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COORDINATED BACK & MIDDLE OFFICE

Allow Altaira to run your processes with full transparency – through a dynamic technology platform, the asset manager has a window into all aspects of the back & middle office

SERVICES INCLUDE

OPERATIONS

Trade Settlement, Affirmation, Trading Infrastructure, Corporate Actions, Reconciliations,
Hedging Solutions

ACCOUNTING

Shadow Fund NAV Production, Post NAV Shareholder/Partnership Accounting, Reconciliations, Investor Statements, P&L Reporting, ManCo Accounting,
Tax Optimization, Audit Support, Regulatory Filings

WORKFLOW

Creation of a distinct maker/checker workflow where the manager has visibility to the task level to understand overall completion timing and status of tasks

TREASURY

Optimize margin and cash utilization, Market borrow rate tracking and optimization, counterparty health, long lending opportunities

RISK MANAGEMENT

Outsourced system and personnel to ensure that a manager is adhering to pre-determined
risk profile)

ESG PREPARATION & OPERATION

An experienced team can provide assistance and analysis in operating your ESG footprint including preparation for Article 8 or Article 9 fund formation

COMPLIANCE

SEC compliance functionality including performing compliance calendar tasks, completion of jurisdictional filings

TECHNOLOGY SYSTEMS

Access to a coordinated suite of post-trade technology including portfolio accounting system, enterprise data warehouse, treasury system, alternative data platform, reporting tools, investor reporting, etc.

INVESTOR SERVICES

Shadow a Fund’s NAV to the investor statement level and allow our experienced personnel to assist with investor queries and operational due diligence

VENDOR MANAGEMENT & ACCESS

Prime Brokers, Administrators, ISDA Counterparties, Technology Systems & Infrastructure, Legal Counsel on Fund Formation
and Updates

BUSINESS MANAGEMENT

Outsourced COO/CFO/CTO function allows senior management of Altaira to advise the manager on helpful business steps learned through experience within the asset manager life cycle

OPERATIONAL ASPECTS

  • Altaira offers a full, holistic solution that goes beyond systemized reconciliations and NAV production
     

  • Altaira provides more than blocking and tackling with respect to the mundane and provides a high touch, curated service that strives to improves fund performance and business capabilities
     

  • Altaira can help customize and improve your existing environment through external personnel/systems OR we can onboard the manager into the common framework built within Altaira
     

  • The goal of Altaira is to be an extension of the fund manager – a long term partner with the manager, not merely a vendor
     

  • Co-sourcing, not outsourcing

THE ALTAIRA WAY

  • Regular interaction with Senior Management of Altaira that detail a manager's "state  of  the  union", operational  metrics, operational alpha gained, and potential improvements
     

  • Complete vendor management whether through the Altaira environment or the manager's current environment
     

  • One coordinated effort through Altaira that provides everything from middle office to data governance to investor reporting
     

  • Economies of scale by pooling all aspects of a Back & Middle Office including Prime Brokerage and Administrator usage
     

  • Enterprise Data Management / AI Tools that provide each manager with the ability to best utilize data to ensure that optimal decisions are being made for the portfolio
     

  • A manager's back and middle office should improve overall performance, not simply be a cost center
     

  • Cost shifting from Management Company to Fund – allows a manager to better weather the inevitable storms
     

  • Turn fixed costs into variable costs that allow a manager to scale both up and down over their life cycle

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