Alternative Investment Funds
Alternative Investment Funds (AIFs) are collective investment vehicles that allow investors to participate across a number of 'alternative' asset classes.
Examples include hedge funds, private equity, venture capital, and real estate funds. The AIFMD regulation introduced these funds into European mainstream markets, making them popular among institutional, professional, and eligible retail investors.
AIFs operate under lighter, more flexible regulation compared to UCITS regarding licensing, investment restrictions, and liquidity requirements, while maintaining investor protections and cross-border marketing capabilities.
AIFs may be set up in umbrella form; meaning the creation of an AIF with more than one investment compartment or multiple sub-funds. Each sub-fund maintains fully segregated assets and liabilities while potentially following distinct investment strategies.
Fund Management
Saratoga operates as an AIFM with capacity to develop innovative AIF-based financial products internally or collaboratively with investment managers needing appropriate fund structures.
The company provides end-to-end solutions that span market need from fund formation and authorisation to ongoing management and administration of funds.
Portfolio Management
Services include establishing investment strategies, policies, and efficient identification/evaluation processes for investment opportunities.
When it comes to investments, we help establish optimised acquisition and divestiture processes and procedures.
Ongoing monitoring, analysis, and stakeholder reporting on investment performance, market conditions, and macroeconomic factors are provided.
Risk Management
Financial products require proper risk management policies, procedures and limits.
Continuous quantitative and qualitative monitoring of investments ensures compliance with established limits. The firm regularly tests and re-evaluates risk measurement systems to manage exposure and leverage effectively.
Risk management is about knowing your risk.
Efficient escalation and reporting systems inform management and supervisory bodies.
Administration
Services encompass legal management, fund accounting, customer inquiries, shareholder register maintenance, record keeping, and contract settlement.
Additional responsibilities include valuation and pricing (including tax returns), regulatory compliance monitoring and distribution of income, as well as unit / share issuance and redemption.