Ted Ryan, founder, and president of RyanEyes, explains to HFMWeek how his firm is helping Hedge Funds and Private Equity Funds overcome the accounting challenges side pockets pose. You can read the interview on HFM Connect Here: https://www.hfmconnect.global/posts/solving-hedge-funds-side-pocket-conundrum As we discussed in our blog post “How Side Pockets are Used by Hedge Funds,” side pockets […]
Let’s start this blog post with a broad look at hedge funds and then dig into why and how hedge funds are adding alternative investments to their portfolios. First, a hedge fund operates much like an ETF or mutual fund, but is essentially an unregulated common fund, and thus has much more investment choices or […]
In this blog post, we are going to address specifically how Geneva accounting software functions on the two leading cloud providers: AWS and Microsoft Azure. Frankly, in terms of implementation, functionality, and management, the differences between the platform are significant so we wanted to provide our findings so that you can choose the right platform […]
Side pocket accounts have a long history in the hedge fund industry, yet the use of side pockets is expanding dramatically to the chagrin of fund administrators who have to manage the complex accounts. Briefly, a side pocket is a type of account utilized in hedge funds to segregate riskier or illiquid assets from more […]
Automating Investment Fund Operations to Overcome the New, Dramatic Challenges Facing Our Industry Hedge funds, private equity, and alternative investment funds are poised to undergo several dramatic changes over the coming months and years. A fund’s operations, including functions such as regulatory and compliance, fund accounting, audit oversight, investor reporting, and tax requirements, are changing […]