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Melanie Pittas
Senior Financial Services Partner
Melanie is a Senior Partner within our Financial Services sector team with over ten years’ experience of working with FCA regulated entities. She previously led the sector as Co-Head, advising a range of clients across the alternatives space, predominantly fund managers (hedge and private equity), but including broker-dealers, sub-advisors and placement agents.
Melanie has extensive experience of working with early stage managers from launch and supporting them in a full-service outsourced accounting capacity. As well as delivering audit and assurance services, including track record reporting and FCA CASS audits, she supports her clients with RegData reporting, tax advisory and compliance, and set-up, financial management and transaction advice.
Melanie regularly speaks on topical panels at sector specific events, where she has covered areas including Outsourcing and Service Provider Selection and Tax Structuring: LLP vs Limited, and she regularly contributes to sector publications. In 2017 she was a co-contributor to the publication ‘Successfully Launching A Hedge Fund In Europe’, and more recently she contributed to HFM’s special report ‘How to Start A Hedge Fund in Europe.’ Melanie’s contribution to the sector was recently recognised with her ranking in the Top 10 Most Influential People in Service Provision for the Investment Space by 2&20. Melanie is a member of the ICAEW’s FS Faculty and a regular attendee of AIMA, HFM and 100 Women in Finance events. Beyond haysmacintyre, Melanie is a Non-Executive Director and Vice-Treasurer of HFC Help For Children UK.
In her spare time Melanie enjoys travelling, yoga and cooking.
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Caxton – The trick to navigating expected currency volatility in 2024
The best strategy? Education. This doesn’t have to be daunting. We spoke to David...
Financial Services
WilmerHale – FCA’s approach to assertive supervision
The ‘new’ assertive FCA Since 2021, the FCA has had powers to act assertively and without...
Financial Services
Preparing for your audit
1. Communication with your auditors Regular and clear communication with your auditors before, during and after...
Financial Services
Melanie Pittas ranked fourth in 2&20’s ‘Top 100 Most Influential People in Service Provision for Alternative Investment Firms’
2&20 believe in the principal that people in the service provision sector have the power...
Financial Services
HMRC’s continued focus on crypto investment
The Crypto-Asset Reporting Framework (CARF), led by the UK, is the Organisation for Economic Co-operation...
Financial Services
VAT Treatment of Payment Processing Services
‘Target’ decision means payment businesses may not meet the conditions for VAT exemption. The Supreme...
Corporate
Caxton – The trick to navigating expected currency volatility in 2024
The best strategy? Education. This doesn’t have to be daunting. We spoke to David...
Financial Services
WilmerHale – FCA’s approach to assertive supervision
The ‘new’ assertive FCA Since 2021, the FCA has had powers to act assertively and without...
Financial Services
Preparing for your audit
1. Communication with your auditors Regular and clear communication with your auditors before, during and after...
Financial Services
HMRC’s continued focus on crypto investment
The Crypto-Asset Reporting Framework (CARF), led by the UK, is the Organisation for Economic Co-operation...
Financial Services
VAT Treatment of Payment Processing Services
‘Target’ decision means payment businesses may not meet the conditions for VAT exemption. The Supreme...
Financial Services
Tax basis period reform – Are you affected?
Historic treatment Up until and including the 2022/23 tax year, the self-employed and unincorporated businesses were...
International Women’s Day 2022 – Melanie Pittas
Melanie Pittas, Partner and Co-Head of Financial Services, joins haysmacintyre’s #BreakTheBias campaign for #IWD2022.
Financial Services
Melanie Pittas ranked fourth in 2&20’s ‘Top 100 Most Influential People in Service Provision for Alternative Investment Firms’
2&20 believe in the principal that people in the service provision sector have the power...
Corporate
Women paving the way
There has been considerable uncertainty in property related matters regarding payments related to property which...
Financial Services
The sky is the limit for gender diversity in financial services
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Financial Services
Women paving the way: how gender diversity can better business
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Corporate
Forecasting For The Year Ahead: What Are The Challenges Fund Managers Face?
In a recent article for AlphaWeek, Melanie Pittas, Partner and Co-Head of Financial Services, discusses...
‘Hedge Tax Tuesdays’ webinar series
We are pleased to share our recordings from the ‘Hedge Tax Tuesdays’ webinar series, presented...