the services the prospective proposes to provide and its capacity to deliver those services;
the adequacy of the infrastructure and systems available to deliver the services;
interest rate and fee structures comparison with interest and fee structures offered by other sources;
securities lending structure, such as the type of collateral required and the cost of such arrangements;
material provisions of documentation such as products trading, segregation of assets and events of default and their impact on the proposed trading activities of the investment fund;
familiarity and appropriate internal resources to service, the relevant investment strategy;
the amount of leverage prepared to provide to the fund and the basis on which this is provided;
the extent of segregation and ownership of assets and whether it is consistent with the particular legal requirements;
the credit worthiness including the legality applicable to any credit rating and the adequacy of its business continuity plans.