This special episode of the Opus Open Kitchen features some home cooking!  Nikki Coia, Global Head of Client Success, and Robin Chisholm, Regional COO EMEA, share their insights from their 20-year careers at firms like BlackRock, Morgan Stanley, and Nucleus, as well highlights from Opus Fund Services' own continued growth story. Plus a view what financial services firms may be missing by not being in Glasgow.

• Benefits of diverse, multi-cultural teams
• Getting client service basics "brilliantly right"
• Integrating a truly global operating model
• Fostering a "risk aware" ethos in complexity
• Building and scaling hybrid human-AI teams

Old City Investment Partners are one of the world's leading placement agents, having raised over $20 billion in institutional capital for its alternative investment manager clients, as well as sponsor of the Alpha on the Delta conference. This episode features an engaging conversation with founding partner Seth Damski and Managing Director Avi Sage, sharing insights from Old City's 20-year growth story and best practices for developing long-term investor relationships.

Hosted by Leo LaForce, the Opus Open Kitchen features best practices, lessons learned, and real-world experiences from leaders across the alternative investments industry. 

Stephanie Sirois joins us in the Opus Open Kitchen. Stephanie is the Co-Founder and Managing Principal of Channel Diligence and former Global Co-Head of Operational Due Diligence at UBS. Together Stephanie and host Leo LaForce go beyond performance, sharing expert insights on how alternative investment managers can:

• institutionalize their businesses for the long-term
• achieve operational excellence and scalability
• differentiate themselves during capital raising
• avoid red flags and tell their best story to allocators

Visit www.opusfundservices.com and www.channelcapital.com.au/channel-diligence learn more.

The First Episode of the Opus Open Kitchen is Live!

Francisco Garrido, VP of Operational Due Diligence at $100+ billion investment manager Pantheon sits down with Opus' Leo LaForce to discuss what operational due diligence is, how it's evolved, and why it matters more than ever for fund managers looking to raise capital in an ultra-competitive alternative investments landscape. Francisco shares insights from his 20-year career evaluating multi-billion dollar hedge funds and private markets funds while working at some of the world's top allocators and investment consulting firms.