The objective of any fund is to provide the highest possible return for investors for a given risk profile. Censere provides a range of services designed to assist both general partners and limited partners in that objective, throughout the life-cycle of a typical fund.

We believe that the most successful funds realise superior returns by making sound initial investments and then monitoring those investments carefully throughout the holding period. A good exit strategy can’t compensate for a poor investment.

Censere’s services are tailored to supplement the capabilities of the fund manager and enhance independence and transparency to the fund reporting process.

Fund-raising - How do you raise funds in competition to every other fund?

The choice of service-providers and the overall corporate governance and reporting system is key to winning the confidence of investors. By appointing Censere as valuation consultant, fund managers obtain access to our full range of due diligence, valuation and monitoring services.

Together with the fund manager we develop a robust investment evaluation and monitoring policy that can be referenced in the fund-raising materials. Censere can also prepare case studies for inclusion in promotional materials.

Deployment - How do you ensure that you make the right investments?

Financial and legal due diligence are a given – but they don’t ensure future success. Censere’s strategic due diligence services are forward-looking and address fundamental value drivers that are ignored during traditional due diligence investigations. When combined with Censere’s financial modelling and valuation skills, we can significantly reduce the probability of making a sub-optimal investment decision. Censere can either act as an independent service provider or be retained as a member of the investment committee.

Monitoring - Shouldn’t you adopt best-practice investor reporting behaviour?

Ongoing monitoring of investee companies and regular investor reporting are a basic facet of fund management. However, best-practice suggests that an using an independent service provider to either review or conduct portfolio assessments and provide independent monitoring of investments will ensure that corporate governance and transparency objectives are met. Censere’s portfolio monitoring services plug directly into the fund accounting function, giving the fund administrator greater confidence in the results and providing an additional layer of comfort for limited partners.

Realisation - Know the value of your assets or leave money on the table.

Censere provides comprehensive sell-side support to fund managers. Our services ensure that you are fully armed with all the necessary information before pursuing an exit strategy and can capture maximum benefit as a result.

Choose from our range of services or let us design a system to fit your specific requirements.

Industry Research                                   Investment Monitoring

Strategic Due Diligence                        Portfolio Valuation/Review

Investment Analysis/Valuation        Fairness Opinions