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AML has become a prominent issue for private funds. As Louis Bruno prepares to address the issue at The Global Alternative Investment Management Operations Summit, we discussed a few key points with him in advance.

Private Equity: it’s not enough to look at the financial valuation of a company. Digital intelligence can also help private equity managers during their due diligence process as they evaluate their investments. Here are a few things firms should consider.

While venture capitalists are continuing to make fewer investments, they are making significantly larger bets and venture capital continues to make sizable investments in a more select group of potentially outstanding companies.

Alternative investments provide interesting ways for high-net-worth individuals to diversify their portfolios.

With institutional investors allocating more capital to a smaller number of alternative asset managers, plus the enhanced regulatory requirements funds are obligated to comply with when showcasing their performance, managers are facing greater challenges.

The alternative investment industry has seen a shift toward fund managers outsourcing some of their operations components. At the Alternative Investments Forum, panelists shared their perspective on the latest trends and alternative investment managers outsourcing is expected to continue.

Erik Serrano Berntsen, CEO of Stable Asset Management, a London- and New York-based investment firm focused on seeding managers and building asset management firms, argued 'specialist' managers often present some of the best seed opportunities because of their robust investment ideas.

At this month’s EisnerAmper monthly breakfast series solely for fund managers and investors, industry veterans shared their predictions for alternative investments this year. The hedge fund industry is anticipating interest rate hikes and how that will impact performance.

Hedge funds and other alternative investment firms might have the preconceived notion that marketing to family offices is easier than targeting other investor groups. Panelists shared how fund managers can be successful in receiving allocations from the different family office groups.

Compliance matters have become more arduous for alternative investment firms. The CFO Roundtable included Bruce Kahne, CCO for EnTrust Capital, a New York-based fund of hedge funds manager. Topics include cybersecurity and personal trading policies of fund managers.

Successful hedge funds put investors’ interests ahead of their own but advisors concurred that founders must stick to their core investment thesis they had success with previously. Investors want more transparency. Managers lowered their fees to cater to allocators.

Successful fund managers factor a number of costs into their budget - including selecting a suite of service providers beyond their auditor to get the operation running efficiently and effectively. Fund service providers are fund expenses and therefore paid for by the assets in the fund.

Key functions and general compensation data points for asset management firm executives. What should the salary be for a CIO, CFO, COO and CCO? Executive salaries are reflective of small- to medium-sized funds. Learn more about asset management firm executive compensation.

Our own Elana Margulies-Snyderman talks with Hunter Frey of Dharma Capital Advisors about the outlook for small- and micro-cap equities.

A recap of the hedge fund-focused session from our Alternative Investment Summit, featuring coverage of topics that fund management and investors should consider when it comes to investments while navigating this changing, post-pandemic world.

Our own Elana Margulies-Snyderman talks with Nels Stemm of Fairview Partners about the outlook for private debt investing.

Several simultaneously occurring economic, geopolitical and global health issues are finally having an adverse impact on the venture capital (“VC”) sector.

A conversation between our own Elana Margulies Snyderman and Bill Healy of Silver Spike Capital about the outlook for investing in cannabis.

Succession planning for hedge fund managers has three components: governance, compensation and equity. How CFOs can address those parts when the firm’s founder steps aside in order to maintain investor confidence. Governance is one of the most complicated aspects of succession planning.

EisnerAmper’s Financial Services’ Asset Management Intelligence newsletter shows a prediction that liquid alternatives will experience robust growth this year. A growing number of wealth advisors are using liquid alternatives as a key component of their asset allocation process.