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We take care of the technicalities of fund administration, middle office, and investor services in private capital asset servicing for you. These capabilities are delivered through CapLink Private – the window to all your transactions, portfolio management, investor registry, digital workflow management, and much more. Think of it as your personalised, secure portal.

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Private capital assets are predicted to reach USD 24 trillion by 2028 [1].  We understand investors are searching for long-term performance and diversification in today’s ever-evolving landscape. To capitalise on private capital’s continued growth, fund managers must industrialise and digitalise their processes to handle complexity at scale and meet increasing transparency requirements from their investors. Our clients can benefit from our digital outsourcing solution encompassing a comprehensive suite of banking, financing and asset fund services.

[1] The Future of Alternatives 2028 | Preqin

“We are excited to partner with you on your private capital journey and demonstrate how we can contribute to your success.

Our global franchise

as of 31 Dec 2023

880

dedicated employees

830 USD bn

assets under service

2850

structures serviced

16

operating locations

880

dedicated employees

830 $ bn

assets under service
as of 31 Dec 2023

2850

structures serviced

16

operating locations

Administrator of the Year
Debt/Loan

Private Equity

Private Debt

Infrastructure

Real Estate

Fund of Funds

Secondaries

Private Capital Solutions

We cover all types of fund structures and jurisdictions.
End-to-end solution offering scale and efficiency across all strategies and asset classes

ASSET CLASSES

Private Equity

Private Debt

Infrastructure

Real Estate

Fund of Funds

Secondaries

Our service offerings

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Depositary / Custody

We provide depository & trustee services, covering oversight duties and safekeeping across multiple fund’s domicile in regulated jurisdictions.

Cash processing

We offer a fully automated straight-through-process [STP] solution for cash-in and cash-out including Know Your Investor [KYI] and 6 eye check. Developed for fund operations, fees, Inter-entity, portfolio transactions and forex [FX].

Financing

We leverage on strong balance sheet to finance our clients. ​We provide capital call financing to private market funds for fast access to capital and smooth liquidity management at fund level to accelerate investment closings. The credit facilities are secured against uncalled Limited Partners [LPs] commitments.​​​

Investor AML / KYI

We secure investor compliance with robust due diligence process and streamline reporting to General Partner with our specialised Private Capital Anti-money laundering /Know Your Investor [AML/KYI] services. Our highly qualified team ensures smooth onboarding for your investors in accordance with regulatory standards.

Domiciliation &
corporate secretary

We streamline your business operations with our domiciliation and corporate secretary services, providing a seamless administrative hub for your fund. From registered office facilities, managing statutory requirements to facilitating board meetings and maintaining the fund records, we provide comprehensive range of support so that you can stay focused on driving business forward.​

Corporate accounting

We manage the intricacies of general partners, holding companies, special purpose vehicles, fund structures composed of entities domiciled in various jurisdictions with our specialised services . We handle various reporting frameworks and support your complex structures at every stage to accommodate bespoke investor needs and strengthen your financial strategy.​

Accounting
consolidation

We illuminate the financial landscape of your fund structure with our consolidation expertise, offering insightful look-through reporting with the full underlying investment portfolio. By aggregating data from multiple entities, we provide a transparent view to enable informed decision-making and strategic data planning.​​

Fund administration

We offer comprehensive range of services from fund accounting to financing reporting. Our expertise spans various accounting frameworks, including IFRS and US GAAPS, utilising a global integrated platform with automated controls. We ensure end-to-end processes for investor service and reporting on management fees and waterfall calculations, powered by a single source of data. Performance indicators like IRR and multiples are accessible within our platform.

Portfolio services

We work alongside you to manage middle office activities, including monitoring the companies held directly or indirectly by the fund through our digital web portal to ensure complete transparency and extensive look-through capability.

Loan solutions

We customise solution for closed-end direct lending funds to deliver accurate and consistent reporting . We maximise efficiency by directing all inbound agent notices through our systems which provides a single queue of unique notices to facilitate processing and tracking. Our loan solutions covers loan administration services and collateral administration for Asset Backed financing.

Investor services

We provide a comprehensive middle office services for investors with full end-to-end online workflows for capitals call and distributions from the production of the notices to the automated dissemination to investors on a white-labeled interface. We also manage the creation and communication of capital account statements and other investor reports including tax statements for funds.​

Analytics for private
equity funds

We present an advanced simulation tool to forecast performance (IRR, multiples) of your portfolios, funds and investors through simulating the deal exits while instantly calculating the adjusted management fees and waterfall calculations.​

Analytics for fund of funds

We provide advanced data analytics on your fund portfolios with benchmarking on the back of advanced comparison methods, risk analysis relying on robust correlation portfolio model, and performance forecasting leveraging on sophisticated econometric models.

ESG for fund of funds

We offer insights on ESG scoring of portfolio companies held by the funds you have invested into based on the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals [UN SDG] for the scoring of the location, and the Sustainability Accounting Standards Board [SASB] framework for the scoring of the industry.​

Custody

We provide access to more than 90 markets through our custody network, 27 of which are proprietary, offering our clients a direct connection to the most active markets in listed instruments. This includes the dealing and record keeping of fund shares in the registers of transfer agents.​​

Accounting

We leverage our full accounting expertise to produce your accounting book of record according to your requirements. The simplicity of having the right price applied to the listed investments you keep with us.​

Cashflows

We collect and process capital calls and distributions automatically leveraging robotics and artificial intelligence. Clients can validate them through our digital portal – CapLink Private. The validation of the capital calls triggers the highly secured payment process of BNP Paribas.

Fund investment

We provide real-time view on all the data of your fund investments by calculating the adjusted net asset value automatically and the most up-to-date performance indicators, considering your investment restrictions and the carried interests of the funds.

Look through

We offer look-through capability to comprehend the composition of your fund investments portfolio through advanced data visualization, by collecting automatically their management reports.​

Data analytics

We provide benchmarking analysis on the back of advanced comparison methods including quartile ranking, portfolio replication, value decomposition, Public Market Equivalent, etc.​

ESG insights

We provide insights on ESG scoring of portfolio companies held by the funds you have invested into based on the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals [UN SDG] for the scoring of the location, and the Sustainability Accounting Standards Board [SASB] framework for the scoring of the industry.​

Our key differentiators

A fully integrated fund provider to private capital asset managers.
Our solutions span the full continuum of a private capital fund’s lifecycle.

Our digital solutions

Access all the data of your funds in real-time with end-to-end workflows and advanced risk and performance analytics thanks to CapLink Private.

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Our key contacts



PIERRIC VALDANT

Global Head of Sales & Relationship Management for Private Capital BNP Paribas

LAURENT DURDILLY
Global Head of Private Capital
BNP Paribas

Karine Litou
Global Deputy Head of Private Capital
BNP Paribas

Christophe picardel
Regional Head of Private Capital Asia- Pacific BNP Paribas