How Private Equity Firms Optimize Portfolio Operations
linkedintwitterWhen a private equity (PE) firm invests in a business, for example, a start-up, that company becomes part of the firm's portfolio. The key reason a private equity firm would buy a stake in a portfolio company is to increase its value, then sell the company for a profit mostly within five to seven years. For a private equity firm to get the...
How to Build a Good Deal Flow Management Process
linkedintwitterHunter Walker, a partner at Homebrew Venture Capital (VC) is often quoted saying “you lose 100% of the deals you don’t see”. As a venture capitalist, if your deal flow process is poorly managed, you’re likely missing out on a lot of suitable investment opportunities, and this statement by Walker should jolt you to improve on your VC deal...
10 Commandments for Achieving Operational Excellence
FacebookLinkedInDownload full white paper here Over the past 20 years the investment management industry, and specifically hedge funds, has achieved tremendous growth. As assets under management increased, so did diversification in strategies and investments. During that time investors have become very sophisticated in their selection of investments as...
Understanding and Reducing Operational Risk
Facebook LinkedIn Although financial organizations have known about operational risk since business began, it’s only been an independent discipline for the last two decades. It still took a financial crisis and the ensuing flood of regulatory and enforcement fines and actions to propel operational risk into the spotlight of the financial industry's...
Improve Your Business Processes with Project Management
Facebook LinkedIn Why would you want to take a project management approach for business process improvement? In the first place, how would you implement such a system in your finance firm? And could this method be of any possible benefit to your business? Companies around the world have seen, first-hand, the paybacks gained from applying project management...
A Solid Compliance System Mitigates Risk
Facebook LinkedIn Does your company have an integrated compliance system in place? In today's rapidly evolving business environment, compliance management is essential for ongoing success. Compliance is a multi-faceted issue, depending on the industry, but most businesses exist under the watchful eye of a regulatory body. Nowhere is this more apparent than...
All About Audit Trails: What You Need to Know
Facebook LinkedIn Did you know that well-maintained audit trails indicate a high standard of operational oversight? From the IT staff to top management, effective audit trails call for a company-wide dedication to excellence in compliance management. With the shift away from manual logs to digital automation, we can obtain audit trails that are easily...
What is Consulting in Workflow Management?
Facebook LinkedIn Businesses have been moving toward more automation of administrative processes for some time now. The Covid-19 pandemic has served to complicate the upgrading of systems in unexpected ways. With the blizzard of articles, studies, and recommendations across the internet, sorting through what’s credible and–more importantly, necessary–for...
Digital Trends in Fintech for 2021
Facebook LinkedIn There's no question that the Covid-19 pandemic has permanently altered the way we do business. Regardless of what tomorrow holds, the financial asset management industry has had to implement new policies and procedures that will continue into the future. Obviously, an unprecedented event, the pandemic, has forced firms to activate their...
Digital Transformation in the Financial Sector
Facebook LinkedIn Success and change in the financial industry have always been driven by three major forces: client demands, business competition, and innovation. With the advent of the internet, these pressures increased dramatically as clients and customers demanded fast quality services and regulators and auditors expanded asset managers' obligations....
The Challenge of Alternative Investments
FacebookLinkedInAlternative investments are no longer the sole domain of cocky, hedge fund dynamos. Mainstream firms have moved into the potentially lucrative market, lured by the promise of high returns. The downsides, of course, are the high-risk issues that can arise that traditional investors are not as familiar or comfortable with. The financial...
Tips to Effectively Manage Remote Employees
Facebook LinkedIn At this point, you have heard much about the productivity value of remote working environments and the need to develop processes that support them. With the recent work slowdowns, the "why" of remote working is indisputable. The question for many financial asset management firms is "how" do they go about establishing remote work...
How Workflow Increases Asset Management Firm Productivity
Facebook LinkedIn Asset management firms across the industry are scrambling to maintain business continuity during the current crisis. While disaster recovery plans are critical and required, they cannot anticipate every potential business threat. Even three months ago, no one could have imagined that the US economy would be thrown into the turmoil it is...
How to Get Better Control of Your Asset Management
Facebook LinkedIn As the Covid-19 crisis continues, maintaining operational control and oversight has become more critical than ever for asset management firms. With staff spread over multiple locations or working remotely, there must be a heightened sensitivity to cybersecurity to enable firms to project trust and stability in these trying times....
OpsCheck Spotlights Covid Needs: Data Security (6/6)
Facebook LinkedIn After five months of review, the SEC's Office of Compliance Inspections and Examinations (OCIE) has released a Risk Alert regarding compliance and process protocols during the era of COVID-19. As the pandemic continues, investment management firms have been challenged to maintain the high-quality service and standards their clients and...