3:00pm – 3:05pm | Opening Remarks & Speaker Introduction

Speaker: Carmen Ortiz-McGhee, Chief Operating Officer, NAIC

3:05pm – 4:00pm | Building Your Back Office

Compliance and regulatory requirements, institutional investor reporting standards, cash and treasury management are all areas that are often underestimated by new managers – both in their importance and complexity – with potentially dire consequences if not properly managed. This session will take you through these key areas, what you need to do to make sure you are well-covered as you build and grow your firm. This discussion will cover:

• Private equity (PE) administration and investor services - operating model overview.
• Regulatory & compliance essentials
• Private equity: management company accounting, tax and reporting considerations, and startup tax considerations for PE managers
• Private equity: valuation considerations

Speakers:

• Christopher Smyth, Partner, Americas PE Leader, Ernst & Young
• Jennifer Jansen, Senior Manager, Business Consulting,  Ernst & Young
• Shake Culzac, Senior Manager, Co-leader of Americas Alternative Asset Management Solutions, Ernst & Young
• Jonathan Tomback, Partner, Financial Services Organization, Ernst & Young
• Chintan Muchhala, Partner,  Private Equity and Wealth & Asset Management, Ernst & Young
• Gerald Whelan, Partner, Private Equity Tax Technical Leader

4:00pm – 4:05pm | Virtual Break (5 min)

4:05pm – 5:00pm | Building Your Back Office (continued)

5:00pm – 5:05pm | Closing Remarks

Speaker: Carmen Ortiz-McGhee, Chief Operating Officer, NAIC

5:05pm | Session #7 Ends