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After Dorian: Not Your Average Group of Disaster Volunteers
- October 15, 2019
- Posted by: Vincent Sarullo
- Category: Staff Profiles
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Imagine one hundred Liam Neeson-esque in “Taken” like professionals, with a particular set of skills, volunteering their time to help the Bahamian people in the Abaco Islands. Sounds amazing right? That is exactly where Vincent Sarullo, managing director of Tower Fund Services, is one part of a whole. The collective, Team Rubicon. Team Rubicon is
7 Reasons Why A Fund Administrator Should be the Authorized Signatory on a Fund’s Bank Account(s)
- September 30, 2019
- Posted by: Vincent Sarullo
- Category: Direct Lending, Family Office, Fund Administration, Fund of Funds, Hedge Funds, Private Equity / Venture Capital, Real Estate, Reference Materials, SMA, Tax Liens
Here are the reasons why a fund administrator should be the authorized signatory on an investment fund’s operating bank account(s).
Raising Capital Initially: Family Investments and Other Ideas
- September 28, 2019
- Posted by: Vincent Sarullo
- Category: Direct Lending, Family Office, Fund of Funds, Hedge Funds, Marketing, New Funds, Private Equity / Venture Capital, Raising Capital, Real Estate, SMA, Tax Liens
A family can be defined as a people who are united by relation. The term family is relative to immediate, as well as extended relationships. Have you ever considered how big your “family” actually is? If you have, then have you also considered the likeliness of potential family investors? This can be the best route to
Hedge Fund Marketing 101
- September 10, 2019
- Posted by: Vincent Sarullo
- Category: Direct Lending, Family Office, Fund of Funds, Hedge Funds, Marketing, Private Equity / Venture Capital, Productivity, Raising Capital, Real Estate, SMA, Tax Liens
You may not think that you are selling a product that needs brand recognition, but you are. Even the simplest things, like selecting a color scheme or text font that represents you, are important to hedge fund marketing. Make sure that all your marketing materials – including your pitch book – match your business card
Hedge Fund Admin Overview for Emerging Managers
- September 3, 2019
- Posted by: Vincent Sarullo
- Category: Direct Lending, Fund Administration, Fund of Funds, Hedge Funds, Private Equity / Venture Capital, Real Estate, Tax Liens
Click on the video below to see an overview of Tower’s Hedge Fund Admin Overview for Emerging Managers. Also, below the video is the text from the video if you prefer to read it! Investing is exciting. It’s what you do. But all those support functions, like operations, accounting, and reporting? Necessary, of course… but just
What Your Online Reputation Has To Do With Raising Capital For A Fund
- August 28, 2019
- Posted by: Vincent Sarullo
- Category: Direct Lending, Family Office, Fund of Funds, Hedge Funds, Marketing, Private Equity / Venture Capital, Raising Capital, SMA, Tax Liens
Investors and other service providers will search a fund manager online before working with them. Getting your online reputation clean is going to be imperative to raising capital. Do not underestimate the power of the internet and other peoples’ feedback of you online. Do a Google search on yourself and dig a few pages into the
What to Know About Legal Formation of an Investment Fund
- August 26, 2019
- Posted by: Vincent Sarullo
- Category: Direct Lending, Fund of Funds, Hedge Funds, Legal, Private Equity / Venture Capital, Real Estate, Tax Liens
Proper legal formation of an investment fund is an important step toward success. A word of caution: Do not use someone else’s or a prior fund’s set of legal documents and “tailor” them for your new fund! Besides the fact that those formation documents were created by a law firm that you are now plagiarizing
5 Key Considerations in Developing Your Hedge Fund Business Plan
- August 26, 2019
- Posted by: Vincent Sarullo
- Category: Careers, Direct Lending, Fund Administration, Fund of Funds, Hedge Funds, Management, New Funds, Private Equity / Venture Capital, Productivity, Real Estate, Tax Liens
If you want life to be organized and run as smooth as possible, it is a known fact that planning is essential. Any type of structure requires a solid plan and an end goal. The same applies to your fund. Although you may not see it this way, your fund is your business. Having a
A Generational Look at Work Initiative and Hedge Fund Service Providers
- August 20, 2019
- Posted by: Vincent Sarullo
- Category: Fund Administration
Tom Brokaw bestowed the title of “the Greatest Generation” to the WW II generation, not for their victory over tyranny but for the sacrifices everyone made to struggle through the daily challenges to get them through two world wars and the Great Depression. The conflicts and economic hardship that we have today are fractional. They
Price Should Not Keep You From Hiring a Fund Administrator
- August 13, 2019
- Posted by: Vincent Sarullo
- Category: Direct Lending, Fund Administration, Fund of Funds, Hedge Funds, Private Equity / Venture Capital, SMA, Tax Liens
It’s important to find the right trusted service partner who can focus on your needs while you focus on your core business – investing. These partners include a fund administrator, legal counsel, audit and tax services. To best serve our clients and provide personal attention to each of their goals and unique financial situations, Tower