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May 25, 2023 in Blog

Straight-Through Processing, Transfer Agent Connectivity and Advisor Adoption

The transfer agent is an important part of the development of the alternative investment into…
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May 18, 2023 in Blog

Manager Survey: The Goal of Investor Relations

Phoenix American recently surveyed alternative investment fund managers on their attitudes toward investor relations. Whether…
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May 11, 2023 in Blog

50/20/30 is the New 60/40 – but Fund Administration is Key

The traditional investment portfolio allocation, 60% equities/40% bonds, is established wisdom for many investors and…
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April 27, 2023 in Blog

Succeeding at Scale: Fund Administration for Growing Funds

As the manager of an alternative fund, if you have done your job well your…
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April 7, 2023 in Blog

Tax Season Take-Aways: Handling the Headaches – Part 1

Fund Accounting and Tax Preparation Tax season can be a serious challenge for fund managers.…
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March 22, 2023 in Blog

4 Ways a Third-Party Transfer Agent Can Make You Money

In choosing a transfer agent, you have the right to expect a return your transfer…
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March 15, 2023 in Blog

The Investor Journey – Twelve Components of Investor Relations

The experience of investors during the life of their investment in an alternative fund goes…
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March 10, 2023 in Blog

The Economics of Fund Administration

The overall value of third-party fund administration can be measured in a number of different…
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March 2, 2023 in Blog

Sizing Up a Fund Accounting Firm – Part 1: History and Experience

You've already made a significant step toward a productive and compliant back office for your…
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February 9, 2023 in Blog

Your Shareholder Database: Maintaining Data Integrity

The most basic function of your transfer agent team is to maintain your shareholder database.…
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February 2, 2023 in Blog

Outsourcing Investor Relations: Quality, Effectiveness and Cost

For CFOs and fund managers, back-office efficiency and compliance are crucial. For investors, transparency and…
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January 19, 2023 in Blog

Fund Accounting Focus: Financial Reporting for Private Equity

When you begin working with a fund accounting provider, you want to know what to expect…
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January 5, 2023 in Blog

Focus on Fundraising: Fund Administration and Straight-Through Processing

Fund administration is an important aspect of the alternative investment industry, as it involves the…
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December 29, 2022 in Blog

The SOC 1, Type II Audit of Transfer Agent Processes

Atransfer agent’s clients rely on special systems and procedures to process and store sensitive data.…
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December 21, 2022 in Blog

Investor Relations Pitfalls, Part 3 – Communications

Investors are more demanding than ever before, have higher expectations and, because they have a…
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December 13, 2022 in Blog

Fund Accounting 101: Reporting Deliverables

You should be aware of what to anticipate from your fund accounting team and what…
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December 7, 2022 in Blog

Fund Administration for Debt Funds, Part 2 – Systems & Experience

Increasing investor expectations and new government regulations are just some of the factors driving the…
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December 1, 2022 in Blog

Case Study: Transfer Agent Innovation Enables Private Investors in a Public Fund

By its strictest definition, a transfer agent is a neutral third-party organization that processes the transfer of…
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November 22, 2022 in Blog

Investor Relations Pitfalls, Part 2 – Controls

T here is more variety and competition among investment funds than ever before. Investors have…
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November 17, 2022 in Blog

Fund Accounting 101: Capital Activities

How to account for your capital flow, manage its movements and report on it with…
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November 9, 2022 in Blog

Fund Administration for Debt Funds, Part 1 – The Back-Office Partner

The trend toward outsourcing fund administration to a third party is growing across all asset…
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November 2, 2022 in Blog

Fund Accounting 101: The Way Tax Season Should Be

For alternative investment funds, tax season can be an onerous and distracting chore. With an…
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October 28, 2022 in Blog

The 4 Qualities That Matter In a Transfer Agent

Operational efficiency in your back office and full oversight and control over your investor and…
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October 25, 2022 in Blog

Investor Relations Pitfalls, Part 1 – Systems

More opportunities than ever before exist for investors. Many fund sponsors are vying for the…
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October 20, 2022 in Blog

Representing Fund Administration

The ADISA Annual Conference and Trade Show 2022 Industry engagement with the major trade organizations…
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October 18, 2022 in Blog

Fund Accounting 101: Why Experience Matters

Private equity funds have unique fund accounting challenges, the more so because no two private…
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October 11, 2022 in Blog

Transfer Agent Services Through the Life of Your Fund

A solid relationship with a quality transfer agent throughout the life of your fund is…
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October 6, 2022 in Blog

Investor Relations 101: 10 Aspects of the Investor Experience

Once you have sold your investment product to a new investor, for years thereafter you…
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October 4, 2022 in Blog

Risk, Reputation and the Role of Fund Administration

The world of private investment funds has radically changed over recent decades...
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September 28, 2022 in Blog

10 Ways Third-Party Fund Administration Saves You Money

The benefits to investment funds of outsourced fund operations, including fund accounting, administration, tax services,…
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September 23, 2022 in Blog

Fund Accounting 101: What is Fund Accounting?

Fund accounting is a detail-oriented, deadline-driven role designed to streamline back-office administration for an investment…
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September 22, 2022 in Blog

What Is a Transfer Agent?

In its most limited sense, a transfer agent is an agnostic third-party entity required to…
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September 14, 2022 in Blog

Investor Relations for Private Equity & Venture Capital

An effective investor relations team is an integral part of the back-office architecture of any…
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September 12, 2022 in Blog

8 Reasons to Use a Transfer Agent

Many new investment fund managers little consider the back-office needs of a fund
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September 8, 2022 in Blog

Fund Administration, FactRight and Industry Engagement

As part of our commitment to providing top-quality fund administration for alternative investments Phoenix American,…
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October 6, 2021 in Blog

1031 Exchange Series: Life Science Properties & Opportunity Zone Investing

As an intern for Phoenix American Financial Services, I am conducting market research pertaining to…
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September 17, 2021 in Blog

1031 Exchange Series: The Retail Apocalypse

The Biden Administration is not the first to attempt to limit 1031 exchanges.
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August 18, 2021 in Blog

1031 Exchange Series: Preserving history while building for the future

The Biden Administration is not the first to attempt to limit 1031 exchanges.
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August 4, 2021 in Blog

1031 Exchange Series: Legislative Clarity & Emerging Alternatives

The Biden Administration is not the first to attempt to limit 1031 exchanges.
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July 21, 2021 in Blog

1031 Exchange Series: Biden’s American Families Plan and 1031

The Biden Administration is not the first to attempt to limit 1031 exchanges.
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July 14, 2021 in Blog

1031 Exchange Series: What is a 1031 Exchange?

As an intern for Phoenix American Financial Services, I am conducting market research pertaining to…
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March 11, 2021 in Blog

Fund Accounting 101: Distribution Waterfalls

How investment returns are allotted to investors and management must be easy for investors to…
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July 20, 2020 in Blog

New Report: Venture Capital & COVID-19 Trend Outlook

We have published a new white paper examining the initial impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic…
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July 17, 2020 in Blog

What is Fund Administration?

Fund Administration is the outsourced performance by a third party of back-office functions for an…
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July 1, 2020 in Blog

What is the Impact of Covid-19 on CRE?

Our latest white paper examines the initial impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic crisis on commercial…
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April 17, 2020 in Blog

How to Emerge From COVID-19 Stronger

The Coronavirus pandemic has been a large-scale lesson in operational risk and disaster preparedness for…
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