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Financial Services

Our specialist team provide hedge fund managers, private equity and venture capital managers and funds, wealth managers and advisory firms, with advice to help them establish and grow their business

We have been shortlisted for ‘Audit Firm of the Year: Start-up’ for 2026

Blick Rothenberg has been shortlisted once again in the Hedgeweek European Awards ‘Audit Firm of the Year: Start-up’ category. Hedgeweek® has recognised excellence in alternative fund management and service provision for over a decade. This year, they return to celebrate the outstanding achievements of those who continue to lead, deliver, and inspire across the hedge fund landscape.

Establishing and growing your business

We not only understand that the financial services industry has its own language, we speak it fluently.

We have grown to become one of the leading Financial Services teams in the UK by combining specialist technical knowledge with a practical, partner-led approach to client service.

Our Financial Services team (formerly Rees Pollock) has a deep knowledge of Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) regulations, sector-specific tax issues and structuring considerations. This means that you can be assured you have an advisor who not only understands how this all works but who can also identify potential issues.

Our team of almost 70 people have been working with private equity and venture capital managers and funds, wealth managers and advisory firms for over 30 years, providing high-quality, bespoke advice to help them establish and grow their business.

We act for more than 180 FCA-authorised firms, including some of the UK’s leading hedge fund managers, private equity houses and corporate finance advisers. Our key financial services clients include some of the longest established hedge fund managers in the UK and several of the largest in Europe, as well as a number of the most successful launches of recent years.

A 100+ strong client facing team

180 FCA-authorised firm clients

30 years' experience in Financial services

The heritage of our business over the last 30 years has been to support the emerging manager community in London

Richard Hinton

Financial Services Lead

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We can advise regulated firms on legal structures regarding the relationships between the funds they manage and the ways that the managers are remunerated. Equally, we know that the personal tax of those managers is often complex due to these same remuneration policies, and we are well placed to advise on this too.

We are here to act as an extension of your team, identify any issues and ensure your tax and accounting issues are taken care of so that you can focus on growing a successful financial services business

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Blick Rothenberg – Audit Firm of the Year: Start-up Award 2025

Following last year’s Hedgeweek Emerging Manager Awards that saw Blick Rothenberg be awarded Audit Firm of the Year 2025 for the second year in a row, we’re delighted to have won for a third year in this new service provider category.

For more than a decade, Hedgeweek has been recognising excellence in the fields of fund performance and service provision. This year, Hedgeweek brought all its European awards together into one, celebrating those that drive and deliver excellence for investors across the hedge fund landscape.

Simon Lewis, Director at Blick Rothenberg, comments:

“Servicing asset managers of all sizes, from start-ups to industry leaders is a key part of our business within the Financial Services team. As such, we were delighted to collect another award from Hedgeweek, which is testament to the continued efforts and hard work over the past year.