The ongoing pandemic, geo-political unrest, climate events and continuing trade wars are constituents of the most sustained stress test the world has seen in recent history, which has prompted investment managers, investors, regulators and asset servicers to refocus on the true meaning and value of operational resiliency.

Nikolaos Perros, Head of Private Equity at Citco Fund Services (USA) Inc., spoke to Preqin this week alongside Kenneth Leong, COO and CFO of Axiom Asia Private Capital, where they discussed the future of alternatives over the next five years.

The global pandemic has left multinational companies around the world struggling to maintain the full compliance of their international subsidiary portfolios. This new reality is bringing into even sharper focus the need for firms to ensure the robustness of their subsidiary governance operating and control models.

The evolution of real estate fund administration from small in-house teams within managers to larger outsourced support has been gathering pace in recent years – however, the COVID pandemic has accelerated a range of factors that will put existing in-house support under increasing pressure in the coming months.