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Prospecting guides

For business development, sales and research teams at fund administrators and audit firms, and at law firms and technology vendors looking for private fund clients: how to find prospects, qualify them, understand their reported providers and reach the right people. Each guide covers one task, cites its sources and says what the filings cannot tell you.

Form ADV's service-provider questions cover each private fund's auditors, administrators, custodians, prime brokers and marketers. They do not ask about a fund's law firm or the technology it uses, so for those services the guides help you identify and assess advisers rather than find existing relationships.

Research task

How can I find new private fund adviser prospects?

Find recent registrations, new exempt reports and newly reported funds, then check the private fund types your firm serves.

  • How to find new private fund adviser prospects

    Find recently registered or reporting private fund advisers, distinguish registration from a fund launch, and check newly reported funds at existing firms.

    5-step method

Research task

How can I compare prospective adviser clients?

Qualify prospects on fund types, number of funds, location, scale and reported providers, using matching dates and scope.

  • How to compare investment advisers as prospects

    Qualify prospective adviser clients on Form ADV fund types, location, scale, reported providers and filing dates, then shortlist them for contact research.

    4-step method

Research task

Who administers or audits this fund?

See which administrator or auditor a prospect's fund reports, and the filing date it was reported on, before you approach it.

Research task

How can I find decision-maker contacts at a fund manager?

Confirm you have the right adviser, then check which business contacts 9AT holds for it and what access they need.