PRIVATE EQUITY Fund and Corporate Services

The Bright Alternative

Explore: aztecgroup.co.uk | .eu Aztec Group in numbers Hello. 1,200+ employees + We’re the Aztec Group – an independent, owner- 40 managed provider of fund and corporate services. Since our inception in 2001, we’ve remained focussed on the industry in which we have earned our unrivalled OVER statistics – alternative investments. What this means + 4,500 for you, as a manager, is in addition to 440 entities billion in providing you with a stable relationship team over the 240 life of your fund, you’ll also benefit from our specialist clients expertise, industry-leading technology and the extensive experience we’ve gained from supporting Edward Moore Founder and CEO clients with similar outsourcing requirements.

High It’s this unwavering focus on your industry, combined employee with our dedication to building long-term relationships, retention rate that has made us the award-winning business clients have migrated from of client-facing employees we are today. other service providers are qualified or in training

maor industry standards 15 Strong reputable client industry retention awards in rate years Private equity we administer: A snapshot of / / our business. A selection of our private equity clients:

From start-ups and mid-market managers to financial UK Europe institutions, we’re proud to work with clients of all BlueGem Capital Partners. CapVest. Cinven. EMK 3TS Capital Partners. Ardian. Brockhaus Private shapes and sizes across the major asset classes. Capital. EMF Capital Partners. Equistone Partners. Equity. Clearsight Investments. Deutsche GHO Capital. Headway Capital. Highland Capital Beteiligungs. Deutsche Private Equity. Emeram Partners. Lion Capital. Livingbridge. M&G. Permira. Capital Partners. EMSA Capital. Goodyields Capital. Rosetta Capital. StepStone Group. Stirling Square HSH Nordbank. HV Holtzbrinck. Partners Group. Asset classes we serve: Capital Partners. SV Health Investors. Perusa Partners. Resource Partners. SwanCap private equity / real assets / private debt Partners. Tempus Capital. Wellington Partners.

Strategies we support: Matt Horton Nordics Group Head funds / / secondaries / listed / of Private Equity Accent Equity Partners. Adelis Equity Partners. We also work alongside a number of global direct investment / co-investment Altor Equity Partners. Areim. eEquity. Energy institutions across the different asset classes, Locations we operate in: Ventures. FSN Capital. Herkules Capital. Impilo. including: Bain Capital, Advanz Pharma, HSBC, Guernsey / Jersey / Luxembourg / Länsförsäkringar. Nordic Capital. Norvestor Equity. Kohlberg & Company and SoftBank Investment Netherlands / United Kingdom / United States Priveq Investment. Scope Capital Advisory. Advisors. Summa Equity. Verdane Capital Partners.

PRIVATE EQUITY Gavin Hayman Ganash Lokanathen Simon King Head of Private Equity, Head of Private Equity, Co-Head of Private Equity, Guernsey Luxembourg Jersey What are you looking to achieve?

Outsource the administration Structure your operations, Appoint an independent of your funds. compensation and investments. depositary.

Whether it be working with you on the From establishing and administering carry Our depositary service combines establishment of a new fund, maintaining vehicles and investment holding companies legal and regulatory expertise with complex investor registers or taking to providing management company services a robust control framework to help care of your administration and financial to wider fund structures, we can support you you meet your regulatory obligations. reporting requirements, you can depend with your full suite of corporate structuring on us to take the lead when it comes to and administration requirements. DEPOSITARY SERVICES: the day-to-day operation of your funds. Cash monitoring / safekeeping of CORPORATE SERVICES: fund assets / oversight FUND SERVICES: Vehicle incorporation / company secretarial / Fund establishment / administration registered office / director services / and accounting / fund governance / compliance and AML / financial reporting / investor services / compliance and regulatory reporting / carry and incentive AML / financial reporting / regulatory vehicles / management companies / reporting / tax reporting trustee services

We can also… Provide tailored reporting on the performance of underlying portfolio companies – ask about our Advanced Portfolio Services. Establish and administer incentive plans for senior management teams – ask about our Management Incentive Services.

PRIVATE EQUITY SUPP LIST ORT T CIA EA Our approach. E MS SP : ersey  Client-centric approach We have a long history of investing in industry-leading We’ll provide you with a dedicated relationship team of accountants, systems that complement and enhance our service: administrators and compliance professionals, delivering direct and seamless U L k n access to the full depth and breadth of our expertise. s ccounting i e i y A te g  eFront FrontInvest R e d a s l Recognised as the leading alternative investment fund accounting  Teams with the same people year in, year out n K r i software, with sophisticated financial reporting and investor servicing Our industry-leading employee retention rate means we’re well placed to e n provide management stability and service continuity over the life of your funds. u g capabilities. G d o  eFront Investment Café  A seamless migration m TIO LA NS A robust platform for the delivery of secure, consistent, accurate and We have extensive experience in migrations, having onboarded 1 in 3 of our E H R I timely investor communications. clients from other service providers. P T

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We can administer structures in the jurisdictions in which we have a presence, C n L and circulation of board materials. T o in addition to a host of other locations to suit your requirements. U i e t C n a y c g  ViewPoint r t i o r i  A skilled and qualified team h t t m s r A leading entity management system that supports us in the delivery n e i u u More than 90% of employees in client-facing roles currently hold, or are i d p n o of structured, streamlined and compliant company secretarial and c l i b c training towards, accountancy, company secretarial and other relevant a S ia m e administration activities. l t n m industry qualifications. a d S & t c A e e e x n That’s not all… R s u  A robust governance and control framework L io e t Adhering to international best practices, we’re ISAE 3402 Type II accredited for g a Our specialist financial systems and information security teams will u also work side by side with your dedicated relationship team, helping our management controls and ISO 27001:2013 certified for information security. l rm a o to ensure our systems are configured to suit your requirements and to Ne s f  Regulatory reporting expertise ry therland In delivered in a secure ISO 27001:2013 accredited environment. We have an in-house regulatory reporting team, specialising in FATCA, CRS and other relevant regulations, enabling us to take a proactive approach to managing the impact of industry developments on our clients. Fi s nancial System

PRIVATE EQUITY SoftBank Investment Advisors BlueGem Capital Partners Wellington Partners on a Scope Capital Advisory on on the support they received with on a seamless migration: relationship that has stood working with a knowledgeable the establishment of the largest “Initially nervous about outsourcing after the test of time: and experienced team: ever venture capital fund: previous bad experiences, the Aztec “We’ve worked with the Group for “Aztec provides us with a comprehensive “We were looking for a provider that truly Group very quickly put our minds at well over a decade, which speaks multi-jurisdictional administration platform understood every aspect setting up a fund rest – from start to finish the process volumes about how much we value for our funds and investment vehicles, of this size would demand. Not only did was managed professionally, efficiently our relationship with them. They with a team that truly understands our they get it, they delivered in the most and with minimal inconvenience.” understand our business, industry business, market and investor base.” challenging of circumstances, to the tightest and investor base to the point that Rebecca Burke, CFO Monalotte Theorell Christofferson, of deadlines and always with the utmost we view them as more than just a CFO and Partner professionalism and attention to detail.” service provider, but also part of our own team.” Adam Gulley, Global Head of Operations Harald Keller, CFO Don’t just take our word for it, our clients are strong advocates of the services we deliver.

TempoCap on meeting Stirling Square Capital Nordic Capital on a Lion Capital on exceeding their their multi-jurisdictional Partners on the quality of our successful fund raise: expectations under challenging requirements: in-house regulatory reporting “Launching and closing a major fund circumstances: “A great example of how to deliver a capabilities: entails a considerable amount of work, “In these days of heightened scrutiny, both joined-up, cross-jurisdictional service. “Aztec Group assists us with our AIFMD, which is highly complex in nature from investors and regulatory authorities, From the systems and processes CRS and FATCA reporting requirements, and needs to be delivered within it is more important than ever not to make used to the method and manner of providing valuable guidance and a short and often rigid timeframe. mistakes and to act in a timely manner. Not communication we’re always assured support when needed and ensuring Demonstrating their partnership only does our Aztec team meet and often of a consistent approach, whichever our deadlines are met in time. They approach and commitment to our exceed my expectations, which are high, office we’re dealing with.” demonstrate excellent knowledge of business, the Aztec Group supported they do so with a smile on their faces and us through this process and we were they are a pleasure to deal with.” Annabelle de Saint-Quentin, CFO what is a complex and ever-changing regulatory environment for private equity.” confident that they could deliver what was required to ensure a seamless Simon Brown, Chief Operating Officer Chris Black, CFO approach for us and our investors.”

PRIVATE EQUITY Ged Kelly, Head of Fund Operations PRIVATE EQUITY

If you’re launching a fund, looking to outsource or considering migrating, we can support you.

Please call James Duffield, Head of Business Development, on +44 (0)20 3818 0250 or email [email protected]

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