The Future of Fund Management: Why Top Firms Are Switching to Co-Sourcing

Driven by market conditions, co-sourcing solves the problems associated with outsourcing Private capital firms are under increasing pressure today to outsource fund administration. But outsourcing has its downsides. Specifically, when GPs outsource, third-party fund administrators…

Market Conditions for Co-Sourcing: Navigating the New Era of Fund Management

Increasingly demanding investors, the accountant shortage, and cloud-based solutions that foster transparency and collaboration have made co-sourcing into the powerful next-generation solution for the many challenges facing private capital today. As the 4Pines Fund Services…

Five Reasons Why Co-sourcing Beats In-house and Ordinary Outsourced Fund Administration

Investors are demanding more from GPs. Regulatory scrutiny is reaching new heights. Accountants are in short supply. CFOs at firms with more than $1 billion in assets under management are demanding new tools to overcome…

PE firms look to co-sourcing for increased flexibility and control

With a greater regulatory burden and investor expectations for speedy data requests, PE firms are collaborating with admins to co-source operations. Read the original article here.

Ark launches fund ops platform

With investors asking for greater transparency, the new platform streamlines investor reporting, allocations, capital calls and portfolio accounting. Read the full article here.

What do financial players need for ESG success? Start with standards.

By Mike Trinkaus Despite considerable and not unwarranted skepticism, there’s a “tsunami of money” flowing into ESG-friendly companies and instruments. That’s according to the head of Singapore’s largest bank. That same storm is hitting Wall Street, the Square Mile and financial hubs…

What are the new digital foundations of private capital?

By Mike Trinkaus The table stakes for fund administrators haven’t changed. Fund managers, private equity firms and others will always want responsive service, accurate and timely reporting, and compliance. But table stakes aren’t enough, as…

When ‘Data is King,’ automated systems can be the crown jewels

No longer science fiction, the skilled use of data automation can give investment managers a big competitive advantage By Michael Trinkaus Automation long ago ceased being the stuff of science fiction stories. But it still…