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LIMITED PARTNERS ALTERNATIVE INVESTMENT SOFTWARE
Limited partners have a growing need to streamline their operations while monitoring portfolios that are increasingly allocated to alternative investments. Whether you are a pension fund, insurance company, endowment fund, bank, or family office, eFront’s limited partner software covers your entire investment cycle: from due diligence and portfolio planning to portfolio tracking and advanced performance and risk analysis.
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The eFront Solution Suite for Asset Owners
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Listen to our take in this conversation between Georgette Anderson, Director, Business Development, and Brett Sadler, Managing Director, Aladdin Client Engagement, where they cover key topics within insurance investment management: M&A activity, a hyper-connected IBOR/ABOR, and a view of the whole portfolio (public + private markets).
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eFront® for Insurers
As capital markets evolve and allocations in private markets increase, insurers not only face operational challenges by relying on multiple systems, spreadsheets and manual processes but their need for unifying whole portfolios across public and private assets has never been more pressing. Learn more how Blackrock’s eFront® technology, integrated with the Aladdin platform, helps provide a consolidated view of risk across public and private assets, portfolio optimization and integrated tools for alternatives management.
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Today’s Top Challenges for Limited Partners
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Tracking investment positions and maintaining complex investment structures with total accuracy is often challenging and time-consuming.
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Limited partners need high-quality, standardized data to generate value-enhancing analytical insights. However, collecting and validating granular data can become a significant burden for most limited partner organizations.
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Limited partners need a robust software system that enables them to quickly and accurately assess risk and evaluate performance drivers while predicting the various outcomes of their portfolio.
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Managing all processes through one dedicated solution suite eliminates errors and inefficiencies that can result from having multiple financial software systems.
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Limited partners need a system that empowers them to efficiently evaluate and select the most promising managers and funds.
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ABOUT ALADDIN
Aladdin® is a technology platform used by asset managers and owners including banks, financial institutions, pensions, corporations, insurers, and wealth managers. The Aladdin platform unifies the investment management process, providing a common data language within an organization to enable scale, provide insights, and support business transformation. Through eFront® technology, alternative investment data management is covered to meet the needs of alternative investment professionals worldwide and across all major alternative asset classes. From fundraising, fund administration and reporting to data services and analytics, the platform provides capabilities to support decision making and investment oversight.
Aladdin® and eFront® platforms bring together public and private asset class data to create an industry-recognized whole portfolio solution for investment professionals globally. Find out more at www.blackrock.com/aladdin | request@blackrock.com
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