Asset allocators face a major challenge when it comes to tracking and reporting investments and underlying holdings across a variety of asset classes. A consolidated view of all fund investments addresses this challenge.
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In a recently published whitepaper, SS&C provided insight into the increased popularity of open-end funds. There may be nuances asset managers are not familiar with given their closed-end fund focus—especially their comfort with the prevailing performance measurement tool, Time Weighted Returns (TWRs).
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SS&C’s e-Investor solution is designed to minimize the error rate of documents submitted by investors, which our research shows can be as high as 80%. Reducing that error rate is especially important during the onboarding process.
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The drive for better trade transparency led to the introduction of the MMIF reporting in 2014, which aims to capture a comprehensive overview of all transactions and positions of funds. The submission must be made on a quarterly basis for all Undertakings for the Collective Investment of Transferable Securities (UCITS) and hedge funds resident in the Republic of Ireland.
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Property, asset and portfolio managers are beginning to realize the numerous benefits of contracting out core business processes that have traditionally been performed in-house. Outsourcing front-office operations, such as leasing, isn’t a new phenomenon in the real estate management industry.
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SS&C Real Assets team members attended the “Diversity in Commercial Real Estate Conference” on July 26th & 27th at Columbia University. This event hosted thought leadership panels where some of the topics included real estate private equity, finance, and development & investing, and most attendees turned their attention to Opportunity Zones.
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Hybrid funds emerged from the turmoil of the 2008 financial crisis, when hedge funds experienced a huge amount of redemptions and disorderly liquidations. Hybrid funds share characteristics with both hedge and PE/real asset funds.
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As operational, legal, regulatory and other differences create obstacles for fund managers with global fund families, proposed models for a global transfer agency service offer a future with comprehensive, consolidated and up-to-date information about fund holdings and activities; a consistent level of service across the globe; and un-intermediated digital relationships with investors.
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