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Industry Insights from Vistra
Examining the industry trends and operational challenges that face today's alternative investments and the services and technologies that support private equity and venture capital funds.
CONNECT WITH USA New Era for Investment Fund Services
August 1, 2024 Press Release The investment fund industry thrives on innovation, efficiency, and seamless…
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Fund Administration: A Fund and Asset Level Partner
In the ever-evolving landscape of private equity, fund managers are constantly seeking ways to enhance…
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Unlocking Infinite Potential: The Transfer Agent Partner for Global Fund Managers
In the ever-evolving landscape of global finance, investment fund managers face a myriad of challenges…
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Investor Relations for Global Funds
Investor relations are a vital component of the success of any global fund. Effective investor…
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The Expanding Role of Fund Administration
T he role of fund administration has seen significant expansion over recent decades, evolving from…
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ESG Metrics in Private Equity Fund Accounting
Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) factors have become increasingly vital in private equity. Investors are…
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Fund Operations for Publicly-Registered Funds
Efficiency and Personalization at Scale Integrated Fund Administration / Transfer Agent Services For alternative…
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Scaling an Alternative Fund: From Reg D to Publicly-Registered
Starting an investment fund under Regulation D for conversion later to a publicly-registered fund, under…
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Investor Relations for Potential Investors: Overcoming the Obstacles to Investing in Alternatives
I nvestor relations for private equity and venture capital funds that raise capital from retail…
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Fund Administration for Publicly-Registered Funds
P ublicly-registered investment funds offer enhanced credibility for fund management, access to more capital and…
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Fund Accounting Focus: Surviving Tax Season
For alternative investment funds, tax season can be an onerous and distracting chore. With an…
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Private Equity Rolling Funds
A rolling fund is a type of investment vehicle structured to allow continuous capital raising…
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Transfer Agent Technology: A Portrait of Modern System Efficiency
I n the competitive landscape of private equity, raising capital from retail investors demands efficiency,…
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Empowering Investors: Fostering Loyalty Through Investor Relations
I nvestor relations plays a key role in private equity fund management, serving as a…
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How Fund Administration Supports Fundraising
F or private equity and venture capital fund managers, fundraising can be a complex endeavor.…
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Fund Accounting for Private Equity Tender Funds
A private equity tender fund is a specialized investment vehicle designed to offer liquidity to…
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Pledge Funds in Private Equity
A pledge fund is a unique type of investment vehicle in the private equity space…
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Transfer Agent Case Study: Enhancing Data Flow for Financial Advisors
P hoenix American, always an innovator in transfer agent services, has recently integrated its Account…
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Investor Relations and the Paper Subscription Document
What Is a Paper Subscription Document? P rivate equity and venture capital fund investors often…
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How Fund Administration Works for Private Funds
What is Fund Administration? F und administration is the performance of back-office functions for an…
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Fund Accounting for Complex Modern Funds
In the modern world of private investment funds, managing the complexities and operational demands can…
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The Transfer Agent for 506(c) Funds
T he introduction of Rule 506(c) under the JOBS Act revolutionized how investment funds can…
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The Evolution of 506(c): The Future of Fundraising
SEC Rule 506(c) was introduced on July 10, 2013, as part of the implementation of…
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Tax Document Production: An Investor Relations Priority
For private equity and venture capital funds, investor relations transcends mere communication. It is an…
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Fund Administration and Key Person Risk
In the high-stakes environment of a private equity fund, the prowess of the investment team…
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The Funds Advisors Are Looking For
Many new private fund sponsors are eager to distribute their offerings to the retail investor…
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The Strategic Advantage of Expert Fund Accounting
In today's investment landscape, the nimbleness of a fund manager is more critical than ever.…
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Advisors and Transfer Agents
Financial advisors who recommend private equity and venture capital investments to their clients are acutely…
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Investor Relations for Crowdfunding
Investor relations, a critical component for any investment fund, has special importance in the context…
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Compliance Confidence: A Strategic Advantage of Outsourced Fund Administration
The purpose of a fund administration provider is to maintain a professional and systematic back-office…
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Managing Broker-Dealers: Distribution Partners for Private Funds
For private equity and venture capital funds looking to sell shares to retail investors, a…
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The Reputational Benefits of Fund Accounting
In the high-stakes world of private equity, the role of fund accounting is pivotal. The…
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Going Retail: The Transfer Agent for Retail Investor Funds
For retail investor funds, all the functions related to the back office have to be…
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Investor Web Portal Technology: Key to Investor Relations
Effective investor relations today must include a comprehensive investor web portal as investors increasingly expect…
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Fund Administration for Institutional Funds
Institutions are the largest and most demanding investors in alternative funds. These organizations pool large…
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Venture Capital Fund Accounting: Part 3 – Considering the Costs
In considering a solution for fund accounting and back-office processes for your fund, It’s important…
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Do You Really Need a Transfer Agent?
The Transfer Agent: An Essential Partner for Retail Investor Funds For private funds raising retail…
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Ten Ways to Encourage Reinvestments
For private equity fund managers, fostering reinvestment from existing investors is a nuanced task, deeply…
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Custodians for Alternative Investments
The primary reason for an alternative investment fund sponsor to need a specialized alternative custodian…
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The SOC 1, Type II Audit of Fund Administration Processes
Fund administration firms play a crucial role in the financial industry, responsible for managing the…
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Fund Accounting 101: Capital Activity
How to account for your capital flow, manage its movements and report on it with…
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The Transfer Agent Through the Fund Lifecycle
A solid relationship with a quality transfer agent throughout the life of your fund is critical to…
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The 10 Key Touchpoints in Investor Relations
Once you have sold your investment product to a new investor, for years thereafter you…
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Taking on Tax Season: K-1 and 1099 Production for Private Equity and Venture Capital
Fund Administration for Tax Season Tax document production for alternative investment funds can be a…
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Venture Capital Fund Accounting Part 2: Regulation and Reputation
As a venture capital manager, you understand the importance of fund accounting. The value, performance…
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Focus on Fundraising: Your Transfer Agent and New Investors
There are numerous ways that a third-party transfer agent can increase the efficiency of your…
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Investor Relations for Every Investor Type
Investor relations for a private equity or venture capital fund is an intricate business. There…
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10 Reasons Why More Funds Are Outsourcing Fund Administration
In the early days of private equity and venture capital funds were small face-to-face partnerships…
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Venture Capital Fund Accounting, Part 1: Supporting Your Success
The manager of a venture capital fund has one top priority, generating strong returns for…
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Transfer Agent Case Study: Switching to a New Provider
There is nothing more frustrating than an underperforming transfer agent. Errors, omissions, delays and miscommunications…
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Investor Relations for Your Fund
An effective investor relations team is an integral part of the back-office architecture of any investment fund…
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The Fund Administration Landscape
There are many choices when considering a fund administration provider for your private equity or…
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What is Fund Accounting? And What Should Fund Accounting Be?
Fund accounting is a detail-oriented, deadline-driven role designed to streamline back-office administration for an investment fund so…
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8 Advantages to Using a Transfer Agent
When forming a new investment fund, many managers little consider back-office considerations and dismiss the…
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Building and Maintaining Investor Relationships
You may not interact personally with all of your investors but building and maintaining investor…
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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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Fund Accounting for Today’s Funds
Private equity funds have unique fund accounting challenges, the more so because no two private…
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Beyond Transfer Agent Services
When you consider a working relationship with a transfer agent, the obvious considerations are the…
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Investor Relations and New Investment Processing
New investment processing is all about efficiency and accuracy and an essential part of investor…
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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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Tax Season Take-Aways: Avoiding the Headaches – Part 2
Tax season is a challenge for fund managers. There are often multiple unexpected headaches with…
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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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Fund Accounting 101: Reporting Deliverables
You should be aware of what to anticipate from your fund accounting team and what…
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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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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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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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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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Representing Fund Administration
The ADISA Annual Conference and Trade Show 2022 Industry engagement with the major trade organizations…
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Risk, Reputation and the Role of Fund Administration
The world of private investment funds has radically changed over recent decades...
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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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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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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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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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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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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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1031 Exchange Series: The Retail Apocalypse
The Biden Administration is not the first to attempt to limit 1031 exchanges.
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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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1031 Exchange Series: Legislative Clarity & Emerging Alternatives
The Biden Administration is not the first to attempt to limit 1031 exchanges.
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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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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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Fund Accounting 101: Distribution Waterfalls
How investment returns are allotted to investors and management must be easy for investors to…
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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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