A fund administrator recently confessed on LinkedIn that AI’s promise of painless reconciliations and faster closes is tempting, but the idea of a rogue model spilling investor data “keeps me up at night.” They’re not alone. AI is outpacing the fund-admin playbook. Nine out of ten alternative managers already rely on machine-learning for tasks like…
Hurdles in Back-Office Reporting & Accounting for Tokenized Digital Assets
Picture a financial utopia where deals zip through at lightning speed, assets bend to your will like a smartphone app, and every move shines with crystal-clear transparency. That’s the electrifying promise of tokenization platforms such as forward-thinking family offices. But while the front office basks in this dazzling vision, the back office is scrambling to…
Signs Your Family Office has Outgrown the Neighborhood CPA
Yesterday’s capital call landed at dawn. By lunch, the principals wanted a cash-flow forecast that blended the Cayman feeder, the Montana ranch LLC, and three new venture notes. Your long-time CPA e-mailed back “We can turn that around next Friday.” If that reply sends you into a panic, you’ve hit the first sign the family…
What are the Benefits of a Multi-Family Office (MFO)?
A Dallas-based family just sold its logistics empire for US $480 million. They want the sophistication of a Wall Street endowment desk, but the numbers don’t pencil out. Building a single-family office would eat roughly 98 bps of their assets—about US $1.8 million a year—before investment fees even show up. Smaller teams simply can’t outrun…
How to Simplify Data Entry for Large-Scale Financial Records
Monday morning, nine o’clock, inbox overflowing with PDFs. A dividend notice here, a custodian feed there, an invoice that missed the cutoff last week. You could treat the pile like firewood—stack it neatly and chip away all afternoon—or you could let software do the lifting. Today’s back-office platforms behave like tireless interns: they read bank…
Essential Technology Family Offices Need for Effective Deal Evaluation
Complex Deals in Family Offices Family offices navigate a maze of investments, ranging from direct private equity stakes and co-investments to landmark properties and bold venture plays. Term sheets arrive loaded with subtle clauses and ticking deadlines, yet many teams still trade spreadsheets as if the cloud never appeared. Blind spots multiply, and a single…
Real Time NAV Shadow Accounting
Speed is the defining currency in fund operations, but that simple fact takes on new weight when settlement windows shrink to T+1 and investors expect quarterly statements within forty-five days of quarter-end. A pricing error that would once have sat unnoticed overnight can now distort funding decisions before London even wakes. Fund administrators who shadow…
Shadow Accounting Challenges and Strategic Considerations for Fund Administrators
Introduction Shadow accounting refers to the practice of maintaining a parallel set of books alongside the official records kept by a fund administrator or custodian. In the fund administration industry, shadow accounting has become a complex operational necessity. Fund managers (general partners, or GPs) often keep their own internal ledgers to verify and cross-check the…
Comprehensive Private Equity Marketing Report Backed by FundCount Research
Private Equity Marketing High-net-worth individuals (HNWIs) and family offices (FOs) are increasingly important sources of capital for private equity firms, but successfully engaging them requires a nuanced, multi-channel marketing approach. These investors prioritize trust, privacy, and personalized service, so traditional mass-market tactics fall flat. Today’s HNWIs and family offices conduct extensive due diligence on their…
