What is a fund?

Bridget Barker Chair of the Board, Mainspring Fund Services An investment fund is an arrangement, usually managed by a third party, which allows participants to invest in one or more assets and share the returns and the risks of the underlying investments. A fund structure is typically used so that each investor can take a…

Blockchain And Its Role In Your Fund

This article summarises Mainspring’s research findings for blockchain’s suitability as a replacement for traditional SQL based systems for fund management and administration. The full findings are available for download here. Blockchain has the potential to shape industry in profound ways, so much so its introduction has been likened to the invention of the Internet. To…

Observations from a blockchain PoC research project in Private Equity Fund Administration

Earlier this year Mainspring undertook a 3-month proof-of-concept (PoC) to get hands-on with our research of blockchain technologies. As a Fund Administrator, Mainspring holds the books of record for a client’s fund, independent of the fund’s investment manager, undertaking the accounting and reporting of the fund’s performance.  In addition, Mainspring provides administration services for operating…