Vendor and MSP oversightEvery provider measured against its contract, with full visibility into systems, licenses and documentation.
A security program that holds up in the exam room and the ODD call.
Executive-level cybersecurity leadership that protects the firm, satisfies regulators and investors, and turns risk into decisions executives can act on.
- Security program and governanceA written, working information security program. Not a binder on a shelf.
- Regulatory and investor readinessSEC exam readiness, LP due diligence and DDQ responses, prepared before they are asked for.
- Incident response and resilienceResponse plans, tabletop exercises, business continuity and disaster recovery.
- Third-party and cloud riskVendor risk oversight and secure architecture for hybrid and cloud environments.
Why Pernix
One partner. Full coverage.
- Built
Every function, built right.
Launching, expanding or already trading: trading, finance, risk, data, investor relations, compliance, operations, security and infrastructure, each one built properly or rebuilt where it falls short.
- Connected
One firm, not a stack of vendors.
Every function connects to the next, so the front office, the back office and compliance work from the same picture.
- Led
We lead the people who make it work.
We work alongside your MSP, security vendors, GC and CCO, trading desk, CFO and fund administrator, and hold every provider to account.
- Live
Ready on Day 1.
A new fund trades on Day 1 with every function in place. A running firm closes its gaps without disrupting the desk.
- Run
Then we run it, every day.
Roadmap and budget, vendors, the security program, exams and DDQs, incidents and reporting to leadership and investors, owned year after year.
We have built and run every one of these functions before, inside leading investment firms.
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Playing
Trading & portfolioReady to tradeSupported every trading day
Risk & analyticsReporting in placeExposure, every day
DataOne source of truthTrusted and governed
Finance & booksIndependent recordsBooks you can trust
Investor relationsLP-readyReady for every DDQ
OperationsStaffed and documentedRuns quietly
Legal & complianceBuilt inEvidence ready for exams
Security & infrastructureResilient, exam-readyTested and current
Your firmBuildingLiveRun by one partner
MSP
Security vendors
GC & CCO
Trading desk
CFO
Fund administrator
Day 1Every day
Roadmap & budget
Vendor oversight
Security program
Exams & DDQs
Incident response
Leadership reporting
Everything between the trade and the regulator.
Each one scoped, owned and measured.
Run
Shadow books & records
An independent view of positions, P&L and cash that you control, not just your administrator's.
Run
Market data & connectivity
Real-time and reference data delivered to trading, risk and the books, from direct exchange feeds where latency matters to terminals across the firm. Licensed correctly, right-sized and audit-ready.
Run
Security program & compliance
A security program that satisfies SEC expectations and investor due diligence, and is kept current.
Run
Infrastructure & operations
Oversight of technical, trading and portfolio-management operations, with every provider held to its service levels.
Build
Launch & expansion
New funds, strategies and offices stood up on schedule, plus systems migration, M&A technology diligence and AI governance.
Ready for the questions that matter.
Regulators, auditors and investors ask about technology and security more often, and in more detail, every year. We keep the answers current, documented and defensible.
SEC examinationsRegistered investment advisers and their exam cycle
Regulation S-PCustomer information safeguards and notification
SEC cybersecurity expectationsPolicies, governance and incident readiness
NYDFS Part 500Cybersecurity requirements for regulated entities
FINRATechnology and cybersecurity obligations
LP due diligenceOperational due diligence and DDQ responses
Privacy regulationGDPR, CCPA and state privacy laws
Leadership and investor reportingPlain-language risk reporting on a set cadence
Built for financial services.
Six kinds of firm, one standard of technology and security leadership.
Hedge funds
From launch through exam day: trading technology, operations and a security program that satisfies regulators and investors.
Private equity
Technology and security leadership for the management company and across the deal lifecycle.
Alternative asset managers
Operating technology, data and security programs that scale as the platform grows.
Family offices
Institutional-grade technology and security, sized for a family office, with discretion built in.
Portfolio companies
Senior technology and security leadership from the first 100 days through exit.
Regulated financial firms
Governance, cybersecurity and resilience programs that stand up to regulators, auditors and investors.
Leadership
Experience, not theory.
Pernix is led by Felix Jimenez, CISSP, Founder and CEO, a technology executive with more than 25 years building and running technology inside leading hedge funds and investment managers.
That experience shaped how Pernix works: senior, accountable and documented.
More about Felix at felixjimenez.ioPrinciples, not process.
How every engagement runs, whatever its size.
- Senior onlySenior leadership on every engagement. No handoffs to a junior bench.
- AccountableWe own outcomes, not just recommendations, on committed scope and timeline.
- TransparentFull visibility into your systems, licenses, credentials and documentation. Always yours.
- DiscreetWe never disclose clients. Confidentiality is part of the mandate.
- ContinuityBuilt to outlast any one person. Documentation, access and decisions stay with your firm.
- Ongoing
Fractional CTO & CISO
A standing technology and security executive for the firm, reporting to the firm's leadership.
- Program
Fund launch
Technology and security leadership from first plan to first trade, and through the first year of operation.
- Focused
Exam & diligence readiness
A focused engagement ahead of an SEC exam, an LP's operational due diligence or a buyer's technology review.
- Interim
Transition leadership
Senior cover through a departure, a migration, a buildout or a post-incident rebuild.
Selected work.
Two recent engagements. Client names are never disclosed.
Private equity firm · New York
A new headquarters and a second fund.
Led the buildout of the firm's new headquarters, then the technology and security work behind the launch of its second fund, including the operational due diligence calls with investors.
- Headquarters buildout
- Fund launch
- Investor due diligence
Global bank
A proxy voting platform.
Technology leadership on the bank's proxy voting platform: the system that notifies shareholders of upcoming votes and collects their voting instructions.
- Platform delivery
- Shareholder communications
- Technology leadership
Find out where your firm stands, before an examiner or LP does.
A confidential, 30-minute conversation with Pernix leadership. Tell us where your firm is: launching, operating, facing an exam or raising capital. We will tell you where we would focus first.
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