Outsourcing in a New Normal for Alternative Funds

It has been well recognised in the alternative investment industry that outsourcing key functions to an agile specialist service partner can derive significant benefits. The COVID-19 pandemic and related uptick in remote working – whereby managers have already had to implement the systems and infrastructure necessary to support out of office operations – should help simplify and further accelerate the trend towards outsourcing of non-investment management functions, such as regulatory compliance and reporting duties, affording managers greater time and flexibility to focus on the core business of generating returns for investors.