Fund Operations, Accounting and Oversight Workshop

Course Outline & Objectives:

The course is split into three parts:

• Introduction to funds. This part assumes limited previous knowledge of funds. The course introduces the different fund types, the main parties involved in running funds, documentation and regulation
• Introduction to fund accounting. The objective is to equip delegates with an understanding of NAV calculation, the challenges of share class accounting, illiquid securities, fair pricing and derivatives. The course will concentrate on pricing errors with examples and the measures that could be used to identify and prevent them
• This is intended to provide staff with the appropriate knowledge and skills to provide best practice fund oversight of fund operations whether insourced or outsourced. All aspects of fund management and operations are covered with particular emphasis on high risk areas.

Seminar Content:

For a detailed agenda, please download the Syllabus on the right

Who should attend:

This event will be of value to anyone wishing to understand international best practice in managing, operating and overseeing funds. This includes operations teams, Risk Managers, Compliance Monitoring Teams and Internal Audit at fund managers or third parties, lawyers, auditors and regulators