OpsCheck Testimonial: Jason Etherington
linkedintwitter In 2019, hedge fund asset manager East Lodge Capital wasn’t using any software as an operational management tool. Then the pandemic happened. Now leaders at the London-based firm overseeing more than $ 1 billion use OpsCheck “religiously,” said Chief Operating Officer Jason Etherington. During the pandemic, East Lodge Capital’s teams...
OpsCheck Testimonial: Lia Oyman
linkedintwitterFranklin Templeton is a global investment firm with teams based all around the globe. The firm had been using the follow-the-sun approach for important tasks, handing off checklists and deadlines from office in office in one time zone to another as each began their days. Maintaining workflows among as many as 250 people in the US, Asia,...
Using Private Equity Project Management Software to Improve Business Processes
FacebookLinkedIn Why would a private equity or other financial firm take a project-management-oriented approach to improve business processes? How would they implement such a system? What purpose would this approach serve for private equity and financial firms? What benefits would this approach afford to firms needing services for capital calls,...
Addressing the Challenges of Managing Remote Employees with Superior Task, Workflow, and Project Management Tools
FacebookLinkedIn Every manager today knows the challenges of managing remote employees. That means they also now know that remote-working environments can be highly productive and remarkably cohesive as long as companies develop processes that support remote employees. That’s why financial asset management firms are now establishing remote work procedures...
OpsCheck Testimonial: Cyrus Borzooyeh
linkedintwitterAs the Chief Financial Officer of an alternative investment firm that has been in the industry for more than 20 years, Cyrus Borzooyeh used to manage tasks and follow-up reminders with Excel, Outlook, and other software. Then he found OpsCheck. Borzooyeh’s previous task manager software was clunky and required too much manual work. Rather...
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...
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...
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...
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...