Investment Companies A Closer Look

The reality is hedge fund investors routinely rank a fund’s compliance and regulatory framework among their most pressing concerns.

While high returns remain the ultimate goal, credit challenges, combined with legislative, regulatory and investment community response, has heightened the need for investor due diligence. To help you best manage compliance, risk and costs with comfortable transparency, Weaver’s highly experienced financial services practice provides audit, accounting, tax and advisory expertise together with in-depth industry knowledge and established relationships among leading market and industry participants. We are knowledgeable in local regulations and experienced in complex fund operations in the U.S. and around the globe.

You’re driving serious returns, raising capital and navigating an intricate regulatory environment —all while satisfying the expectations and needs of investors and stakeholders.

We’ve helped many clients down this road.

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It’s not just performance they’re watching; your clients require insight into your process.

Concise, effective communication is critical to your capital raising efforts, and it is the reason our engagements

are so successful. Our team knows the challenges and requirements that investment companies face. Weaver’s

partners and senior team members work closely with our clients so you are current on regulatory issues and

technical updates, as well as the impact these may have on your business. Guidance for navigating the

complex challenges affecting your operations so you can concentrate on fund management and client relationships is what counts. This is nothing new at Weaver, it’s the way we’ve been providing accounting and assurance services

for more than sixty years.

Experience that makes a difference

to our clientsServing investment companies, hedge funds,

endowments and trust funds is a primary focus for Weaver. Our dedicated practice is a market leader comprised of

highly technical professionals with decades of experience serving investment companies. It’s not just our business

though: Our work is distinguished by our thorough knowledge of your business, industry, processes, policies,

internal controls, governance and financial reporting issues, as well as our keen understanding of the ever-changing market environment. At Weaver, we provide services to more than 100 investment companies with structures and investment strategies as diverse as the

financial market itself.

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A message from...The investment management industry faces increased challenges today—many of which are above the bottom line. The need for transparent operations and stakeholder communication has never been more important and competition for capital has never been more intense. The emphasis on operational, market and regulatory risk has resulted in investors requiring more standardization and more robust risk and governance practices from their fiduciaries.

More than 120 private equity and hedge funds trust Weaver, knowing that the pursuit of their returns and investor relationships are as important to us as they are to them. Weaver invests our most valuable assets—our people, processes and knowledge of the financial services industry—in each engagement.

We will deliver nothing less and much more. You know what’s driving all this scrutiny. Our team understands the issues you face with regulatory issues. We are dedicated to helping you anticipate what’s ahead and providing reporting and transparency that validates your performance.

Many have said this is among the most challenging times in financial history. We view these challenges and risks as keys to opportunity, and we thrive on helping you take your fund where you want to go.

Kevin Sanford Partner-in-Charge, Financial Services kevin.sanford@weaver.com 832.320.3249

Robert Loritz Partner, Assurance Services bob.loritz@weaver.com 817.882.7754

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