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Regulation is biggest challenge to capital raising for alternative fund managers

Wednesday, July 19, 2023

B. G., Opalesque Geneva:

For alternative fund managers, the current regulatory environment is the biggest challenge facing successful fundraising.

According to new research from Ocorian, a provider of alternative fund services, issues around reporting were ranked as the second biggest challenge to successful fundraising. Managers' liquidity profile and the availability of assets were ranked as third and fourth respectively, followed by challenges facing alternative asset managers posed by the current economic environment.

Ocorian commissioned independent research company PureProfile to interview 100 alternative fund managers across real estate, private debt, private equity and infrastructure, residing across the UK, US, France, Germany, Netherlands, Sweden, Switzerland, Finland and Norway during April 2023.

The research shows that despite these challenges, alternative fund managers have preferred methods of raising capital. Amongst those who are planning to raise capital for funds, private placement is ranked overall as the most important method and more than eight in ten are planning to use it in the next 18 months.

Alternative investment fund (AIF) marketing is ranked as the second most important method of raising capital for funds and almost half will use it in the n......................

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