Fund managers partner with Opus Fund Services to capitalize on SMAs

We’re increasingly talking to fund managers interested in either starting to offer separately managed accounts (SMAs) to investors or expanding their SMA offering to multiple investors. It’s a powerful trend that’s presenting both transformative growth opportunities and significant operational complexities for managers.

Investors are attracted to SMAs for single investor access to custom strategy mandates and fee structures, direct ownership of account assets, control over counterparty selection, and avoidance of commingled fund conditions such as lock-up and redemption terms.

Capturing these assets comes with operational challenges for managers, including investor expectations for frequent custom reports and transparency, use of multiple prime brokers, adherence to portfolio compliance rules, plus the need to meet regulatory reporting requirements.

Managers are selecting Opus Fund Services as fund administrator for their commingled funds, as well to help operationally manage their SMA accounts in a highly automated, scalable manner:

·      Flexible investor reporting with full transparency
·      Systematic support of custom fee & liquidity structures
·      Multi-counterparty reconciliations
·      Position-level accounting & valuations controls
·      Centralized data to meet diverse reporting needs

We’re excited to be a partner of choice for managers of all strategies looking to capitalize on SMA opportunities through our combination of modern technology, dynamic data architecture, and institutional-grade controls that inspire confidence in the world’s top allocators.