Tech & Evolving World of Alternative Asset Management!

Deals Getting Complex! The CEO of Blackrock - one of the world’s money manager, Larry Fink had once said  “Using technology is critical, It’s critical for us as investors, as we’re spending more time analyzing new sources of data, spending more time creating algorithms on the new sources of data. And we’re using technology to be more connected with our clients to help with financial literacy, to help all our clients navigate all our clients’ money.” The best Fund Managers including those at Goldman Sachs, JP Morgan or Blackrock are making outsized bets on technology to manage the business of investment. As Fink goes on to say “Technology will change the entire eco-system.” Technology has traditionally been deployed to reduce Operational Costs and get better access to data. But increasingly it is being used to manage the entire process of Investment Management. Fund Managers are increasingly developing sophisticated tools and techniques to manage the front end of th...

Redefine Alternative Asset Management The key pillars on which this business is built are (a) Investors, (b) Deals & (c) Effective Fund management over the life of the fund. The expertise of the Alternative asset managers lies in managing these three fundamental constituents of the business and his success depends on how well he copes and competes to get these key drivers of the business right. He weaves all his strategies and the various functions around these three fundamental pillars. This central theme and these fundamental drivers are the fuel for any alternative asset manager’s growth engine in his business! Easily the most important aspect of the business is to have the right long term investors who believe in your business. For early stage managers it is often difficult to establish trust with Investors.   Fund allocators across the globe have shown lesser confidence in the alternative asset class and even less so with a new alt asset manager. Som...