Switching Fund Administrators: A Fund Manager’s Guide to a Successful Transition
In today’s dynamic environment, fund managers face numerous challenges, including increased regulatory demands and the need for greater transparency to their investors. To navigate these pressures and stay competitive, many firms are turning to better fund administration capabilities. Consequently, the decision to switch fund administrators has become a significant undertaking that requires careful planning and […]
Linnovate Partners Successfully Renews SOC 2 Assessment to Further Data Security
At Linnovate Partners, we continually invest in security best practices to ensure that our client’s data stays safe and secure. As a part of an ongoing effort, we are excited to announce that we’ve successfully completed the renewal of our SOC 2 report. The examination was conducted by A-LIGN, a technology-enabled security and compliance firm […]
How to Ensure Transparency and Accurate Reporting in Private Equity Funds
In this new regulatory and investor-driven landscape, fund managers are seeing increased demand from investors, not only to provide performance and accurate data but also detailed information regarding individual portfolio companies and the portfolio as a whole. This shift reflects a growing need for transparency and a deeper understanding of investment strategies. In this video, […]
How Technology Can Play a Role in Portfolio Monitoring
Technology has become a crucial component in today’s portfolio monitoring. It offers investment managers more efficient and precise investment information and management techniques, which saves them time, minimizes errors, and enables them to make well-informed investment decisions. In this video, Teck Onn Fong, our Senior Manager for Alternative Funds Services in Singapore, discussed how technology […]
Why Now Is the Time for Private Capital to Unlock the Power of Automation and Data Analytics
Today’s advanced technology has transformed industries worldwide, creating new efficiencies and opportunities. Not surprisingly, many participants in the private capital industry have been reaping the benefits as well. However, if your firm has not yet jumped on this trend, now is the time to ensure you stay competitive. In this article, we’ll look at how […]
How fund houses can deliver immediate productivity gains by enhancing their back-office operations
For asset managers, real-time data is king. It provides them with the means to make well-informed, on-the-spot decisions for investors; to act with speed in a world that increasingly rewards fast and agile thinking. But while many fund houses have made significant progress in digitising frontline client service and experience elements – all with a […]
Five Critical Questions to Ask When Selecting an Alternative Asset Fund Administrator
If you’re a private equity or venture capital fund manager, few decisions are as critical as how you manage your back office. Between potential liability, overhead and impact on your time, these operations inevitably influence your bottom line. That’s why fund managers are increasingly choosing to outsource these functions. But fund administrators vary in their […]
Process resilience in challenging times
As the world continues to battle an international health crisis, this month we wanted to take a look at the topic of process resilience and what this means for alternative asset investors, managers and service providers. What is process resilience? Process resilience as a concept arose from software development, and it is a measure of […]
Process automation: what does it mean practically?
In the finance world, it is a rare day when we don’t hear about automation and technology transforming how operations are conducted. From AI to robots to machine learning and virtual banks – sometimes the future can seem daunting. In wealth management for example, we now have retail access to products which are completely automated […]
What does “next generation” asset services actually mean?
People are at the heart of any organisation, and it is important to recognise that people are not machines that are content to spend their time mimicking them. People have ambitions, cognition, flexibility, ethics and emotional intelligence that cannot be replicated by machines. In alternative assets though, we subject many people both on the client […]