orphan as no other articles link to it . please introduce links to this page from related articles ; try the find link tool for suggestions . july 2013 arkus financial services type s.a. industry financial services founded london england u. k. 2003 founder yves de naurois peter jeffreys headquarters 6b route de tr ves senningerberg luxembourg area served worldwide key people yves de naurois chairman christophe pessault ceo nicolaus p. bocklandt partner disambiguation needed martin ewen head of operations & development axelle ferey general manager services risk management governance substance compliance number of employees 16 2013 website arkus financial services contents 1 background 2 services 3 founders 3.1 yves de naurois 3.2 peter jeffreys 4 references 5 external links background edit arkus financial services was founded as irml independent risk monitoring limited in 2003 by yves de naurois and peter jeffreys . in addition to yves de naurois and peter jeffreys irml s founding directors were norman riddell ceo of norman riddell & associates and formerly ceo of invesco europe ; and colin morrison head of performance & risk measurement at standard life investments and member of the ima working party on performance & risk measurement . irml started its activities in london as a provider of risk services with a focus on the funds industry . this activity led irml to deal with compliance and governance issues working in cooperation with service providers in the fields of compliance governance and funds management companies through exclusive agreements . in 2005 irml opened a representative office in luxembourg to ensure the support of its customers and to expand its business . in 2007 irml created mercuria independent risk solutions mirs in luxembourg in partnership with mercuria services a domiciliation and management company owned by some of the arendt & medernach partners a & m . in june 2008 irml created in dublin bridge independent risk solutions in partnership with bridge consulting . in november 2008 arendt & medernach sold the domiciliation activities to sgg and the remainder of mercuria was merged with the directors office tdo to become mdo . thus irml and mdo each owned 50 % of mirs . in july 2010 irml purchased the 50 % ownership of mdo into mirs and became the sole owner of mirs which was renamed irml s.a. in 2013 the company adopted the name arkus to reflect its evolution and the enlargement of its service offering now based on 4 pillars risk governance compliance and substance . . services edit arkus provides the asset management industry with 1 risk measurement solutions including delegated risk management functions . it hosts a governance platform where its clients can have access to a diversified pool of directors supported by qualified staff 2 and also provides clients with premises it infrastructure and helps them oversee their providers using its in house system riskradar . 3 arkus monitors portfolios for more than 40 clients most of them on a daily basis . its clients include pension fund insurance company asset management company and banks . the portfolios monitored include segregated accounts ucits and sifs based in european jurisdictions including germany luxembourg ireland and the uk . 4 founders edit yves de naurois edit yves was previously head of global investment process at citibank private bank and ceo of citibank luxembourg . independent risk monitoring limited s exception based process reflects yves experience of quantitative tools obtained to control investment portfolios including performance attribution and risk models . yves obtained his mba from columbia university new york . 5 peter jeffreys edit peter jeffreys was co founder of fund research limited which provided qualitative ratings on open and closed end funds and which was acquired by standard & poor s in 1997 . prior to fund research peter was a portfolio manager with fidelity international and before that with schlesinger investment management services . he has over 30 years investment management experience and is founding partner of irml s.a. 6 references edit de naurois yves . pour des risques sans trop de p rils . paperjam . http www.maisonmoderne.lu . retrieved 2012 05 23 . external link in publisher help arkus services description . arkus . retrieved 12 april 2013 . ampega introduces new risk management system . ampega . retrieved 2005 11 14 . mercuria services s.a. and independent risk monitoring ltd irml today announce the creation of a new jointly owned luxembourg based company . businesswire . http www.businesswire.com . retrieved 2007 09 25 . external link in publisher help de naurois yves . fundamentals of ucits speaker . the fundamentals of ucits risk management . http www.infoline.org.uk . retrieved 2010 06 16 . external link in publisher help jeffreys peter . biography of peter jeffreys . sps conferences . asset management risk monitoring http www.ebcuk.com partners irml.htm city financial engages irml to provide risk monitoring services http www.bobsguide.com guide news 2006 sep 25 city financial engages irml to provide risk monitoring services.html aifm is luxembourg ready for the challenges and opportunities http www.wort.lu en view aifm is luxembourg ready for the challenges and opportunities 5092350ae4b08ca747b6e275 jeffreys returns with fund risk monitoring http www.investmentweek.co.uk investment week news 1405517 jeffreys returns fund risk monitoring external links edit official website retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title arkus financial services & oldid 678553757 categories 2003 establishments in the united kingdomfinancial services companies of luxembourghidden categories cs1 errors external linksorphaned articles from july 2013all orphaned articlesall articles with links needing disambiguationarticles with links needing disambiguation from december 2013 navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in 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