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PEAI GLOBAL DIRECTORY OF
CARRIED INTEREST PRODUCTS
AND SERVICES

                2021Updated 26th April 2021

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PREFACE

Preface
By Mariya Stefanova, Founding Partner, PEAI

                                                     Dear Clients,
                                                     I am delighted to introduce you to our new publication, the first edition of our PEAI
                                                     Global Directory of Carried Interest Products and Service 2021 (the ‘Carry Directory’).
                                                     The main objective of the Carry Directory is to help Private Equity (PE) fund managers/
                                                     General Partners (GPs) and PE investors/Limited Partner (LPs) to find the right solution for them
                                                     to handle carried interest – whether you are a GP that wants to up its game and improve or
                                                     have its existing Excel-based waterfall model certified to the benefit of your LPs or want to
                                                     move your fund-level waterfall calculation and/or your carry plan and carry allocation down
                                                     to carried interest holders (CIHs) to an automated specialist carry platform, or you are an LP
                                                     who is looking for the best carry/fee validation solution, this is your ultimate go-to one-stop
                                                     source of information on carried interest products and services available worldwide.
                                                     Just a few years ago, pretty much the only tool we had available in our toolbox to deal
                                                     with carry at all levels (fund- or carry-vehicle level) was spreadsheets. Now, you have
                                                     quite a few alternative options – from solutions that make your Excel model low-risk to
                                                     Excel alternatives (or as we usually call them ‘Excel on steroids’) such as Anaplan,
                                                     specialist carry platforms or fully outsourced solutions.
                                                     Our clients often ask me to recommend a solution and I thought putting this publication
                                                     together to guide you in making an informed decision that is best suited for your
                                                     organisation, was important, so I am truly excited to allow each participating provider to
                                                     present their case to you. We made sure, however, that each case has been presented in
                                                     an unbiased and fair manner not damaging other provider’s cases, and the information
                                                     included in the Guide was actually useful, and not just representing a sales pitch. We also
                                                     leveraged our expertise in the subject of carry, to make sure that the articles were free from
                                                     technical errors and misstatements, as long as our expertise in the relevant field allowed us.
                                                     Where we disagreed with the author(s) and weren’t able to find a mutually agreed solution,
                                                     we have allowed the author(s) to freely express their views and beliefs without judgement.
                                                     However, please do not misconstrue this technical information as professional advice, it only
                                                     showcases the experience and illustrates the views of the relevant participating provider..
                                                     I hope you’ll find the Carry Directory to be a useful took that helps you navigate through the
                                                     complex and sometimes murky waters of carried interest and waterfalls and would become
                                                     the ultimate source for you on carried interest and waterfalls. Hopefully we’ll be successful
                                                     in achieving our goal, thus fulfilling our pledge to helping the PE industry become more
                                                     transparent and making the LP/GP communication and exchange of information seamless
                                                     and more efficient.
                                                     You can contact any of the providers either directly or through us by emailing to
                                                     info@peaccountinginsights.com. We are committed to assisting you with selecting the best
                                                     options for you depending on your specific requirements and needs.

                                                     Mariya Stefanova
                                                     Founding Partner
                                                     PEAI

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CONTENTS

Contents

                                                    Preface                                                                                     i
                                                    Contents                                                                                  ii
                                                    How to use the Carry Directory                                                            iii
                                                    Summary of carried interest providers and products and services offered                   iv
                                                    SECTION I. PROVIDER PROFILES                                                              1
                                                    1. Sponsors:                                                                              2
                                                         Colmore                                                                              3
                                                    2. Premium providers:                                                                    12
                                                         PFA Solutions                                                                       13
                                                         Lionpoint                                                                           21
                                                         qashqade                                                                            28
                                                         PEAI                                                                                36
                                                         GPX                                                                                 42
                                                         Other premium providers
                                                    3. Schedule of other providers and products and services
                                                    SECTION II. TECHNICAL GUIDE TO CARRIED INTEREST AND WATERFALLS:                          47
                                                    SHOWCASING PROVIDERS’ TECHNICAL EXPERTISE

                                                    How Does the Carry Catch-up Work and Does it Matter?                                     48
                                                    By Mariya Stefanova, PEAI
                                                    Different approaches to preferred return
                                                    By Mariya Stefanova, PEAI
                                                    Five myths about carried interest and running waterfalls                                 51
                                                    By Oliver Freigang, qashqade
                                                    How to Design Great Waterfall Models                                                     57
                                                    By Mariya Stefanova, PEAI
                                                    Waterfall Automation with Anaplan: Enhancing Transparency & Connected                    65
                                                    Modelling with an Enterprise Grade Solution
                                                    By Jonathan Balkin & Santiago Gruter, Lionpoint Group
                                                    Carried Interest Participant Allocation Plans: The Current State of the Market and       74
                                                    Controls for Managing Carried Interest Data
                                                    By Ryan Burger, PFA Solutions
                                                    Trust but verify: Case Studies of Fee Validation in Practice                             83
                                                    By Paul O’Shea & Christopher Chung, Colmore
                                                    GP Waterfall Model Certification                                                         89
                                                    By Mariya Stefanova, PEAI

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HOW TO USE THE CARRY DIRECTORY

How to use the Carry Directory

                                                     The PEAI Global Directory of Carried Interest Products and Services starts with a brief
                                                     summary of all the carry providers included in it, presented in a tabular format, so that it’s
                                                     easy to use as a quick reference by the reader. The Directory itself is structured in two
                                                     distinctive sections.

                                                     In Section I, you have the detailed Providers’ Profiles where you will find information on
                                                     each participating provider, the services rendered and/or products offered by them with
                                                     their most important features, introduction to the team responsible for those products
                                                     and/or services, and any other information deemed useful by the provider. Each Profile
                                                     starts with a summary containing brief consistent information on the provider and is in a
                                                     uniform format for all the providers. The purpose of this section is to allow the providers to
                                                     make their case to you, or as we refer to it, this is their ‘five-minute sales pitch’ to you.

                                                     In Section II, we have asked each provider to write a technical piece to showcase their
                                                     technical knowledge in the subject area – carried interest and waterfalls. I strongly
                                                     believe you have the right to judge their technical expertise for yourselves by reading
                                                     about their views or shared experience on a particular technical topic pertinent to the
                                                     subject of carry. The specific topic has been selected by them. Some of the providers
                                                     have decided to present (completely anonymised) case studies to demonstrate how they
                                                     handle real-life client situations. Others, have decided to present theoretical concepts
                                                     pertaining to carried interest and waterfalls, thus demonstrating their deep understanding
                                                     of the subject matter. We would like you to make the most of this section. Use it as a
                                                     guide and a reference point to resort to when needed.

                                                     The Directory itself, as well as the Directory’s website www.carrydirectory.com is
                                                     designed to be updated on an ongoing basis to include new providers all the time and
                                                     you can download the latest pdf version from the Directory’s website.

                                                     Our next step would be to branch out to other areas – private equity specialist legal and
                                                     tax advice, fund administration, placement agents, other specialist private equity software,
                                                     performance measurement and GP track record services and products, information on
                                                     private equity managers and funds in market, as well as PE investors/LPs, and at a later
                                                     stage even adding a ‘PE Jobs’ section. This more diverse information will be included in
                                                     the PEAI Global Directory of Private Equity www.peglobaldirectory.com and the Carry
                                                     Directory will become an integral part of it.

                                                      Enjoy leafing through the Directory to keep you on top of this ever-changing asset class
                                                      and its service providers and the exciting new tools they have to offer!

                                                     Mariya Stefanova
                                                     Founding Partner
                                                     PEAI

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SECTION I.
PROVIDER
 PROFILES
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SPONSORS
PEAI GLOBAL DIRECTORY OF CARRIED INTEREST PRODUCTS AND SERVICES - Sponsored by
Colmore                                                                                                                                SPONSOR

INTRODUCING COLMORE
COMPANY NAME                                                 Colmore
CONTACT DETAILS                                              communication@colmore.com
WEBSITE                                                      www.colmore.com
                                                             Fee Validation via FAIR Services (“Fee Allocation Incentive Reporting”)
                                                             Carried Interest Modelling and Verification Analysis
SERVICES
                                                             Private Equity Portfolio Monitoring, Reporting & Analytics
                                                             Private Equity Fund Administration
                                                             HELIOS Private Equity Reporting and Investor Portal
TECHNOLOGY PLATFORMS
                                                             FAIR (“Fee Allocation Incentive Reporting”) Platform

MEET THE COLMORE TEAM

ALEX TARANTINO                                               PAUL O’SHEA, CAIA                                 KEVIN WATSON
COMMERCIAL DIRECTOR                                          SENIOR VICE PRESIDENT,                            VP, HEAD US BUSINESS
(LONDON)                                                     FAIR TEAM (DALLAS)                                DEVELOPMENT (NEW YORK)

RICHARD STRATFORD                                            CHRISTOPHER CHUNG
VICE PRESIDENT, FAIR                                         SENIOR ANALYST,
TEAM (DALLAS)                                                FAIR TEAM (DALLAS)

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Colmore                                                                                                                           SPONSOR

COMPANY PROFILE
Colmore is an independent, global service and technology                    validated, real-time data across their private equity portfolios.
provider for the Private Markets Limited Partner community                  Leveraging a proprietary technology platform, HELIOS, Colmore
with over 20 years of industry experience. In January 2017,                 empowers sophisticated institutional investors by providing
Colmore spun out the portfolio servicing and fund administration            better insight into their fund investments and peer-through to
function within a global private asset manager. Colmore has five            underlying portfolio companies. A leading force in the industry
office locations, with U.K. and U.S. headquarters in Birmingham,              for transparency, Colmore has also pioneered a Fee Validation
England and Dallas, TX respectively. Colmore’s mission is to                service called “FAIR”, working with LPs to validate fees,
make private equity more accessible and transparent for                     expenses and Carried Interest associated with their private
Limited Partners. Colmore’s success is attributable to the                  equity investments.
expertise and background of its personnel, with over 60% of the
firm having previously worked at an LP or GP and an average of
seven years of Private Equity experience firm-wide.

Colmore works with leading Fund-of-Funds, Secondary Funds,
Public Pensions, Private Pensions, Endowments/Foundations,
Family Offices and other institutional investors to deliver

                                                      COMPANY PERSONNEL

                                                        7+
                                                        YEARS
                                                                                    60
                                                                                PERCENT
                                                                                                                    145
                                                                                                                EMPLOYEES
                                                       AVERAGE PE                    WORKED                     IN 5 GLOBAL OFFICE
                                                       EXPERIENCE                    AT GL/LP                        LOCATIONS
                                                     As of September 2020

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Colmore                                                                                               SPONSOR

FAIR BY COLMORE
WHAT IS FAIR?
FEE ALLOCATION INCENTIVE REPORTING                                           1,200 FUNDS
(“FAIR”) PROVIDES COMFORT TO LPs THAT                                     VALIDATED ANNUALLY
THEY ARE BEING CHARGED THE CORRECT                                           (AS OF SEPTEMBER 2020)
AMOUNT OF FEES AND CARRIED INTEREST.
As part of the FAIR program, Colmore models expected fees and
Carried Interest and compares this to actual fee and Carried
Interest charges as per GP reporting. FAIR highlights risk areas
within LPs’ portfolios and helps LPs implement an ongoing due
diligence program across their private equity portfolios.
                                                                            CLIENTS INCLUDE
                                                                             3 OF TOP 10
WHAT IS THE OBJECTIVE OF FAIR?                                             PRIVATE EQUITY LPs
                                                                             (AS OF SEPTEMBER 2020)
THE COLMORE FAIR PROGRAM LOOKS
TO ACHIEVE THREE PRIMARY OBJECTIVES
FOR INVESTORS:
    To allow LPs to get an accurate reflection of fees that they are       MEMBERSHIP
    paying through their Private Equity portfolio.
                                                                          DISCOUNT AND
    To ensure that the fees and Carried Interest charged are in line        STRATEGIC
    with the terms outlined in their Limited Partnership Agreements and
    Side Letters.                                                         PARTNERSHIP
    To benchmark the fees they are paying against other Funds in the
                                                                            WITH ILPA
    Private Equity universe.

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Colmore                                                                                                                                                        SPONSOR

WHY IS FEE VALIDATION IMPORTANT?                                                                WHY COLMORE?
     Fee and Carried Interest allocations are becoming increasingly                             Colmore has been performing fee and Carried Interest validation
     complex, with most waterfall calculations being handled outside                            services for over 13 years and is now the recognised leader within the
     a technology system, predominantly modelled in Excel. This                                 Private Equity industry. Colmore leverages a unique background and
     manual aspect of the calculation can lead to mistakes.                                     skillset (previous back-of昀ce of a Fund-of-Funds) combined with cutting
                                                                                                edge technology to deliver robust risk-based reporting. Colmore supports
     Year-end audits often don’t go into the level of granularity required                      some of largest allocators to Private Equity, and is a thought leader
     — especially at the individual LP level — to properly validate fee and                     within the space. Industry representation includes:
     Carried Interest allocations. Often mistakes fall through the cracks
     of “materiality”.                                                                                 LP Fee and Carried Interest Allocation Trainings

     Increasing focus for regulatory agencies, including the SEC. The                                  Speaking Engagements         at   Industry     Events   Regarding
     SEC published results of an examination (June 2020)1 that found                                   Transparency
     material concerns and de昀ciencies with the reporting, allocation,                                 Publication of White Papers on Fee and Carried Interest Validation
     and lack of transparency regarding Private Funds’ fees and
     expenses. This examination follows the famous “Spreading                                   Colmore has working relationships with the following organisations:
     Sunshine in Private Equity” examination in May 20142 which yielded
                                                                                                       Institutional Limited Partners Association (ILPA)
     very similar results and concerns. It’s clear the industry has been
     slow to adapt to better fee disclosure and practices. A “trust but                                FCA’s Institutional Disclosure Working group
     verify approach” is a sensible measure for all Limited Partners.
                                                                                                       CIPFA
1. Observations from Examinations of Investment Advisers Managing Private Funds. SEC Of昀ce of
   Compliance and Examinations, 23 June 2020, www.sec.gov/昀les/Private Fund Risk Alert_0.pdf.   Colmore has a dedicated Fee and Carried Interest Validation
2. Bowden, Andrew J. Spreading Sunshine in Private Equity. SEC Of昀ce of Compliance and          service and team. It is not an ancillary service.
   Examinations, 6 May 2014, www.sec.gov/news/speech/2014--spch05062014ab.html.

                                                                               “I WISH I HAD LESS ACCESS
                                                                                   TO MY PORTFOLIO”
                                                                                          SAID NO INVESTOR, EVER.

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Colmore                                                                                                                                       SPONSOR

   FEE AND CARRIED INTEREST VALIDATION PROCESS

                                                        DATA HARVESTING AND FEE CAPTURE

                    LPA AND SIDE LETTER                     GP COMPLETED                   QUARTERLY / ANNUAL                 OTHER DATA SOURCES
                    KEY TERMS ANALYSED                      DATA TEMPLATE                  FINANCIAL PACKETS                 (CASH FLOWS, PROCEED
                   LP AND CAPTURED
     FEE DATA
     CAPTURE

                                                              (e.g. ILPA)                      (CAS, F/S)                       SCHEDULES, etc)

                                                FEE DATA IS STRUCTURED AND INPUTTED INTO
                                                  THE FEE CAPTURE MODULE WITHIN HELIOS
FEE AND CARRIED

MODELLING AND
    INTEREST

    ANALYSIS

                                                                     DATA                          FEE AND CARRIED
                          LPA AND SIDE LETTER
                    1      AGREEMENT REVIEW
                                                        2       STRUCTURING AND          3       INTEREST ANALYSIS/          4      REPORT PRODUCTION
                                                                  MODEL SETUP                        MODELLING
     OUTPUTS AND
      REPORTING

                                                      REPORTING MADE AVAILABLE THROUGH
                                                       HELIOS PORTAL FOR CLIENT ACCESS

   1. LPA AND SIDE LETTER AGREEMENT REVIEW                                           3. FEE AND CARRIED INTEREST ANALYSIS/MODELLING
           To properly validate the fees and Carried Interest, it is imperative to     Using the data and information extracted in the previous two
           fully understand the fee allocations and the inner workings of the          steps, the Colmore team model expected fee (management fees,
           Fund’s waterfall. The 昀rst step of the process is to analyse the Fund’s     expenses) and Carried Interest allocations as per interpretation of
           Limited Partnership Agreement (“LPA”), which will detail the economic       the LPA/Side Letters that govern the economics and allocations of
           provisions of the Fund. Additionally, if a LP has any special economic      the Fund. Carried Interest (both paid and accrued) are analysed to
           arrangements via a Side Letter Agreement, these documents must              ensure the gains associated with the Fund are properly allocated
           be analysed as well.                                                        between the LP and the GP. These amounts are then compared to
                                                                                       the stated amounts within the GP’s reporting.
           Any terms that impact the fee and Carried Interest allocations should
           be documented and input into the model.                                   4. REPORT PRODUCTION
   2. DATA STRUCTURING AND MODEL SETUP                                                 Using a proprietary scoring system (see next page), the Colmore
                                                                                       Team produces Individual Fund reports which analyse expected fee
           Once the legal documents are analysed, the extraction of 昀nancial
                                                                                       and Carried Interest amounts vs. GP actual reported 昀gures.
           data is the next step. Fee Templates (ILPA, Colmore Template, etc.)
           are requested from GPs to aid in the data collection/structuring            In addition to individual reports, portfolio summary reports detailing
           process.                                                                    cost analysis on an aggregate asset class basis are also produced.
           All 昀nancial data is extracted and structured accordingly into              All reports and analysis are available via Colmore’s HELIOS platform.
           fee/Carried Interest models.

          DOCUMENTATION/DATA                                    LPAs and any Side Letter                       Fee Templates (as available)
                                                                Agreements
          REQUIRED FOR FEE                                                                                     Any Investment Term or Fund
          AND CARRIED                                           Quarterly/Annual Financials and                Extension Documentation
                                                                LP Capital Account Statements
          INTEREST VALIDATION:                                                                                 Since Inception Cash Flows

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Colmore                                                                                                                                      SPONSOR

REPORTING AND SCORING METHODOLOGY
COLMORE PRODUCES COMPREHENSIVE REPORTING ANALYSIS, HIGHLIGHTING
RISK AREAS WITHIN A PARTICULAR FUND AS IT RELATES TO THEIR FEE AND CARRIED
INTEREST ALLOCATIONS.
    Colmore uses a scoring system to “grade” funds based on their fee             The scoring is based on the analysis of the below criteria, listed
    and Carried Interest allocations. The scoring system is based on the          in order of highest importance. Each of the fee categories have
    variance between Colmore’s modelling vs. the GP’s actual reporting,           weightings and criteria that underpin their score, which is calculated
    taking into consideration materiality of differences calculated.              across the 昀ve criteria.
    The greater the discrepancy of any fee area, the higher the score of          1. Carried Interest
    the fund. Funds are scored between 1-4. A score of 1 with the least
                                                                                  2. Management Fees
    concern, and 4 the highest.
                                                                                  3. Expenses
                                                                                  4. Document Quality (minor)
                                                                                  5. GP Responsiveness (minor)

AGGREGATE SCORE CALCULATIONS DETERMINE THE “CONCERN LEVEL”. CONCERN LEVELS
ARE GROUPED INTO THREE CATEGORIES.

          STANDARD OBSERVATION                                                                  CONCERN LEVEL:
          Colmore is generally satis昀ed with the information we receive                     HEIGHTENED OBSERVATION
          from the Fund and believe that they are charging fees largely
          in line (minimal differences) with the LPA and any questions or
          queries we had were suf昀ciently explained.

                                                                                             OVERALL FAIR SCORE: 2.62

          HEIGHTENED OBSERVATION
          Some aspects of the information are slightly outside of
                                                                                              FAIR FOOTPRINT
          acceptable thresholds and Colmore has been unable to fully
          reconcile the numbers with the General Partner. In this scenario,                               MANAGEMENT FEE
          Colmore will consult with the Client to decide whether to pursue
          further action with the General Partner (i.e. decide that the
                                                                                                            5
          analysis is acceptable or treat the Fund as an “Engage Manager”                                   4
          as highlighted below).
                                                                                                            3
                                                                                   GP
                                                                                                            2                                 EXPENSES
                                                                              INTERACTION
                                                                                                            1
          ENGAGE MANAGER                                                                                     -
          Colmore has signi昀cant concerns with the fees being charged
          and have failed to receive adequate explanations for the errors
          we have found. In this instance, through our analysis, we have
          reasonable suspicion that mistakes in fee allocations have been
          made. In this scenario, Colmore will consult with the Client to
          determine the best plan of action to engage and discuss with
          the General Partner.                                                         DOCUMENT                                      CARRY

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Colmore                                                                                                    SPONSOR

FAIR TECHNOLOGY
OUR PROPRIETARY FEE TRACKING AND VALIDATION TECHNOLOGY EMPOWERS
THE REST OF OUR PROCESS.

                                                                       THE CHALLENGE:
                                                                       Capturing all Fee Terms directly from LPAs.

                                                                       SOLUTION:
                                                                       Through our proprietary fee tracking and
                                                                       validation technology, we capture all LPA static
                                                                       data at the most granular level of detail. This
                                                                       feeds directly into our FAIR validation service,
                                                                       and also other fee due diligence services, such
                                                                       as term benchmarking.

     THE CHALLENGE:
     Systematically capturing all fee details from
     GP reporting, every quarter.

     SOLUTION:
     Through our proprietary fee tracking and
     validation technology, we capture all fee
     and incentive allocation data at the most
     granular level. This feeds directly into our FAIR
     validation service.

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Colmore                                                                                                                   SPONSOR

FAIR REPORTING:
WE DELIVER EASY TO UNDERSTAND                                               WE ALSO DELIVER CUSTOMIZED REPORTING
REPORTING ON INDIVIDUAL FUNDS,                                              FOR THE VARIOUS LOCAL REGULATORY
AND YOUR CUMULATIVE PORTFOLIO.                                              REPORTING REQUIREMENTS.
                                                                              California Section 7514.7
                                                                              Maryland – Bill 821, Chapter 202
                                                                              Texas – Senate Bill 322
                                                                              Swiss TER
                                                                              UK TER / CTI

                                                                             Overall FAIR Score: 1.6
                                                                                             FAIR Footprint
                                                                                          Management fee
                                                                                             4

                                                                                             3

                                                                                             2
                                                           GP interaction                    1                           Expenses

                                                                             Documents                           Carry

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Colmore                                                                                                       SPONSOR

HELIOS BY COLMORE
OUR TECHNOLOGY DOESN’T STOP AT FEES
OUR PROPRIETARY PORTFOLIO MONITORING PLATFORM, DELIVERS REAL-TIME DRILL-THROUGH
ON YOUR PRIVATE ASSET PORTFOLIOS.

YOU CAN SEE YOUR ENTIRE PORTFOLIO AT EVERY LEVEL, FROM FEE INFORMATION,
TO PERFORMANCE DATA ON A SINGLE PLATFORM.

           TECH THAT WAS BUILT BY LPS, FOR LPS                            SIMULATES THE FUTURE

           PROVIDES COMPLETE TRANSPARENCY OF                              PROVIDES UNLIMITED,
           YOUR ENTIRE INVESTMENT STRUCTURE                               FULLY CUSTOMISABLE FLEXIBILITY

                                                                          BUILT FOR THE CLIENT ON THE MOVE;
           CATERS TO COMPLEXITY                                           DESKTOP AND MOBILE ENABLED

                                                                   WE’VE GOT YOU COVERED.
                                                                   COLMORE IS THE WORLD LEADER IN
                                                                 THESE SERVICES, SUPPORTING SOME OF
                                                                   THE LARGEST PARTNERS GLOBALLY.

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PREMIUM
PROVIDERS

PFA Solutions             13
Lionpoint                 21
qashqade                  28
PEAI                      36
GPX                       42
Other premium providers
PFA Solutions                                                                                               PREMIUM PROVIDER

Helping Fund Managers Aggregate, Share and
Manage Investment Data

    COMPANY NAME                                               PFA Solutions

    COMPANY DETAILS                                            info@pfasolutions.com

    WEBSITE                                                    www.pfasolutions.com

                                                               FirmView® - Carry and Compensation Management

    TECHNOLOGY PLATFORMS                                       FirmView® - Performance Management: Fund, Investor,
                                                               and Investment Dashboards and Analytics

                                                               FirmView® - Accounting Automations for Private Equity
                                                               Accounting Events

    SERVICES                                                   Enterprise Reporting, Custom Application Development/
                                                               Integration and FIS Investran Development

                             BENEFITS

                DIGITIZE FUND, INVESTOR, AND
                INVESTMENT DATA
                User-friendly dashboards and
                mobile access to Fund, Investor,
                and Investment Data

                REDUCE SPREADSHEET                                               AUTOMATE COMPLEX AND
                RELIANCE FOR GP CARRY                                            MANUAL ACCOUNTING
                PARTICIPANT ALLOCATIONS                                          PROCESSES
                Manage highly-sensitive                                          Increase controls and efficiency
                participant carry allocations                                    through integration with
                and compensation data in a                                       partnership accounting system
                secure platform                                                  and workflow functionality

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PFA Solutions                                                                                                PREMIUM PROVIDER

BRINGING MODERN TECHNOLOGY
TO PRIVATE EQUITY FIRMS TO
REDUCE RELIANCE ON EXCEL, AND
IMPROVE CONTROLS

Improve your digital experience
through the PFA FirmView®
Performance Management module.

Manage your highly sensitive carried
interest awards and compensation
arrangements through the FirmView
Carry Management module.

FirmView® is a cloud-based platform used by private equity firms and fund
                                                                      und
administrators for business intelligence reporting and analytics (across
                                                                       s
funds, investors, and investments), and GP participant carry and
compensation management.

                                                                       PFA is comprised of experienced technologists
                                                                       with a deep knowledge of alternative investments
                                                                       working both in-house and in a service provider
                                                                       capacity for private equity firms, multi-strategy
                                                                       hedge funds, institutional investors, and
                                                                       fund administrators.

                                                                       PFA is currently working with some of the
                                                                       largest private equity and alternative investment
                                                                       firms in the industry to solve complex
                                                                       technology problems.

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PFA Solutions                                                                                                        PREMIUM PROVIDER

CAPABILITIES ACROSS PRIVATE
EQUITY FUNCTIONS
Leverage single or multiple modules within FirmView®

                Performance                                          Carried                           Accounting
                Management                                           Interest                          Automations
                                                                   Management

      DASHBOARDS AND                                    CARRY ALLOCATIONS                    ACCOUNTING PROCESS
         ANALYTICS                                                                              IMPROVEMENT
   • Access Fund, Investor,                              • Securely Manage                      • Automate Business and
     and Investment Data                                   Sensitive Employee and                 Capital Events in
     via Dashboards                                        Partner Data (i.e.,                    Conjunction with your
                                                           Participant Allocation                 Accounting Platform
   • Generate Ad-Hoc and
                                                           Changes and Vesting)
     Drill-Down Analytics                                                                       • Leverage Workflow for
                                                         • Produce Full                           Review and Approvals
   • Integrate with
                                                           Compensation
     Upstream Systems (i.e.,                                                                    • Improve Transparency
                                                           Reporting
     Accounting and                                                                               in to how Complex
     Portfolio)                                          • Generate Carry                         Calculations are
                                                           Forecasts and                          Performed
                                                           Distribution Notices

          Data Interfaces
     (Accounting Systems, HR
         Systems, or Data
           Warehouse)                                                                                        Custom Reports

                                                                Dashboards & FirmView Standard Reporting

   Data Files                User Entry

                                                              Calculations        Power BI Analytics       Export to Excel & PDF
         Document Upload

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PFA Solutions                                                                          PREMIUM PROVIDER

FIRMVIEW® IS A CLOUD-BASED
PLATFORM USING THE HIGHEST
SECURITY PROTOCOLS

FirmView® continuously evolves to support our clients’ growing needs along with new
industry changes. Our cloud platform allows us to deliver scalability, performance, and
reliability no matter where you are in the world.

Our mission is to continually provide modern and user-friendly applications to the private
equity and alternative investment industry that increase the efficiency, accuracy and
automation of operational processes and investor reporting.

                         Modern                                        Integration
                        Platform                                       APIs

                                                                              Encryption &
                 Globally
                                                                              Multi-factor
                Deployed
                                                                              Authentication

                   Dedicated                                           Built-in
                 Mobile App                                            Analytics &
                                                                       Dashboards

                 User-friendly and modern platform using the latest
                          technology and security standards

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PFA Solutions                                                                                         PREMIUM PROVIDER

DIGITIZE YOUR BUSINESS THROUGH
THE PERFORMANCE MANAGEMENT
MODULE

FIRMVIEW® PERFORMANCE MANAGEMENT FUNCTIONALITY

          DASHBOARDS AND ANALYTICS                                     CUSTOM REPORTING
          Access fund, investment and investor                         Generate custom reporting and analytics
          reporting via web browser or mobile                          for management, client reporting and
          application to improve response time to                      tear sheets on funds and investments
          investors and internal questions

          DATA INTEGRATION                                             AGGREGATION
          Integrate data from upstream systems to                      Create a single source of truth for
          reduce time manually aggregating data                        accounting and portfolio data and
          and providing consolidated reporting                         documents

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PFA Solutions                                                                                  PREMIUM PROVIDER

MANAGE CARRIED INTEREST
ALLOCATIONS AND COMPENSATION
ARRANGEMENTS ACCURATELY AND
SECURELY

FIRMVIEW® CARRY MANAGEMENT FUNCTIONALITY

             PARTICIPANT ALLOCATIONS
             Manage allocations, changes and dilution
             events to re-allocate recipient allocations

                                                                       DISTRIBUTIONS
                                                                       Generate distributions with
                                                                       withholdings and notice letters

             REPORTING
             Aggregate total compensation across
             base, bonus, co-investments, carry, and
             management company equity

             FORECASTING
             Produce forecasts / dollars at work
             analytics

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PFA Solutions                                                                                                 PREMIUM PROVIDER

AUTOMATE ACCOUNTING PROCESSES
AND IMPROVE VISIBILITY
INTO CALCULATIONS

FIRMVIEW® ACCOUNTING AUTOMATIONS FUNCTIONALITY

            TRANSPARENCY                                                               ACCURACY
            Transparency into complex calculations                                     Reduce dependencies on Excel for
            and review and approvals before                                            complex calculations
            submission back to accounting system

            PERFORMANCE                                                                SCALABILITY
            Major performance improvements                                             Scalable framework for current
            including instance where process was                                       and future accounting automations
            reduced from ~15 hours to ~5 min

                                                                       Bidirectional
                                                                       Integration              Partnership
                                                                                                Accounting
                Calculate, Review, and                                                          System/GL
                Approve Calculations

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PFA Solutions                                                                                                        PREMIUM PROVIDER

A LEADERSHIP TEAM                                                      TEAM EXPERIENCE

WITH DEEP INDUSTRY                                                     • Long History of Serving Private Equity Firms

                                                                       • Former Leaders at Leading Alternative Investment Firms
AND TECHNICAL
                                                                       • Deep Technical and Private Markets Industry Experience
EXPERIENCE                                                             • Excellent Client Delivery Track Record

   RICHARD CHANGE                                               RYAN BURGER                               JUSTIN NEAL

     Managing Partner                                     Business Development                           Chief Architect

      20 years of technology                            15 years of technology experience          12 years of software development
   experience. Prior leadership                          working with private equity and              experience. Prior leadership
  roles at software firms and as                           alternative investment firms.             roles at software firms and as
 the Chief Application Architect                            Prior roles at EY, Investran,             a senior software developer
       at The Carlyle Group.                                      and Accenture.                          at The Carlyle Group.

    SETH STEINMETZ                                     JEANETTE HUNSBERGER                              ANDREW NYCE

        Client Success                                           Data Architect                         Lead Programmer

9 years of technology, consulting,                            15 years of experience               10 years of software development
and accounting experience in the                        developing software, data analysis              experience with private
 alternative investment industry.                          and creating sophisticated                    equity and alternative
      Prior roles at AQR, PwC                             data management solutions.                       investment firms.
            and Mazars.

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Lionpoint Group                                                                                                       PREMIUM PROVIDER

 Lionpoint Group
 Company Name              Lionpoint Group

                                                                                                               Six Of昀ces
 Contact Details           info@lionpointgroup.com
                                                                                                        Offices in New York, Denver,
                                                                                                          San Francisco, London,
 Website                   www.lionpointgroup.com                                                            Geneva & Sydney

 Services                  We provide digital transformation services for private markets
                           organizations, across the front, middle and back office, including:
                           •   Diagnostic assessment and target operating model design
                                                                                                              Independent
                           •   Technology roadmap and system selection
                                                                                                              Advice & Expertise
                           •   System implementation and integration
                           •   Report development and automation
                           •   Ongoing platform management

 Technology
 platforms
                           •   We are a global Anaplan Gold Partner.                                                45+
                           •   We also work with the leading industry solutions, such as DealCloud,
                                                                                                               Specialist
                               Chronograph, iLevel, FIS Investran, eFront, Allvue and Yardi.
                                                                                                          Technologies Covered

     Strategic                Operations                  System             Data &                Project           Platform
     Advisory               Transformation            Implementation        Analytics            Management         Management

Transform your operating model with Lionpoint
Lionpoint Group is a global consulting firm with market-leading expertise and
experience, helping organizations in the private markets industry gain operational
and technology efficiency.

We’ve partnered with the world’s top private equity firms, improving their deal
pipeline management, fundraising, investor relations, scenario modeling, portfolio
monitoring and accounting processes.

We’re a global Anaplan Gold Partner. Gold-tier status recognizes a partner’s ability
to drive high-value transformation and deliver exceptional customer success.
Lionpoint’s expertise with Anaplan includes its own IP in the implementation and
integration of Anaplan’s technology into existing technology systems of client
organizations. Industry specific Anaplan models address company budgeting and
forecasting, investment, fund and waterfall modeling, and other key areas of the
investment life cycle.

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Lionpoint Group                                                                                       PREMIUM PROVIDER

Anaplan (NYSE:PLAN): The leader in cloud 昀nancial planning and analysis

                                                                       1600+
Anaplan is a low code/no code cloud-based enterprise
technology used by leading organizations to connect
their business strategy to operational plans. With over
                                                                       employees
1500 global customers, they are a trusted long-term
partner for your business. Their growing community of
world-leading organizations, global network of experts
                                                                       1500+                      Customers in
and resources, and an unbreakable cloud-based
infrastructure offer an unrivalled solution for enhanced
decision-making capabilities and cross-silo line of sight.
                                                                       Customers
                                                                                                 50
                                                                                                  Countries

The Lionpoint and Anaplan advantage
Lionpoint partners with Anaplan to enable private markets and financial services firms automate processes,
integrate data and drive dynamic real-time updates to their calculations, modeling and forecasting.

Anaplan is the platform for orchestrating business performance, connecting critical operational drivers and
financial outcomes across the business to drive growth, optimization, efficiency and continuity. This allows you to
move from offline, isolated, manually maintained data—and a high dependence on Excel—to a cloud-based, fully
automated, scalable and collaborative solution.

We have developed a suite of Anaplan models to address the key challenges faced by private equity firms,
including carried interest administration, GP and LP waterfall modeling, PortCo monitoring, and other key areas of
the investment life cycle.

         Read about our customer story with
         MUFG Investor Services here

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Lionpoint Group                                                                                                                 PREMIUM PROVIDER

How Anaplan can work for your organization
                  Anaplan works across your entire business by connecting the front, middle and back office to create
    1             a line of sight for collaborative, agile and IT-independent modeling, forecasting and decision making.
                  From portfolio monitoring, to track record and fund models, Anaplan provides a holistic ecosystem to
                  support all facets of a private equity manager.

                  Anaplan can plug into any existing ecosystem via its flexible data model and calculation engine,
    2             connecting and unifying your CRM, portfolio monitoring and investment accounting solutions to
                  empower the entire organization with a single data ecosystem.

                  Anaplan complements your existing technology options as it integrates with your existing,

    3
                  foundational systems and combines traditionally offline data sources, such as Excel. Anaplan
                  enhances data through forecasting and sensitivity analysis to track the projected risk and return
                  profile of your investments.

                  Anaplan is a cloud-based, scalable digital platform that sits across your core systems and provides a

   4              centrally connected source for all planning, forecasting and modeling. Anaplan provides a simple user
                  interface with familiar Excel-like functionality. Internal and external teams are able to collaboratively
                  access the software and make data-driven decisions in real time.

Anaplan connects people, data and plans within your existing architecture
                                                                 Business Functions

     Marketing              Investor Relations              Finance                 Investment Team           Compliance       Mgmt Company

                                                         Anaplan Platform Capabilities

      Data Hub             Forcasting         What-If Analysis         Data Visualization      Field-level        Workflow      Collaboration
                                                                                              Access Rights

                                                       Existing Client Data Infrastructure

      Integration
         Layer
                          Middleware         Business Process               Data              Master Data        ETL Tools       Enterprise
                                              Management                 Warehouses           Management                        Service Bus

                                                                 Client Data Sources

     Data Sources                CRM Data              Asset Data               Partnership            Management            HR System
                                                                                Accounting          Company Accounting

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Lionpoint Group                                                                                                                  PREMIUM PROVIDER

Connected planning
Lionpoint’s use of Anaplan within Private Equity firms connects previously siloed processes and environments
across the front, middle and back-office. This enables automation and reporting efficiencies, with an
enterprise-wide line of sight.

      Simplify                                                                                                           Drive profitable
      change                                                             Fundraising                                             growth

                                                             Financial
                            CapEx                           Planning &                     Deal
                           Planning                          Analysis                    Pipeline

                                                                           Asset                       Investor
                                            Cash                                                      Relations &
                                        Reconciliation                   Monitoring
                                                                         & Modeling                    Servicing
                                                                                         KPI &
                                                             Mgmt                      Operations                    Fund
                            OpEx                            Company
                           Planning                                                     Metrics                     Budget &
                                                           Accounting                   Analysis                    Forecast
           Accounts
           Payable &                      Workforce                                                   Regulatory
           Expense                        Planning                       for Private                  Compliance
             Mgmt                                                          Equity

                                                                                          Fund
                           Strategic                        Incentive                   Analytics                   Deal Value
                           Planning                       Compensation                 & Modeling                    Creation

                                             Tax                          Carry &                      Expense
            Treasury                     Structure &                      Waterfall                   Accruals &
                                            Mgmt                          Modeling                    Allocations

                          Cashflow &                         Revenue &                  Partnership
                           Liquidity                           Fee                     Accounting
                                                                                        (Investor                   Valuations
                           Planning                         Modeling
                                                                                       Allocations)
                                                                           Fund &                     Performance
                                                                          Investor                     Reporting
                                                                         Reporting

                                                          Shift resources to value creation

Con昀gure key waterfall terms and industry requirements to your speci昀cations
With Anaplan, waterfall terms and industry requirements can be configured to the fund manager’s specifications
based on their LPA, allowing for automation across workflow, reporting and analytics.

Work昀ow                                                  Reporting                                       Analytics
• Setup funds, investors and load                        • Dynamic dashboards for GP                     • Create any scenario assumption
  transactional data.                                      and LPs.                                        (macro, FX, portfolio
• Calculate complex waterfall                            • Full transparency and                           combinations etc.).
  terms, models (e.g. Hybrids,                             auditability into any level of the            • Compare the prior actuals,
  Whole-of-Fund, Deal by                                   underlying waterfall calculations.              current model and what-if
  Deal), specific investor fee                            • Export data to other systems                    scenarios.
  arrangements, Theoretical NAV                            and formats (Excel, PowerPoint                • Determine the best combination
  (pre and post carry).                                    and PDF).                                       of waterfall terms for new
• Calculate all distributions and                        • Connect to other Anaplan                        fund launches.
  splits by GP, LPs, fund entities                         models e.g. budgeting,
  and investor groups.                                     forecasting, carry plans.

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Lionpoint Group                                                                                                     PREMIUM PROVIDER

Case studies
How we’ve helped clients with their Waterfall and Carry calculations using Anaplan
Recent projects we’ve worked with clients to improve their carried interest calculation processes:

 Case study:                                 The Client:
 Waterfall automation                        Investment management firm with $30+ billion AUM
 The Challenge                                                         The Impact

 > Complex client waterfall calculations maintained                    > Waterfall calculation at the investor level with a
   in individual Excel based models.                                     full breakout of the calculations at each tier of
                                                                         the waterfall.
 > Difficulty calculating reallocation of carried interest
   transactions at different levels of the fund structure.             > Ability to review and track the calculations at the
                                                                         different tiers of the fund structure, e.g. blockers,
 > Frequent manual updates were required to the
                                                                         feeders and AIVs.
   calculations inside the model, resulting in errors.
                                                                       > Single consolidated platform to calculate carried
 > No central platform to review the waterfall
                                                                         interest across multiple fund families.
   calculations and manually booking back the carried
   interest accounting entries at the investor level                   > Generation of the accounting entries required to
   into the GL.                                                          record the reallocation of carried interest between
                                                                         the GP and LPs back into the accounting GL system.

    “We can set up models 50% faster than before.”

  Case study:                                 The Client:
  Waterfall automation                        Investment management firm with $40+ billion AUM
  The Challenge                                                        The Impact

  > Too much time spent gathering and validating                       > Fully automated calculation of preferred,
    information and not enough time analyzing.                           catchup, split and final returns.
  > Difficulty in modeling new deals without time                      > Carry calculation on an actual and
    consuming Excel setup processes.                                     forecasted basis.
  > The client needed assistance in translating                        > Full shadow for fund administrator
    and simplifying limited partnership agreement                        distribution calculation.
    (LPA) terms into a consolidated model with
                                                                       > Management fee calculations based on
    greater accuracy.
                                                                         varying fee bases.
                                                                       > Capital spread reporting for LP capital balances.

      “Calculations that once took four to 昀ve hours can be done in
      30 minutes with Anaplan.”

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Lionpoint Group                                                                                                    PREMIUM PROVIDER

 Case study:                                 The Client:
 Carry Points Administration                 Private Equity firm with $30+ billion AUM
 The Challenge                                                         The Impact

 > Existing points admin process was very                              > Single consolidated platform to calculate all
   cumbersome, contained in multiple massive                             point activity by participant and by fund.
   static Excel files.
                                                                       > Multiple composite hierarchies used for
 > The client was transitioning to Workday and                           flexible reporting.
   wanted to use this as an opportunity to redesign
                                                                       > Solution allowed for a more accurate allocation
   the Carry Admin process.
                                                                         of fund projections.
 > Difficulty in modeling new deals without time
                                                                       > Automated integration of future Workday data
   consuming excel setup processes.
                                                                         meant easy integration once Workday went live.

      “Having essentially one model across our entire global portfolio
      will make our processes so much more ef昀cient; providing the
      ability to build, test, and deploy enhancements to our model in
      one action. This is in sharp contrast to our current situation,
      where we have approximately 300 separate Excel models
      with very limited ways to maintain or even change them in
      a structured way.”

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Lionpoint Group                                                                      PREMIUM PROVIDER

                Where leaders in global
                private markets go for
                digital transformation
                across the Front, Middle,
                and Back Of昀ce.
                Combining deep, hands-on industry experience,
                with the leading technology solutions, such as DealCloud,
                Chronograph, iLevel, FIS Investran, eFront, Allvue, Yardi and Anaplan.
                We’ll take you from advice to delivery, across:

                ƒ Diagnostic assessment and target operating model design
                ƒ Technology roadmap and system selection
                ƒ System implementation and integration
                ƒ Report development and automation
                ƒ Ongoing platform management

                Take the next step in your organization’s digital transformation
                and speak with our Consultants today.

                info@lionpointgroup.com             |   lionpointgroup.com

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qashqade                                                                                                           PREMIUM PROVIDER

                                          qashqade AG
                                                Your new Standard!
         Our Mission:
‘ Everything should be made
    as simple as possible,
      but not simpler. ’
           (Einstein)

                     Company Name                          qashqade AG
                     Company Details                       info@qashqade.com
                     Website                               www.qashqade.com
                     Technology Platforms                  qSimple for GPs
                                                           qFund for Fund Admins
                                                           qPrecise for LPs
                                                           qRapid Reporting Tool and Document Generator

                     Services                              Fee Validation, Scenario and Performance Analysis, Cash Flow Modelling
                                                           Carry Management, Reporting, System implementation and integration

Company Profile
qashqade has developed a state-of-the-art technology solution for fund managers (GPs), investors (LPs)
and fund administrators alike.

Our various product modules allow you to change the way you communicate with your fund administrators

                                                                                                                    -to-use.
Our reporting tool qRAPID was developed to support any customization of output information (notices,
quarterly reports, annual reports, customized ad-hoc reports) for fund managers and investors. The idea
was to create a tool that can be used by anyone, can be customized to your needs and is able to provide
the transparency and visualization investors and fund managers are looking for.

qashqade can be used de facto as a data hub. We are able to connect to multiple systems via our own
application interface therefore reducing valuable time for data migration and potential risk of erroneous
data upload.

Our strengths lie in bringing together digital technologies and specific expertise in the areas of finance,
specific product knowledge for Private Market solutions and the Start-Up community, product development
and risk management – all within one coherent system.

Be smart, use qashqade!

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qashqade                                                                                                              PREMIUM PROVIDER

Firm Overview
We enable the Private Markets to move into the digital era, where
expertise adds value and reduces risk. Smart, easy and safe!

                                                                    qashqade was founded to enable alternative asset
                                                                    companies and their investors to calculate their carry
                                                                    waterfall in a fully automated and tailored system instead
                                                                    of spreadsheets, which creates greater transparency,
                                                                    reduces risk, increases scalability and allows direct
                                                                    communication of terms between GP and LP.

                                                                    Over the last years, we have extended our product

                                                                    data hub allowing interfaces to multiple systems,
                                                                    enabling qashqade users to utilize our various modules
                                                                    making their day-to-day life easier and safer.

                                           3 Reasons to choose qashqade:
  1. Innovative

  2. Intuitive

  Save time when you create your waterfall with our intuitive system and have access from everywhere.

  3. Stable and Secure

  Have all the history available and configure your level of security. All algorithms are constantly tested,
  and be safe with an audited and certified software.

Industry Awards
qashqade has won several industry awards in 2018, 2019 and 2020.
  Awards for:

  1.       Best Continental Europe Fintech Start-up December-2018 by Wealth & Finance
  2.       Fintech of the Year in Switzerland for 2019 by Wealth & Finance
  3.       Most innovative SaaS Developer 2019 by Wealth & Finance
  4.       Most Trusted in Tech Private Equity Solutions 2019-Switzerland by Global Business Insight
  5.       FinTech Start Up of the Year Switzerland by CorporateLiveWire 2019
  6.       FinTech Start Up of the Year 2020 – Central Europe by M&A Today
  7.       Best Cash-Flow Modelling Platform 2020 by Wealth & Finance

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qashqade                                                                                                               PREMIUM PROVIDER

The Team
Extensive experience in the financial service sector matched with strong
product knowledge in the PE space.

The Challenge
The flexibility needed for modelling, calculating and reporting distribution
waterfalls is provided by Excel only until qashqade!

         The qashqade Advisory©

         The qashqade advisory uses the various qashqade applications to support you with everything
         around the set up of your carry including an in-depth due diligence of your model and the
         cash flow data used, distribution allocations, maintenance of your carry calculations,
         modelling, customizing your reports, cash-flow anaylsis and tracking of your defined KPIs.

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qashqade                                                                                                               PREMIUM PROVIDER

The qashqade Universe
Fee Modelling, Reporting, Validation & Operation is costly and risky. High
quality tools are not available. But now there is one who can make it all:

                                        save time and increase your profit!
 Our various product modules allow you to change the way you communicate with your fund administrators

                                                                                                                          -to-use.

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qashqade                                                                                                     PREMIUM PROVIDER

(Performance-)Fee calculation:
Calculate any fee of a priority-based rule-driven term sheet and
understand the result.

    Configure your Model                             Work with complex Data           Understand your Numbers

                                                                             Configure any terms without
                                                                           coding, vary and run them when
                                                                            you need it. Get very detailed
                                                                                and historical results.

Our Fee Validation tool allows the user to enter the
net transaction received by the various fund managers
(GPs) into the qashqade software, replicate the
waterfall based on the contractual agreement (LPA)
and thus start validating if fees paid (management fee,
performance fee, etc.) and/or carry received are identical
or not. The qashqade software will then gross-up

Our reporting tool provides easy to use reports that

With our fee validation tool the user can quickly and

upon. Our Fee Validation tool was built for LPs and GPs
alike.

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qashqade                                                                                                     PREMIUM PROVIDER

Scenarios
Control the performance over time via planning your cash flows and
reviewing their impact.

    Model your Cash flows                                 Forecast the Performance               Adapt to Reality

      The Cash Flow Model screen allows the user to create scenarios based on an actual or forecasted set
      of capital events that (may) take place in the future. The Cash Flow Model calculation then translates
      these capital events into actual or forecasted cash flows that later could be used for transaction
      generation and for further analysis within the system.
      The cash flow models created under the Cash Flow Model screen can be translated into transactions.
      You can then make these transactions (along with all other transactions) available for waterfall
      calculations, as well as for other analyses in the Scenarios module.
      With the scenario module you can build various scenarios customizable by you to your needs.

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qashqade                                                                                                      PREMIUM PROVIDER

qRAPID Reporting
Create Reports from

      Create your Reports                          Produce variable Docs            Communicate your Results

       With our qRapid Reporting system we
       provide advanced customizable reporting
       and variable Document creation.

       You can create any type of output
       document be it for notices like drawdown
       or distribution or for reports like quarterly
       or annual.

       You can include any type of visualization
       from graphs to charts.

       And you can fully customize the layout and
       style.

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qashqade                                                                                                     PREMIUM PROVIDER

Why qashqade?
We catapult you to the next digitalization era with our best-breed and
best-practice solution.

SMART
qashqade’s approach to fee caluclation is innovative and avoids the common gaps and
traps. With qashqade, calculation is no longer a cost factor, risk or bottleneck and it helps
increase your profitability. qashqade is versatile enough to cover your cases and terms so
that you reduce application complexity by having one place for all calculations.

                                                            EASY
                                                            The user interface is intuitive. No need to be an
                                                            accountant or have a deeply technical background.
                                                            The input as well as the results are clear and well
                                                            structured so that anterior and subsequent processes
                                                            can be integrated seamlessly. qashqade is web-based
                                                            and accessible wherever you and your team work.

SAFE
With hundreds of waterfalls, ten years of history, many investors and deals and many
admins qashqade remains stable and new changes can be handled without disruption.
qashqade output is trusted by clients and every change is tracked by audit trail.
qashqade can be hosted in our secure cloud or your own organization’s cloud with our
state-of-the-art security measures in place to keep your data secure.

              Be smart, use qashqade!

             Don’t hesitate to contact us to request a demo or for any queries, we hope to speak soon:

                                   +41 79 550 6111            oliver.freigang@qashqade.com
                                   +41 79 644 9284            gregor.kreuzer@qashqade.com

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PEAI Limited                                                                                                        PREMIUM PROVIDER

PEAI Limited
               Provider’s name: PEAI Limited
                                                                                               Meet our team
               Provider’s status: Premium Provider
                Contact details: info@peaccountinginsights.com                                                  Mariya
                                                                                                                Stefanova,
                       Website: www.peaccountinginsights.com
                                                                                                                Founder Partner
   Carried interest services: LP Carried Interest/Fee Validation
                                    GP Waterfall Model Certification
                                    Carried Interest/Waterfall Software Certification
                                    Waterfall Modelling & Design Services
                                    Carried Interest and Waterfall Advisory
                                    Carried Interest Training                                                   Dimitar Galabov,
  Carried interest products: PEAI Ready‐to‐use Waterfall Models & Templates                                     Product
                                                                                                                Development
                                    PEAI LP Carried Interest Validation Template

 Company profile
 PEAI Limited ﴾PEAI﴿ is a UK‐registered, Bahamas‐based private equity ﴾PE﴿ training and
 consultancy firm, providing specialist PE training and technical advice to General
 Partners ﴾GPs﴿, Limited Partners ﴾LPs﴿, fund administrators and other service providers
 in the private equity space. The firm was founded by Mariya Stefanova, a best‐selling                          Alexander
 author of the only private equity accounting, investor reporting and carried interest                          Ivanov, Analyst
 books, ‘Private Equity Accounting: The Global Guide’, ‘Private Equity Accounting, Investor
 Reporting, and Beyond: Advanced Guide’, and ‘The Definitive Guide to Carried Interest’.
 Since 2015, PEAI’s focus has been on LP carried interest/fee validation, GP carried
 interest/waterfall modelling, GP waterfall model certification, and carried interest‐
 related consultancy services and training. Our clients are some of the largest
 institutional investor, GPs, fund administrators and PE specialist software providers.

 Publications
 Private Equity Accounting              The Definitive Guide to        Private Equity Accounting,  Global Directory of Carried
                                        Carried Interest               Investor Reporting & Beyond Interest Service Providers

 By Mariya Stefanova, PEAI              By Mariya Stefanova, PEAI      By Mariya Stefanova

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PEAI Limited                                                                                                                   PREMIUM PROVIDER

Our Clients

 We have a global client base across the US, Canada, Europe, the UK, Asia Pacific, Latin
 America & the Caribbean, and the Middle East & Africa, that includes:
 • Many of the largest institutional investors/LPs (pension plans, university endowments,
   family offices, fund of funds, charitable foundations, insurance companies, etc.﴿
 • A long list of large and mid‐size PE firms/GPs
 • Many large and middle‐size fund administrators
 • A number of other PE service providers (e.g. placement agents, legal firms, specialist PE
   software companies, etc.﴿

                                                                   Pension Plans – State & Corporate

                                                                               University Endowments

                                                                       Family Offices

                                                                               Fund of Funds
                   LPs
                                                                       Charitable Foundations

                                                                               Insurance Companies
                                                                                                                 Back Office

                                                                                                                          Front Office

                                                                                                                 Investor Relations
          GPs
                                                                                                                          Legal & Compliance
                                                                   Fund Administrators

                                                                               Placement Agents

                                                                                        Software Providers

                Service
               Providers                                                                        Data Providers

                                                                                        Legal Firms

                                                                               Other Service Providers

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Our Carry/Waterfall Products & Services

 We provide a wide range of LP and GP, including carried interest/waterfall‐related, products
 and services some of which are featured below:

            Outsourced                               LP Carried Interest
        LP Carried Interest/                       Validation Excel-based
          Fee Validation                           Template & Technical
                                                          Training

                                                                                                 LP Products and Services

                              LP Carried Interest/
                                Fee Validation
                                Methodologies,
                            Processes & Guidelines

                                                                       GP Waterfall Modelling           GP Waterfall Model
                                                                             & Design                  Review & Certification

 GP Products and Services

                                                                                         GP Waterfall/Carry,
                                                                                       PE Fund Accounting and
                                                                                    Investor Reporting Templates
                                                                                        & Technical Training

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Our Suite of Excel‐based Reporting, Analysis &
Calculation Templates

 Another group of products we offer to both GPs and LPs is our Suites of Excel‐based
 Templates which include a variety of dynamic easily‐self‐customisable standard and fully
 custom‐designed Templates.

Our LP Suite of Reporting & Analysis Templates

                                              True Value                                  Fund Performance,

                          1                Creation & Deal
                                             Driver Value
                                           Analysis Template
                                                                          3               Portfolio Company
                                                                                          and Risk/Exposure
                                                                                          Analysis Templates
                                                                                                                      5

                      LP Carried                                                                                     Other
                     Interest/Fee
                Validation Template               2                    LP Reporting
                                                                        Templates
                                                                                                 4                 Customised
                                                                                                                   Templates

Our GP Suite of Reporting & Calculation Templates

                                                                                       Financial
                                  Equalisation &                                                                                   Other

               1                   Rebalancing
                                    Template                     3                   Statements &
                                                                                  Investor Reporting
                                                                                       Template
                                                                                                               5                Customised
                                                                                                                                 Templates

                                                                                                       Waterfall/Carried
          Drawdown &                                    PE Fund Accounting
           Distribution
            Template                    2            (Journals & Trial Balance)
                                                        Dynamic Templates               4               Interest Model
                                                                                                           Dynamic
                                                                                                          Templates
                                                                                                                                  6

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