Maples Group
Funds of One and Managed Accounts: Tools for Managers and Allocators to Navigate Challenging Capital
Faced with continued regulatory changes and one of the most challenging fund-raising environments of the past 20 years, now is a vital time for investment managers and large institutional allocators to consider their fund structuring options. Traditional structures, in particularly those within the scope of the SEC’s August 2023 rules for Private Fund Advisors, tend to limit the ability of the investment manager to negotiate individual arrangements with an allocator. Structures such as funds-of-one, separately managed accounts and managed account platforms offer solutions that work for the fund manager and allocator alike.
DELIVER PRECISION
The Maples Group offers customised operational and technology solutions that enable institutional investors to execute sophisticated investment programs, enhance their risk management and governance practices and provide them with the insight and information they need to monitor managers’ investment decisions, exposures and performance at a more granular level. Ultimately, this enables the investment teams and fiduciaries at OCIO’s, pension funds, family offices, endowments and foundations to focus on their core competencies and to better understand the sophisticated alternative strategies and structures to which they have allocated capital.
OUR SERVICES
We leverage our international reach and local market knowledge to deliver a tailored service to every client, anywhere in the world.
Designed to operate as one unit, we have strategically placed teams across the Americas, Europe, Asia and the Middle East that function within a global model to provide continuous support to our clients. The collective knowledge of our global network, supported by regional capabilities that are culturally sensitive to the jurisdictions in which you do business, delivers consistent and quality service that speaks your business’ language.
Our services to institutional investors include:
Outsourced Investment Operations
Outsourcing routine operational processes allows investment teams to focus on constructing portfolios, working with managers, and managing risks.
Managed Accounts
Institutional investors are continuing to direct more of their alternative investments to managed accounts for the benefits of greater control and portfolio transparency. Establishing and supporting managed account relationships requires significant additional operational processes.
Fee Verification
Management and performance fees as well as other expenses in alternative investments remain in the spotlight. Independent reviews of assets ensures fee accuracy and provides institutional investors with a greater understanding of the strategies to which they have allocated capital.
Consolidated Reporting
Institutional investors are obtaining greater transparency and data from their investment managers. While this data can be extremely valuable, properly aggregating, distilling and interpreting it requires robust systems and data management capabilities.
Strategic Relationship Agreements
A Strategic Relationship Agreement ("SRA") structure creates a template for establishing strategic partnerships between asset allocators and asset managers that affords investors access to managers’ best ideas under a construct that can improve governance, better align interests and reduce expenses.
Our fund administration services include the verification and reconciliation of assets and valuations, performance monitoring, fee calculations and consolidated reporting.
BY INDUSTRY EXPERTS
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Legal Services
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Fiduciary Services
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Fund Services
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Regulatory & Compliance
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Entity Formation & Management
RESOURCE
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The following resources provide insights and updates from our experts, and more information on our service capabilities.
News & Knowledge
ESG ROUNDTABLE08 May 2020
ASIAN MARKETS INSIGHT: PERSPECTIVES FOR US INSTITUTIONAL INVESTORS
06 April 2020
INSTITUTIONAL INVESTMENT STRUCTURES: REVISITING MANAGED ACCOUNTS AND FUNDS-OF-ONE
04 February 2020
Related Contacts
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James Perry
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Mark Weir
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