Our digital capability, Curator, unites specialised regulatory knowledge, workflow experience and compatible data to deliver security, speed and cost effectiveness for our clients. Curator covers the entire fund lifecycle: product masterview, risk, oversight, reporting, due diligence, global registrations and more. This is all about modernisation to create competitivity: simplification and digitisation bring greater efficiency and control to our clients’ operations.

Curator in 60 seconds

The issues we address

Manual to automatic

Processes common throughout our industry are often unnecessarily labour intensive and complex. Duplication of manual labour is rife. Curator allows us to work smarter together.

Fragmented to united

Very little in asset management is joined up. Different organisations run different systems, different people own different files in different locations. Curator aids genuine collaboration by providing an efficient common resource.

Uncertainty to certainty

The knowledge of how to handle a complex and fast-changing regulatory environment is highly valuable intellectual property. Curator has this knowledge built into its infrastructure – more secure than relying on individuals.

Data to insight

The asset management industry is often brilliant at making sense of data to inform investment decisions for competitive advantage, but rarely applies the same skills internally. Curator helps interpret flat data, turning it into meaningful information that sheds more light on your world.

The areas we cover

1. Data curation

Curator provides a golden source of data on all the products (funds, sub-funds, share classes, GP, LP…) delegate relationships and legal documentation that are held on it. It stores all the static data in one secure place: information on delegates, legal and corporate structure, type of fund, status, policies and objectives, intermediary agents, documentation for download. Historical information is stored, too. All files are the latest files and there’s an audit trail of changes. With everything centralised, control is never an issue.

2. Analytics

Curator can automatically collect and retain data (net asset value, portfolio, expenses, risk management, investment compliance…), and make it accessible in ways that allow precise monitoring and easy reporting. Risk management metrics are set and built, then Curator performs scheduled checks, flagging potential anomalies for attention. The official book of records can be visualized, with access to information at any layer of the fund structure at any frequency of your choosing. Curator can automatically check millions of lines of fund data, allowing you to focus resources on exceptions instead of administration.

3. Oversight

Curator’s library of checklists covers the full range of KPIs, roles and jurisdictions, all carefully structured to allow quick automated scoring. Checklists can be customised, pre-populated automatically, and include additional layers of control for security. They can cover multiple fund structures, track highly specific areas of a single fund, show trends at any point in time and flag exceptions. Workflow becomes clear and simple, with a document depository, daily task lists and a clear audit trail. Dynamic, sharable, digitised, fast: total control.

4. Due diligence

We’ve performed due diligence on thousands of distributors and asset managers. Curator, our digital platform, unites historical data with regulatory knowhow and workflow experience. The result is transformational. Clients can customise all or any aspect of their questionnaires, access our template library, and automatically pre-populate from our database. Answers may be reviewed, ratings approved or modified, comments added, and extra security controls applied. All interactions generated take place on the platform, so everything stays centralised and visible: faster, with lower operational risk.

5. Reporting

With everything compatible and centralised, all of the accumulated information can be used to generate reports at the touch of a button. A process that may take weeks manually can be complete within hours. As with other areas of Curator, the platform acts to conduct the workflow, assigning sections to populate, task ownership, completion reminders and reviews. Everything in the report can be traced to source.

6. Global distribution

Registering funds for distribution in countries worldwide can be complex and requires many steps. We are experts in this field. We engage with regulators in their local language and take care of dissemination, identifying, collating and filing the required documents with the appropriate regulators. Clients have access to their registrations via the Curator interface, which includes an in-depth Fund Distribution Watch, a resource containing detailed information of requirements in each jurisdiction.

Benefits

The advantages that make digitisation fundamental to strategy.

Speed

Your operations will take less time, allowing you to redirect resources to drive productivity elsewhere… and get to market quicker.

Safety

The entire system is designed to eliminate error. Your reputation is better protected on Curator.

Cost

Less manpower, less time, fewer errors: operations are more efficient on Curator. That saves you money.

Access

Curator aids genuine collaboration by breaking organisational silos, providing a common resource for sharing mutually beneficial and commonly requested data.

Stress

Deep knowledge built into Curator’s workflow reduces demand on key individuals: the system drives operations like clockwork. Less stress.

Knowledge

Total visibility, from the big picture to granular details, meets expertise on regulation and workflow: intelligent digitisation. Better insight means better decisions.

Curator within Carne

How our technology brings peace of mind

Secure. The security of your data is the overriding priority in every piece of software we build and is made integral from the outset. Multi-factor authentication ensures that we know exactly who is logging on. Permissions are built into the infrastructure: users can only see what they have been authorised to see. We ask third parties to run frequent security tests on the platform, and we have established a fully verified recovery process to cover even the most unlikely eventuality.

Support. Curator is intuitive and built to be simple to use. Carne provides the support and training required to familiarise you with our interface.

The future

Curator helps increase the speed, reduce the risk and improve the efficiency of operations right through the fund lifecycle. Here are the three principal areas it supports our clients...

Carne Access

Gain access to European investors for the asset classes you want, in the jurisdictions you want, at the speed you want: our third-party management company is the fastest, most reliable, most cost-effective route to market.

Carne Transform

Optimise resources by outsourcing your proprietary management company to a tech-driven specialist: focus on your core strengths, gain more control, reduce risk and significantly lower costs.

Carne Select

Receive expert support to improve the speed, efficiency and functionality of your proprietary management company where it matters most. A toolkit of specialist services covering distribution, reporting, AML and governance.

Get in touch for more information:

contact@carnegroup.com