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Launching a private fund in the United States can be an almost daunting endeavor, fraught with regulatory hurdles, operational complexities, and significant time and financial investments. From hedge funds and private equity to real estate funds, the challenges are multifaceted, and the traditional route to launching a private fund can be a lengthy process, often taking anywhere from 6 to 18 months. That's why many emerging managers are turning to platform solutions, which can cut that time drastically. Greg Poapst of Fundviews Capital LLC explains more in his latest article for our blog. https://lnkd.in/e6Q9AvfC #alternativeinvestments #privatefunds #fundmanagers #emergingmanagers #assetmanagers

The experience of sophisticated investors over the years regarding hard to predict bad news — financial crisis, revelations of fraudulent behavior on the part of some money managers, and occasional poor industry wide performance among alternative strategy portfolio managers — have contributed over the years to extending the length of the selling cycle (the cycle through which a potential investor moves from prospect to allocator). The majority of hedge fund managers should look to greatly increase their level of communication with both current and potential investors if they wish to make it through the due diligence gauntlet of skeptical sophisticated investors. Frumerman & Nemeth CEO, Bruce Frumerman, explains more in his blog post this month. https://lnkd.in/d9J7bBbU #alternativeinvestments #assetraising #capitalraising #hedgefunds #fundadministration

EFSI Nominated Again in Hedgeweek’s Annual US Awards! For the second year in a row, EFSI has been shortlisted for an award in Hedgeweek’s US Awards program. Their annual awards recognize excellence among fund managers and service providers in the US across a wide range of categories. This year, EFSI has been nominated in the Administrator of the Year – Start-up & Emerging Funds category, which we won last year. Click the link below for EFSI Managing Partner, Anthony D. Mascia's thoughts on our latest awards nomination, and more details about how to vote for EFSI! https://lnkd.in/ea9uS7Tw #alternativeinvestments #hedgefunds #fundadministration #emergingmanagers

One of the stories of the private markets in recent years has been the explosion in growth of family offices. Some of those family offices allocate to third party fund managers, many in the private markets. Some of them simply invest from their own balance sheet, competing with private equity, real assets and venture capital funds for portfolio companies and hedge funds for more liquid investments. But one similarity with the private equity industry, for example, is the lower adoption of the use of third-party #fundadministrators to support their middle and back-office function. Anthony D. Mascia explains the benefits to #familyoffices of hiring a #fundadministration provider in his latest article for our blog - click the link below to read. https://lnkd.in/ej-V6TNM #alternativeinvestments #hedgefunds #privateequity #privatewealth

It should not be a surprise that transaction activity in the private equity industry has slowed in the past 12-18 months. On the buying side, higher interest rates have had the impact of making the debt that supports leveraged buyouts more expensive, reducing demand from buyout fund managers. On the selling side, PE shops looking to offload portcos have only brought assets to market that they felt would hold up from a pricing perspective, or if they had old vintage funds with very little assets left to liquidate. But with more than $1trn of dry powder on the sidelines, will PE firms end up being forced buyers? Fundviews Capital LLC Managing Partner, Greg Poapst, looks at that, and the outlook for PE deal activity in the second half of the year, in his latest piece for our blog. https://lnkd.in/eWtDqXmf #alternativeinvestments #privateequity #fundadministration

Simply put, this is not a summer to remember for the SEC and there could be both short- and long-term impacts to the #investmentmanagement community. Scott Parkin of Zeidler Group takes a look at a handful of court cases that have caught his eye in recent weeks and explains what the potential impacts could be in 'How Will The SEC’s Bad Summer Impact The Investment Management Community?', a guest article for our blog. Click the link below to read! https://lnkd.in/e3-jaP-G #Alternativeinvestments #financialregulation #fundadministration

Partnership alert! We're delighted to be partnering with OpsCheck, a technology firm that provides investment fund managers with an innovative, cloud-based tool to improve and streamline the task, workflow & project management function. Read what EFSI Managing Partner Anthony D. Mascia has to say at the link below. https://lnkd.in/eMRYuXRg #alternativeinvestments #fundadministration #hedgefunds #projectmanagement #privateequity

Navigating portfolio risk is one of the most critical challenges for startup and emerging fund managers: managers overseeing less than $1 billion often struggle to provide the necessary infrastructure and risk management to satisfy institutional investors. Kevin Becker's latest post for our blog guides emerging managers through some essential steps for managing portfolio risks, drawing on insights from leading hedge fund risk management practices. Thanks to Kevin as always - click the link below to read! https://lnkd.in/eduV9sYb #alternativeinvestments #riskmanagement #fundadministration #emergingmanagers #hedgefunds