How to find a private fund's administrator or auditor

Find the administrator or auditor a prospective client's fund reports in Form ADV. The same lookup works for hedge funds, private equity funds, venture capital funds and the other private fund types the form covers.

By Dmytro Soyenko Published September 28, 2026

In brief

Identify the fund by its legal name and find the adviser that reports it on Form ADV.
Open that adviser's most recent Form ADV and go to the fund's Schedule D, Section 7.B.(1).
In Part B of that section, read Q23 for the auditor and Q26 for the administrator.
Record the fund, role, provider and filing date, and read any blank or negative answer exactly as the question is worded.

See this in 9AT

For administrators and audit firms, this lookup helps identify reported incumbents and possible connections through other providers. Law firms and technology vendors can use it to understand a prospect's provider network, although Form ADV does not identify a fund's lawyers or technology vendors.

Find the provider in the adviser's Form ADV

Identify the fund and its adviser

Start with the fund's full name and the adviser that reports it. Match the adviser's legal name and SEC file number; use its CRD number as a separate identifier. SEC-registered advisers have an 801- file number and exempt reporting advisers have an 802- number. Exempt reporting advisers report to the SEC without being registered with it.

In the fund's Schedule D, Section 7.B.(1), Q1 gives its name and private fund identification number. Q2 gives its jurisdiction. The identification number is useful when names change: the SEC's Form ADV FAQ confirms that advisers reporting the same fund should use the same number.

Find the adviser's filing on IAPD

Find the adviser on Investment Adviser Public Disclosure (IAPD) and check its identity: the firm summary shows the legal name with its CRD and SEC file numbers, and its registration status.
Select View latest Form ADV filed. The report opens as a PDF; its header gives the filing type (for example, an annual amendment) and the filing date to record.
In Schedule D, go to Section 7.B.(1) Private Fund Reporting and find the fund by its name or private fund identification number. Each fund's entry starts with Q1 and lists its service providers in Part B.

IAPD shows an adviser's most recent Form ADV. The fund entries, rather than the adviser's name alone, establish which relationship you are reading.

Read the auditor and administrator answers

In Part B of the fund's section, read:

Role	Question	Name to record
Auditor	Q23(a)(1), then Q23(b)	Auditing firm
Administrator	Q26(a), then Q26(b)	Administrator other than the adviser's own firm

These references follow Form ADV Part 1A, SEC 1707 (07-24). Check the form version when using an older filing.

Record every provider listed: a fund may use more than one auditor or administrator. A No to Q26(a) means no administrator other than the adviser's own firm was reported. It does not establish that the fund has no administration or wants to hire a provider. A blank answer is different from an explicit No.

For further detail on the questions, see Form ADV service-provider questions.

Record what the filing says

Keep one record per fund, role and provider, including the fund identifier, the name as reported, the question number and filing date. One fund's provider is not automatically the provider for every fund managed by the adviser.

Worked example: Mara River Special Opportunities Fund LP

Mara River Capital Management, LP (SEC file number 801-136893, CRD 304145) reports one private fund in Section 7.B.(1) of the Form ADV amendment it filed on July 15, 2026:

The fund. Q1: Mara River Special Opportunities Fund LP, private fund identification number 805-3254560954. Q2: organized in Delaware. Q6: not a master fund. Q10: hedge fund.
The auditor. Q23(a)(1): Yes, the financial statements are subject to an annual audit. Q23(b): BDO USA LLP, with its office responsible for the audit in Ft. Worth, Texas.
The administrator. Q26(a): Yes, the fund uses an administrator other than the adviser's firm. Q26(b): NAV Consulting, Inc, located in Oakbrook Terrace, Illinois. Q26(d): not a related person of the adviser.

The record for fund 805-3254560954:

Role	Provider as reported	Question	Filing date
Auditor	BDO USA LLP	Q23(b)	July 15, 2026
Administrator	NAV Consulting, Inc	Q26(b)	July 15, 2026

The record answers who was reported for this fund on that date. The same filing also lists a second fund in Section 7.B.(2), a fund another adviser reports, so its providers would be read in that adviser's filing. Nothing here states the providers' fees or whether the adviser wants to change them.

Can't find the answer?

Before treating an empty result as a finding, check these possibilities:

Another adviser reports the fund. Section 7.B.(2) can identify that adviser and its SEC file number. It does not contain the provider answers; follow the reporting adviser's filing.
The fund is part of a master-feeder arrangement. Where the form's conditions are met, providers may be reported in a combined section under the master fund's name.
The adviser uses an umbrella filing. A relying adviser's funds can appear in the filing adviser's Form ADV.
The name differs. Separately managed series can have their own entries, and the form permits a code instead of a fund name in some circumstances.
Coverage is limited. Certain non-U.S. funds can be omitted under the form's instructions. A newly launched fund may not yet appear in an annual amendment.

For a new fund, a No to the annual-audit question may mean an auditor has not yet been engaged for that fiscal year. That is the position described in the SEC staff's Form ADV FAQ; it does not establish buying intent.

How current the answer is

The Form ADV instructions require an annual updating amendment within 90 days after fiscal year end. Item 7 need not be updated in every other amendment, so a later filing date does not guarantee that the provider answers changed. Q23(h) also has a specific prompt-update requirement when an audit report previously marked as not received becomes available.

Treat the relationship as reported in the filing, and check more recent evidence before outreach.

When sources disagree

Keep each source and its date. A filing establishes what the adviser reported; a provider's website or the fund's documents may describe a later arrangement. Record the difference and investigate it. The SEC does not guarantee the accuracy of Form ADV information.

Look up many funds and providers in 9AT

9AT brings adviser, fund and reported provider information together across many advisers. Start with the correct adviser's free summary, open its Private Funds, select the fund and read the fund's Service Providers section, which lists the reported providers with their roles.

In the example below, Armistice Capital LLC's Private Funds lead to ARMISTICE CAPITAL MASTER FUND, LTD., whose Service Providers section reports SS&C Technologies as Administrator and KPMG as Auditor, as of March 31, 2026 (captured September 27, 2026). It is an example of the view, not a prospect recommendation. Treat what 9AT shows as reported information with its as-of date, just as you would the filing itself.

The adviser summary is free to view; its Private Funds and Service Providers sections need a 9AT account. Customers signed in with access can open the example fund directly; for other teams, access is arranged with the 9AT team, starting with a demo.

9AT's customers can also compare service providers by the clients they are reported to serve. Reported overlap between two providers' clients is a possible connection to investigate through your own network, not an assured introduction. A comparison reflects 9AT's data, not necessarily the whole market, and a provider's position in it is not a measure of service quality.

Once a prospect fits your service, How to find decision-maker contacts at private fund managers explains how to confirm the right firm before you look for people; contact access in 9AT is also arranged with the 9AT team, and coverage varies.

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