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Do you have a questions about starting a hedge fund, venture capital fund or other form of alternative investment vehicle? Is there a topic your'e interested in learning about? Drop a comment or reach out - [email protected]. We connect alternative Investment managers to industry leading service providers.

Website: https://altfunds.io/

Youtube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/@AltFundsInvestmentPodcast

Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/5hmRIlxXPlw5xi7sTp1g0r?si=602097c618884dde

Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/company/alt-funds-investment-podcast/

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Connect with Paul and 4Alts:

Traditional Funds - 4Alts website (hedge funds & CTA's):

                               https://4alts.com/

Crypto / Digital Asset Funds - ARBRM website:

                               https://www.arb-tg.com/alternative-investments/

This interview features Paul Sylvia of 4Alts. 4Alts is turnkey digital platform for emerging alternative funds. We discuss:

- What a fund platform does

- What type of investment manager a fund platform is right for

- The advantages of disadvantages of using a fund platform

- The landscape of fund platforms. An overview of the fund platform industry and the different players involved.

- How to incubate a fund or alternative investment vehicle

- When would incubation be beneficial for an investment manager

- What fund strategies are entering the market

- What strategies and what personality types are most successful when launching a fund

- Advice for someone launching a new fund strategy

This video is for educational purposes only.

Timestamps

00:00 Intro

00:47 Paul Sylvia's background and what lead him to create 4Alts (4Alts eventually becomes ARB Fund Management)

06:59 Services offered by ARB Fund Management

9:37 Summary of ARB Fund Management Services

15:58 Cost of fund platforms vs the cost of independent setup

18:03 The disadvantages of fund platforms

21:27 Competitive landscape for fund platforms

23:41 How to incubate a fund

25:41 What fund strategies are coming to the market

31:22 What it takes to run a successful investment strategy

33:51 Crypto Fund of Fund offering

37:08 What advice would you give to someone starting a new fund

39:21 Where to go to connect with ARB Fund Management

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Fund platforms are designed to provide investment managers with an easy way to start, run and operate a fund vehicle (crypto funds, hedge funds, venture capital funds, CTA's, SPV's and other forms of fund vehicles). Services may very but they often provide fund legal services (setup and on-going legal work), fund administration, audit and advice all under one roof.

Why would someone use a fund platform? Often, Investment managers are great traders or capital allocators, but they are not familiar with the operational aspects of running a fund. Fund platforms can help make things easier by covering the backend of fund operations.

Starting a fund? How do you start a hedge fund? Are you wondering how to start a crypto hedge fund? We can help to connect you to the right hedge fund vendors. We can also help start a venture capital fund, or any form of alternative investment vehicle. We can help you to launch a hedge fund. Alt Funds Network also works with traditional Alternative investment funds including equity hedge funds, private equity funds, venture capital funds and other forms of alternative investment funds.

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Do you have a questions about starting a hedge fund, venture capital fund or other form of alternative investment vehicle? Is there a topic your'e interested in learning about? Drop a comment or reach out - [email protected]. We connect alternative Investment managers to industry leading service providers.

Website: https://altfunds.io/

Youtube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/@AltFundsInvestmentPodcast

Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/5hmRIlxXPlw5xi7sTp1g0r?si=602097c618884dde

Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/company/alt-funds-investment-podcast/

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Learn more about BlockFills and to connect with Eddy:

BlockFills website: https://www.blockfills.com/#

BlockFills email: [email protected]

Eddy's email: [email protected]

Eddy Sfeir introduces BlockFills. BlockFills is a crypto Prime Broker that provides a trading venue with deep liquidity from multiple industry leading exchanges. BlockFills also provides prime services and lending, execution and more.

Timestamps

00:00 Intro

00:30 Eddy's background

04:12 The move from Tradfi to Crypto

06:21 Services offered by Blockfills

07:46 Traditional Prime brokers vs Digital asset prime brokers

09:11 Crypto activity outside of the US

12:24 Clients of Blockfills

14:30 Liquidity

15:58 Crypto Prime Broker landcape and future of crypto exchanges

19:24 Executing of trades for crypto prime brokers

21:02 Banks and custodians for digital asset funds

22:55 What crypto assets are institutions buying

23:42 Advice for new and emerging hedge fund managers

26:08 Connect with Eddy and learn more about Blockfills

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A prime broker is important for a digital asset fund for several reasons:

Access to liquidity: Prime brokers provide access to deep pools of liquidity, enabling digital asset funds to execute trades quickly and efficiently in a highly volatile market.

Custody solutions: Prime brokers offer secure and compliant custody solutions for digital assets, which is essential for protecting fund assets and mitigating risk.

Risk management: Prime brokers provide risk management services, such as real-time margin and collateral management, to help digital asset funds manage their exposure to market risk.

Compliance: Prime brokers can help digital asset funds meet their regulatory obligations by providing reporting and monitoring services, and by ensuring that all trades are executed in compliance with applicable laws and regulations.

Credit facilities: Prime brokers can provide digital asset funds with credit facilities, such as margin lending and short selling, to support their investment strategies and increase their access to capital.

Streamlined Operations: Prime brokers can help digital asset funds streamline their operations by providing a centralized platform for trade execution, clearing, and settlement, reducing the need for multiple service providers and improving operational efficiency.

In summary, a prime broker is an important partner for a digital asset fund, providing essential services and support to help the fund achieve its investment goals and meet its regulatory obligations. By leveraging the expertise and infrastructure of a prime broker, digital asset funds can operate more efficiently, mitigate risk, and maximize returns for their investors.

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Starting a fund? How do you start a hedge fund? Connecting with an exchange or prime broker is one of the first steps. Prime brokers for crypto hedge funds are a key for success from the start. Are you wondering how to start a crypto hedge fund? We can help to connect you to the right hedge fund vendors. We can also help start a venture capital fund, or any form of alternative investment vehicle. We can help you to launch a hedge fund. Digital asset funds may have a more difficult time finding digital asset fund lawyers, digital asset fund auditors, digital asset fund custodians, digital asset fund fund administrators, digital asset fund offshore directors - Alt Funds can help you to find the right services providers. Alt Funds Network also works with traditional Alternative investment funds including equity hedge funds, private equity funds, venture capital funds, real estate funds, SPV's and other forms of alternative investment funds.

This video is for educational purposes only.

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Do you have a questions about starting a hedge fund, venture capital fund or other form of alternative investment vehicle? Is there a topic your'e interested in learning about? Drop a comment or reach out - [email protected]. We connect alternative Investment managers to industry leading service providers.

Website: https://altfunds.io/

Youtube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/@AltFundsInvestmentPodcast

Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/5hmRIlxXPlw5xi7sTp1g0r?si=602097c618884dde

Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/company/alt-funds-investment-podcast/

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Find out more Stonegate Global and to connect with Skyler:

Website: https://stonegateglobalfundservices.com/

LinkedIn (Skyler): https://www.linkedin.com/in/skylersteinke/

LinkedIn (Stonegate): https://www.linkedin.com/company/stonegate-global-fund-services/

Telegram (Skyler): https://t.me/SkylerSteinke

This interview features Skyler Steinke introduces Stonegate Global, a fund administrator that provides services to alternative investments and focuses primarily on digital asset funds.

We discuss the importance for fund administration, advice for new funds and what to look for when hiring a fund administrator - particularly in the digital asset space.

Time Stamps:

00:00 - Alt Funds Investment Podcast - Intro

00:30 - Skyler's Background

2:57 - Stonegate's Services

4:54 - The importance of a fund administrator

8:05 - What a new fund needs to know about fund administration

10:22 - Stonegate's client types

12:22 - Fund administration landscape

17:38 - Challenges faced by crypto funds and administrators

25:05 - advice for a new fund manager entering the crypto space

29:43 - Where to connect with Skyler and Stongegate Global

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Fund administration is important for an alternative investment fund for several reasons:

Compliance: Fund administration helps ensure that a fund is in compliance with all relevant laws, regulations, and reporting requirements, which can vary depending on the fund's structure, investment strategy, and jurisdiction.

Accounting: Fund administration provides accurate and timely financial reporting, which is critical for investors and regulators to assess the fund's performance, risk exposure, and compliance with investment mandates and guidelines.

Risk Management: Fund administration helps to manage and mitigate risk by monitoring investments, cash flows, and fund performance, and by ensuring that all necessary controls, procedures, and reporting are in place.

Investor Relations: Fund administration plays a key role in supporting investor relations by providing timely and accurate information to investors, managing investor communications and reporting, and ensuring that investors receive the information they need to make informed decisions.

Operations: Fund administration helps to streamline the operational processes of a fund, from trade settlement and reconciliation, to securities lending and collateral management, to performance calculation and reporting.

Transparency: Fund administration helps to promote transparency by providing regular and accurate reporting on the fund's performance, holdings, and risks, which can help to increase investor confidence and support the fund's reputation.

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Starting a fund? How do you start a hedge fund? Connecting with a fund administrator is one of the first steps. fund administrators for crypto hedge funds are a key for success from the start. Are you wondering how to start a crypto hedge fund? We can help to connect you to the right hedge fund vendors. We can also help start a venture capital fund, or any form of alternative investment vehicle. We can help you to launch a hedge fund. Digital asset funds may have a more difficult time finding digital asset fund lawyers, digital asset fund auditors, digital asset fund custodians, digital asset fund fund administrators, digital asset fund offshore directors - Alt Funds can help you to find the right services providers. Alt Funds Network also works with traditional Alternative investment funds including equity hedge funds, private equity funds, venture capital funds, real estate funds, SPV's and other forms of alternative investment funds.

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