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British Emerging Manager Institute

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IQ-EQ

About

IQ-EQ is a global, top-tier investor services group with an unrivalled offering to meet the administration, compliance and reporting needs of the investment sector in full and worldwide.

IQ-EQ is a global, top-tier investor services group with an unrivalled offering to meet the administration, compliance and reporting needs of the investment sector in full and worldwide.

 

Above all, what makes us different is our people. Operating as trusted partners to our clients, we deliver intelligent solutions through a combination of well-honed technical expertise and strong relationships based on deep understanding. We’re driven by our Group purpose, to power people and possibilities.

 

We make life easier, more efficient and cost effective for our clients – be they fund managers, pension or sovereign wealth funds, multinational companies or family offices – by providing everything in one place. Our services are underpinned by a Group-wide commitment to ESG and best-in-class technology including a global data platform and innovative proprietary tools supported by in-house experts.

 

We employ a global workforce of 5,500+ people across 25 jurisdictions and have assets under administration (AUA) exceeding US$750 billion. We work with 13 of the world’s top 15 private equity firms.

Services for Emerging Managers and Indepedent Sponsors

Fund Administration: We offer alternative fund services across private equity, venture capital, real estate, infrastructure, debt and digital asset classes, managing a range of fund structures and investor reporting requirements. We help clients to establish SPV, corporate vehicles, fund entities or co-invest structures across 25 jurisdictions globally
Regulatory hosting: We assist new GPs with a quick and efficient route to providing financial services in the UK. IQ-EQ is the leading provider of institutional-focused AR services in the UK. We have helped over 500 firms provide regulated financial services including investment advice, deal sourcing, portfolio management and fund raising
Compliance consulting: IQ-EQ offers a comprehensive range of compliance consulting solutions for regulated firms, from help with initial regulatory applications and authorisations, through development of suitable policies and procedures, to quarterly reporting and ongoing compliance advice
AIFM: IQ-EQ has a total of five AIFMs across UK and European jurisdictions. IQ-EQ’s third party AIFM platform offers clients with an end-to-end solution for conducting portfolio management and risk management activities whilst also offering AIFM marketing passport into EEA countries. As part of our marketing services, IQ-EQ also supports clients in relation to pre-marketing activities, reverse solicitation and NPPR (National Private Placement Regimes)
MaxComply: IQ-EQ’s digital onboarding platform for AML/KYC of investors and investments. As well as being a differentiated part of IQ-EQ’s offering for how we carry out AML/KYC of client LPs, MaxComply is also used by IQ-EQ’s global clients as a white-labelled offering for handling of ongoing investor AML/KYC
Asset Servicing: We provide multi-jurisdictional performance and risk metric reporting and portfolio monitoring services to investors from asset managers/GPs to institutional investors, family offices and UHNW individuals or families
ESG services: We set up fund ESG policies, procedures and disclosure documentation that allows clients to articulate their fund ESG strategy and comply with applicable regulations. We can also assist our clients around data collection from their portfolio companies and internal/investor reporting (via IQ-EQ Portfolio Monitoring solutions, see below)
Portfolio Monitoring and Reporting: We provide an end-to-end multi-asset class portfolio monitoring solution for investors and portfolio managers
Data services: At IQ-EQ, we understand that data is crucial for generating alpha. Our holistic approach to data management includes data collection, aggregation, and exchange, in addition to central fund administration
Depositary services: Under the Alternative Investment Fund Managers Directive (AIFMD), IQ-EQ is authorised to act as an independent depositary for UK and EU alternative investment fund managers (AIFMs) with funds domiciled in the UK, Luxembourg or the Netherlands. We provide our depositary services either as part of a wider suite of fund administration services, or on a standalone basis where we interface with our clients’ in-house fund administration team or existing service provider

Contact

Joe Woodbury, Director

[email protected]