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For CFOs wrestling with their firm’s AI effort, creating an internal 'lab' might be the best way to tap the tech’s evolving capabilities.

Employee-owned fund administrators can offer a competitive advantage during this era of consolidation, according to Celeste Barone, the president, chief client officer and co founder at 4Pines Fund Services.

GPs looking to tap retail capital should develop a best-in class framework to address the operational challenges, according to Brian Hong, head of retail and regulatory services, Gen II Fund Services.

Not only is the private fund operating environment increasingly complex, but outsourcing choices facing CFOs are too.

The bruising fundraising scene is creating a vastly more competitive market for placement agents, as well as fresh lines of business, but only for those able to adapt.

For emerging managers, fractional CFOs can be a cost-effective way to lay the foundation of a firm’s operations, but they can’t replace a full-time finance chief forever.

LPs conducting due diligence on private market managers are delving into the detail of back-office operations and funds’ third-party administrators.

For companies choosing to avoid expenses associated with full-scale technology transfers, here are some important reasons why alternatives to full outsourcing make more and more sense.