Portfolio management support for private equity and venture capital firms
Acuity Knowledge Partners helps private equity and venture capital firms effectively manage their portfolio and fund operations. Our experienced subject-matter experts work closely with clients’ middle-office and back-office teams in portfolio monitoring, fund data extraction, validation and recording, quarterly valuation reporting and bespoke LP reporting.
We combine people, process and technology to provide automated and bespoke solutions to make our clients’ processes more efficient and effective for sustainable growth.
We are tech-agnostic and support 30+ private equity and venture capital clients using industry-leading portfolio monitoring tools (eFront, iLevel, BlackMountain) and our propriety portfolio monitoring tool BEAT FolioSure.
Who we serve
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                                   Private equity Private equity
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                                   Private credit Private credit
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                                   Private equity fund of funds Private equity fund of funds
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                                   Private equity secondary investors Private equity secondary investors
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                                   Institutional investors Institutional investors
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                                   Alternative asset managers Alternative asset managers
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                                   Family offices Family offices
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                                   Sovereign wealth funds Sovereign wealth funds
Portfolio Management | Fund Operations - Support we Offer
Fund valuation and modelling support
- Periodic valuation models for quarterly reporting 
- Financial health analysis and cash flow modelling 
- Industry-specific models 
- PE/VC valuation including PWERM 
- Credit research 
- Complex LBOs (Leveraged Buyouts) 
- Waterfall distribution model 
Fund reporting support
- BEAT FolioSure – Acuity’s portfolio monitoring and reporting tool   
- LP bespoke reporting packages 
- Monthly and quarterly fund factsheet production 
- Financial statement reports 
- Fund overviews and portfolio summaries 
- Portfolio performance analytics 
- Support on iLevel/eFront or other third-party monitoring and reporting tools 
- Board meeting decks 
- Customised dashboards (Tableau and PowerBI support) 
- Data validation support 
- Fund leverage analysis and risk assessment 
- ESG reporting support 
- CRM database update 
- DTP/InDesign support 
Fund administration support
- NAV calculation/reconciliation 
- Monthly NAV reconciliation for limited partners 
- Liaison with fund administrators to resolve investor queries 
- Preparation of monthly NAV reports for clients’ investment entities 
- Recording of each cash flow activity including capital call/distribution 
- Recording of quarterly valuation information based on CAS 
- Generation and reconciliation of weekly/monthly cash flow reports 
- Reconciliation of operating expenses and realised proceeds using financial reports and cash flows 
- Recording of performance information and benchmarking 
- Analysis of clients’ investment exposure 
- Saving and tagging GP materials for periodic reporting 
- Generation of multiple/IRR reports through fund administrator portals 
- Fund administration and tool experience – eFront, iLevel, Burgiss, Citco, FIS SS&C, Investran 
Portfolio monitoring support
- BEAT FolioSure – Acuity’s portfolio monitoring and reporting tool   
- Financial, operational and valuation KPI tracking at fund and portfolio-company levels 
- Fund and portfolio benchmarking 
- Peer group benchmarking 
- Automation solution – fund data extractor to source information from GP materials 
- Third-party PM tool implementation and maintenance – eFront, iLevel 
How we are different
 
			     	ONE-STOP SHOP FOR PORTFOLIO MANAGEMENT AND OPERATIONS
 
			     	STRONG PRIVATE EQUITY DOMAIN EXPERTISE TO UNDERTAKE COMPLEX TASKS
 
			     	STRATEGIC AND CONSULTATIVE APPROACH
 
			     	STRONG EXPERIENCE ON ALL TYPES OF TOOLS AND SOFTWARES
 
			     	PROPRIETARY MANAGED DIGITAL SERVICE MODEL FOR PORTFOLIO MONITORING
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