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Leverage our experience of establishing and administering all types of alternative investment fund structures through the lifecycle of your fund.

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Focus on your fund's performance

Managing assets and investment structures across multiple jurisdictions in an evolving regulatory landscape can prove costly, complex and time-consuming.

Outsourcing your fund administration to our global funds team will allow you to benefit from our expertise, processes and control framework, together with our sophisticated technology infrastructure.

Our global funds team has specialist technical expertise in servicing the alternative investment sector across key fund domiciliation hubs in Europe, the Americas and Asia.

Our team of over 300 experts have particular expertise administrating private equity, real estate, debt infrastructure and VC funds.

We can help you

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  • Focus on your core competencies

    By taking care of the day-to-day administration of your fund, we provide you with the time to focus on your core business and investment decisions.

  • Improve operational performance

    Our market-leading, scalable technology platform, eFront, integrates end-to-end processes enables us to provide timely delivery of fund operations and NAV production.

  • Go to market quickly

    Our complete end-to-end fund administration, AIFM and depositary services get your fund to market faster and scale as you grow.

  • Build bespoke operating structures

    We take the time at the outset to understand the nuances in your fund structure and build an operating model that suits your needs.

  • Improve data hygiene

    We know accurate and timely fund level data is critical. We utilise standardised workflows to streamline the data capture whilst maintaining its integrity.

Why Ocorian?

  • Specialists in fund administration

    Over 300 experts in fund administration based across key fund domiciliation centres. We have particular expertise on private equity, real estate, debt, infrastructure, fund of funds, venture capital and Islamic finance.

  • A seamless extension of your team

    We work as a seamless extension of your team and tailor our services to your specific needs.

  • Powered by eFront technology

    Our fund technology provides you a variety of standardised reports and outputs with additional options for dashboards and fully customised tailored reporting also available.

Fund administration services

We will assist in the establishment of the legal entities, working with the Fund Sponsor's advisers to prepare bespoke documentation, supporting you to get you smoothly through to launch.

Jurisdictions for domiciliation:

EMEA

  • Guernsey
  • Isle of Man
  • Ireland
  • Jersey
  • Luxembourg
  • Mauritius
  • The Netherlands
  • UK

Americas

  • Bermuda
  • BVI
  • Cayman Islands
  • US

APAC

  • Hong Kong 
  • Singapore

We will hold original documents relating to the entity with the books and records to include original constitutional documents, registers, finance documents, share certificates, a seal and other associated documents.

Our experienced directors fulfil all manner of board fiduciary roles.

We supply:

  • Corporate directors
  • Natural directors
  • Fund non-executive directors (NEDs)
  • Corporate trustees
  • SPV trustees
  • Corporate managers
  • SPV managers

Our independent directors have a broad range of backgrounds in audit, legal and investment management, giving you access to a diverse reach of expertise and perspective.  

We presently sit on the boards of hedge funds, private equity funds, and venture capital funds, overseeing a wide variety of strategies and products. 

We also provide trustee services to Cayman Islands unit trusts, ensuring effective management and guidance in accordance with the trust deed.  

We take a personalised approach to every engagement, working closely with you to understanding your unique needs.  Whether you’re a start-up or well-established firm, we can help you build a stronger, more effective board. 

Fund governance is an essential component of any successful investment strategy, ensuring that the interests of investors are protected and the fund operates with transparency, integrity, and accountability. 

Our fund governance framework is designed to meet the highest standards of professionalism, with a focus on risk management, compliance, and effective oversight. We are committed to providing timely and effective support to help you navigate the complex regulatory landscape across multiple jurisdictions and fund strategies.

We provide a full suite of fund administration services from fund operations to company secretarial throughout the fund's lifecycle.

We provide end-to-end processing of all cash transactions and back reconciliations including:

Bank account opening

We administer the opening of bank accounts for each of the relevant Legal Entities including the adoption of Authorised Signatory List

Payments and bank account monitoring

  • Providing authorised signatories
  • Processing approved payments in accordance with agreed control procedures and budgets
  • Monitor bank account to ensure successful payments

We provide complete anti-money laundering, identification and verification of the fund sponsor and directors/trustees including clearing any politically exposed persons (PEPs).

We will:

  • Administer the steps required to wind up a solvent entity
  • Provide administration support for the solvent winding up of fund entities
  • Prepare or oversee the preparation of solvency statement for Board approval

We assist with:

  • Tax returns
  • VAT returns
  • Regulatory return filings

We provide a Money Laundering Reporting Officer (MLRO) or jurisdictional equivalent.

What you say

What you say

  • "We appointed Ocorian to provide fund administration services to our property entities. We have been impressed with their efficiency and timely on-boarding process, as well as their expertise in handling alternative investment structures."

    Real estate investment company

    COO

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