Business Consulting for Hedge Funds and Family Offices
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Solve Your Most Pressing Investments and Operations Challenges
Overcome your most pressing challenges with best practice consulting from Arootah Business Advisory. Under the direction of Rich Bello, co-founder and COO of Blue Ridge Capital, our team of advisors brings real-world experience from some of the world’s most prestigious hedge funds — Tiger Management, D.E. Shaw, Maverick, Pequot, Andor — to support hedge fund executives, single family offices, and multi-family offices in maximizing performance and achieving their goals.
With our process-driven approach and tailored solutions, our advisory team imparts the tools, policies, and procedures to proactively build a firm so stable, the only surprises you’ll experience come from markets.
Our team of advisors leverages real-world experience in structuring, operating, managing, and growing successful hedge funds and family offices to support our clients in meeting and overcoming their biggest needs and challenges.
We offer services on an ad-hoc or project basis or for longer-term engagements.
Hedge Fund Advisory
Arootah Hedge Fund Advisory propels your business forward by leveraging our experience across the key areas of a firm: Investments and Operations. Our team can support you throughout the entire life cycle: from startup to raising capital to ongoing operations and beyond.
- Gain confidence across the entire lifecycle of fund management
- Navigate complex SEC and compliance issues
- Ensure the satisfaction of your investor
- Foster collaboration across functional areas
Family Office Advisory
Arootah Family Office Advisory supports the unsung heroes who drive the engine of a family office. Our experience helps wealthy families and family offices make the best use of their three most valuable assets: time, money, and family.
- Gain peace of mind knowing their assets are protected
- Navigate challenging family dynamics
- Benefit from an objective third party
- Ensure their children and future generations will be well-cared for
We offer the tools and foundational support to:
- Gain confidence across the entire lifecycle of fund management
- Navigate complex SEC and compliance issues
- Ensure the satisfaction of your investors
- Foster collaboration across functional areas
We offer the support families need to:
- Gain peace of mind knowing their assets are protected
- Navigate challenging family dynamics
- Benefit from an objective third party
- Ensure their children and future generations will be well-cared for
Business Consulting: Fill in the Gaps
Consider our experts an extension of your team. Learn how your firm or family office can grow in the following functional areas:
Functional Areas
Portfolio Management
Before you can begin to differentiate yourself from your competition, you must generate returns with the smartest and most strategic portfolio of individual investments possible. Developing policies for constructing and managing risk-adjusted portfolios that generate positive returns is your North Star.
Value Added Research
What exactly is the value proposition you are selling to investors? Your competitive advantage in picking investments. We’ll help you expand and streamline the methods you use to conduct thorough and compliant research through process improvements and quantifiable decision-making techniques.
Risk Management
Risk is an ongoing challenge you must not only identify in your firm, but seek to mitigate. Your methods, how you articulate those to investors, and your ability to effectively control risks specific to your asset class will help you build trust with your clients.
Data Science
Data: It can undermine the entire investment process if it lacks integrity or quality. Let us help you implement cost-effective approaches to data vendors.
Trading
Avenues for trade execution, particularly technology innovators, are constantly evolving and have a direct impact on your ability to source liquidity, achieve best execution, and generate alpha. How you manage the trading process is critically important to investors and regulators.
Compliance
In recent years, the number of SEC cases and enforcement actions related to firm research and investment practices has increased. Control measures are crucial to ensure that you are meeting all legal and regulatory requirements, particularly as it relates to material non-public information and the use of expert networks. The goal: to protect your firm from costly violations.
Talent Acquisition
The PM manages two portfolios: People and investments. By far, the most important portfolio is the team, but leaders often struggle to invest time in creating a cohesive unit by establishing a process for hiring, compensation, performance measurement, and termination.

Talent Acquisition Services

Talent Acquisition Process Training

Talent Acquisition Software

Talent Acquisition Services

Talent Acquisition Process Training

Talent Acquisition Software
Operations
Treasury
Navigating cash flows, liquidity, and capital allocation is complex. Our advisors bring clarity and strategic insight, guiding your hedge fund to optimize capital across investments, operations, and risk management activities. We partner with you to drive performance and achieve your fund’s objectives, enhancing your growth and stability.
Finance
Balancing financial reporting, budgeting, risk management, and investor relations can be daunting. Streamline these processes, ensure accurate financial information, enhance operational efficiency, and get assistance in regulatory compliance with our advisory services. We facilitate effective communication with investors, supporting your fund’s financial health and steering it toward success.
Business Development
Capital-raising is one of the most daunting tasks that any firm faces. There are effective ways you can position your team for success in raising assets and securing investors, while making sure you comply with all marketing and distribution requirements.
Investor Relations
Your ability to effectively communicate with investors is critical in fostering long-lasting relationships. Referrals only come from well-informed and satisfied clients; they are your best marketing tool.
Legal & Compliance
Set a tone-at-the-top commitment to compliance by establishing processes and control measures that help your firm prevent legal trouble and regulatory violations. Do it reputably from inception so you can focus on success and avoid unwarranted scrutiny.
Taxes & Accounting
Whether you process records in-house or outsource them, you need to have a system in place to oversee the accounting, financial reporting, annual audit, and tax preparation requirements of the fund and its clients. The accuracy of your books and records is critical to daily operations as well as your contact with clients and regulatory agencies.
Technology Infrastructure
Set your team up for productivity by ensuring they have the tools and technology needed for success, whether they’re working remotely or in-office.
Cybersecurity
The number of cybersecurity attacks continues to steadily rise. Guard your firm’s data against the ongoing threat of cyberattacks, identity theft, and system outages.
Family Office
Meeting the wealth, tax, asset, and liability management needs of the principal(s) and their estates requires specialized attention. Protecting the interests of the firm’s owner(s) ensures their peace of mind and business continuity. Learn about our Family Office Advisory.
Administrative
A business cannot function without the proper behind-the-scenes support, resources, and services. Don’t ignore the importance of an efficient and cost-effective infrastructure to meet the ongoing needs of your clients and employees.
Human Resources
Focus on your most important resource—human capital—by establishing and implementing procedures for talent acquisition, diversity and inclusion, training and professional development, and benefits. Employee dissatisfaction and turnover cost organizations valuable time and money.
Due Diligence
Conducting exhaustive research and analysis on investment opportunities or potential counterparties can be a painstaking process. Get expert support that illuminates potential risks and rewards, enabling you to make informed investment decisions. We assist in evaluating financials, strategies, and legal and regulatory compliance, safeguarding your investments and boosting your fund’s potential.
Operations
Operations lie at the heart of a well-managed hedge fund, handling pivotal functions such as trade settlement, reconciliation, performance measurement, and compliance. With attention to detail, the right operations guarantees accurate record-keeping, efficient risk management, and stringent adherence to regulatory requirements. These essentials empower your fund to operate at its best, boosting efficiency and overall effectiveness.
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Frequently Asked Questions
Who are your clients, and what do you do for them?
Our clients come from hedge funds, family offices, wealth management firms, asset management firms, and financial institutions, but our consulting capabilities expand beyond those industries. Our advisors carefully assess how they currently operate across all functional areas and identify where gaps exist.
What kind of “success” do you help clients achieve?
We go far beyond business success. Depending on where you want to improve, our team supports businesses and individuals to accomplish their most ambitious goals, including:
- Expanding operations
- Maximizing returns
- Leveraging resources
- Refocusing talents
- Pursuing exciting opportunities
- Raising more capital
- Exploring new ventures
How does Arootah Business Consulting improve the corporate environment?
There are measurable impacts of business consulting, such as improved efficiencies, fewer mistakes, reduction of costly errors, and increased revenues. Research has shown businesses that leverage the involvement of subject-matter experts in various functional areas see improved productivity.
Will I receive a business strategy?
Yes, Arootah advisors are eager to provide you with a strategy that works! They’re committed to helping you optimize your business plan, find the best tactics, and support you during implementation. Business consulting services are perfect for those looking to grow a business or better market their products.
Where does Arootah Business Consulting take place?
We’re 100% online so we can easily connect with you whenever it’s most convenient for you. The program is safe, secure, and confidential. Our clients and consultants are working hard to make incredible things happen. Protecting your trade secrets, intellectual property, and personal information is a top priority.