What’s At Stake
Entering and scaling in today’s asset management landscape isn’t easy. For emerging managers and established firms alike, the barriers to entry are higher than ever:
- Increasing regulatory obligations across multiple jurisdictions create significant complexity
- Building an in-house compliance and operations team is costly, time-consuming, and challenging to scale
- Investor expectations for governance, transparency, and reporting are rising fast
- Early missteps, from missed filings to inadequate policies, can delay launches, restrict fundraising, and lead to missed opportunities.
Your focus should be on raising capital and delivering returns. Partner with us to help with the regulatory and operational lift.
WHAT YOU’RE NAVIGATING
- Multi-jurisdictional regulatory obligations that shift faster than your team can adapt
- Complex investor due diligence and heightened expectations for reporting and transparency
- Operational pressures around filings, audits, and staying compliant across multiple entities
- Talent and budget constraints when building or scaling in-house compliance and finance functions
- Competitive pressure to move quickly without compromising performance or credibility
What We Deliver
Expertise that scales with you.
We provide the regulatory, compliance, and operational backbone fund managers need to launch and grow with confidence. From outsourced CFO and CCO functions to fractional General Counsel and administrative support, we deliver specialized expertise and scalable infrastructure that fills in your team and accelerates your progress.
Our approach is responsive, collaborative, and grounded in experience. We cut through complexity, reduce operational friction, and keep you focused on strategy and performance, while our team handles the regulatory and operational lift behind the scenes.
Finance Support
- Outsourced CFO functions: Strategic financial oversight without the cost of a full-time hire
- Bookkeeping & financial reporting: Accurate, timely, and investor-ready reporting
- Accounts payable management: Efficient vendor payment workflows and cashflow visibility
- Fee calculation & settlement: Transparent calculation and distribution of management and performance fees
- Audit coordination: Managing timelines, deliverables, and communication between auditors and your team
Regulatory Support
- Outsourced CCO & risk functions: Ongoing monitoring and regulatory reporting
- Chief Risk Officer / risk management frameworks: Designing and implementing robust risk governance structures
- Economic substance compliance: Full support with local substance requirements
- AML officers: Designated officers and frameworks to meet AML obligations
- CIMA / FSC registration: Guidance and administration for Cayman and BVI regulatory filings
Operations Support
- Fractional General Counsel: On-demand legal expertise for governance, contracts, and investor matters
- Service provider introduction & onboarding: Connecting you with trusted administrators, custodians, and auditors
- Outbound KYC management: Coordinating investor due diligence and counterparty onboarding
- Investor onboarding: Streamlined subscription processing and investor communications
Our experts for fund management solutions.
Our team knows compliance is more than a requirement, it’s a strategic advantage. We build frameworks that move at your pace while keeping you audit-ready at every step.
Launch with confidence. Scale without limits.
Why Choose Leeward
Because in fund management, precision matters. Regulatory complexity, investor expectations, and operational pressures leave no room for missteps.
Clients choose us when they need experienced partners who understand both the regulatory terrain and the operational realities of running an asset management business. We deliver structures that perform under pressure, maintain investor confidence, and give managers the freedom to focus on raising capital and delivering returns.
With Leeward, you get more than outsourced support, you get a partner who anticipates challenges, manages the details, and helps you scale with certainty.
