Service Providers

How GPs and fund service providers are adapting to a changing landscape

Demand for skilled CFOs and finance professionals is growing as the private equity industry expands

Institutional investors increasingly want more detailed data, while the private wealth market needs something easy to consume

Regulation, technology and shifting investor demands are changing what GPs require of fund service providers

Private markets regulation is proliferating at speed and service providers need to keep pace

The proliferation of semi-liquid structures is creating new challenges for administrators

When it comes to the administration of the management company, GPs need to strike a balance between delegating to a service provider and setting up the internal framework to supervise the work.

The fund administration industry has clearly grown radically in size and sophistication. Gen II’s Luis Gutierrez and Dautanya Strachan describe what the era’s been like in the trenches and where it might evolve from here.

For firms outsourcing the administration of both funds and management companies, it’s best to use one provider and build strong internal resources to manage the process, according to Knox Lane CFO Ivor van Esch.