Accessing European Capital: How Third-Party Management Companies Can Help
Europe is home to more than 3,000 institutional investors, renowned for their market-beating investment strategies. Behind these returns are assets under management of more than €22 trillion, of which nearly €7.9 trillion is in alternative investment funds, making Europe the second-largest market for alternative investments.
Accessing European investors in alternative markets is highly appealing to asset managers in the US and beyond. Yet accessing this capital requires a deep understanding or a partner who has a deep understanding of the regulatory, compliance and distribution landscape. Enter the third-party management company.
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Fund managers today are contending with more challenges and issues than ever before, including the increasing transparency and reporting requirements from their investors, continued demand for information and reporting from regulators, and the increased use of esoteric asset classes, strategies and portfolio structures.
The Maples Group offers a wide range of services and operational support to private asset and hedge funds, as well as institutional investors. The Maples Group’s expert teams and innovative technology provide clients with high-quality service and customised, cost-effective solutions that create value, enhance effective management and allow managers to make informed decisions. Our commitment to integrity and independence of policies and procedures and flexible and adaptable infrastructure ensures we are well positioned to address the ever-changing needs of our clients.
Our Services
We leverage our international and local market knowledge to deliver a tailored service to every client, anywhere in the world.
Designed to operate as one, strategically placed teams function within a global model to provide continuous support to our clients within key jurisdictions across the Americas, Asia, Europe and the Middle East. Our on-the-ground presence in Europe enables us to provide the highest levels of service and support via access to our global network from a time zone that is convenient to European operations. This is further supported by the collective knowledge of our global network and regional capabilities that are culturally sensitive to the jurisdictions in which you do business, delivering consistent and quality service that speaks your business’ language.
Our European fund services offering includes:
Hedge Fund Services
Our capability spans accounting services across a broad range of fund structures, domiciles, strategies and asset classes, expert financial statement preparation, and sophisticated and transparent investor reporting.
Our on-the-ground presence in Europe enables us to provide the highest levels of service to Irish and Luxembourg domiciled funds, as well as to Cayman Islands, British Virgin Islands and US funds requiring European support.
Facilities Agent Services
We offer facilities agent services, including local language capabilities, to all European domiciled collective investment schemes, including UCITS, retail alternative investment funds and European long-term investment funds, wishing to passport and market throughout the EEA and the UK. Through the collective expertise of our global specialist teams, we provide a comprehensive and seamless offering to meet all regulatory, compliance and filing requirements associated with marketing European domiciled products.
Middle & Back Office
We offer a range of outsourcing capabilities that provide the systems, processes and professional expertise to support hedge fund managers in the maintenance of their books and records and meet the information requirements of investment strategies.
Investor Services
We provide tailored solutions to facilitate connectivity and ongoing communication between managers and their investors, ensuring compliance with relevant regulatory requirements while providing an exceptional client service experience.
Fiduciary Services
Across our offices, the Maples Group offers complementary fiduciary support, bringing in-depth knowledge and expertise of regulatory and investor requirements and best practice to ensure the highest standards of corporate governance.
AIFM & UCITS Management Company Solutions
Through our Central Bank of Ireland (“CBI”) alternative investment fund manager (“AIFM”) and authorised UCITS management company, Maples Fund Management Ireland Limited, the Maples Group provides services to alternative investment funds (AIFs) and UCITS funds that help meet their ongoing obligations under the Alternative Investment Fund Managers Directive (AIFMD) and the UCITS framework. We can either be appointed as the AIFM and / or UCITS manager or provide designated persons to support a client’s own AIFM, UCITS management company, internally managed AIF or self-managed UCITS.
Technology
Through continuous innovation, the Maples Group has developed an optimal balance of best-of-breed core systems and bespoke proprietary systems that allow us to be dynamic in responding to our clients’ needs as they evolve in response to regulatory and investor demands.
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