Hamilton Lane Selects UMB Fund Services as Administrator of Firm’s First U.S. Registered Closed-End Fund
February 9, 2021
MILWAUKEE (Feb. 9, 2021) – UMB Fund Services, Inc. (UMBFS), a subsidiary of UMB Financial Corporation (Nasdaq: UMBF), is pleased to announce that it has been retained to provide fund administration, accounting, transfer agency, distribution* and custody* services for the Hamilton Lane Private Assets Fund (PAF), which merged from a private to registered product to become the firm’s first U.S. evergreen fund.
“We are pleased to continue providing services to Hamilton Lane following the conversion of the firm’s private fund into a registered product,” said Maureen Quill, executive vice president, executive director of registered funds at UMB Fund Services. “We look forward to supporting the growth of Hamilton Lane’s Private Assets Fund with our expertise as the firm markets the fund to qualified clients.”
Hamilton Lane (NASDAQ: HLNE), founded in Philadelphia in 1991, is a private markets investment management firm providing innovative solutions to sophisticated investors around the world. The PAF broadens accessibility to qualified U.S. investors. Compared to traditional private market offerings, the fund features a lower minimum investment of $50,000 and simple 1099 tax reporting; targets fee-efficient investments; and provides the potential for attractive risk-adjusted returns and limited administrative burden.
“We are pleased to have UMB Fund Services as a key service provider for PAF,” said Fred Shaw, Chief Risk Officer at Hamilton Lane. “UMB Fund Services’ expertise across registered closed-end funds, coupled with their high-touch service, will help us offer the fund to a broader set of U.S. investors seeking access to the private markets.”
UMBFS ranked as the top transfer agency for U.S. registered closed-end funds based on the number of accounts serviced in the 2020 Mutual Fund Service Guide. In 2019, UMBFS was named Best Interval Fund Administrator in the Fund Intelligence Operations and Services Awards.
UMB Fund Services is a subsidiary of UMB Financial Corporation, offering a complete line of products and services to the fund industry, including fund administration, fund accounting, tax, investor services and transfer agency, distribution* and custody*.
About Hamilton Lane:
Hamilton Lane (NASDAQ: HLNE) is a leading alternative investment management firm providing innovative private markets solutions to sophisticated investors around the world. Dedicated to private markets investing for 29 years, the firm currently employs over 400 professionals operating in offices throughout North America, Europe, Asia-Pacific and the Middle East. Hamilton Lane has approximately $657 billion in assets under management and supervision, composed of approximately $76 billion in discretionary assets and approximately $581 billion in advisory assets, as of December 31, 2020. Hamilton Lane offers a full range of investment products and services that enable clients to participate in the private markets asset class on a global and customized basis. For more information, please visit www.hamiltonlane.com or follow Hamilton Lane on Twitter: @hamilton_lane.
About UMB:
UMB Financial Corporation (Nasdaq: UMBF) is a financial services company headquartered in Kansas City, Missouri. UMB offers commercial banking, which includes comprehensive deposit, lending and investment services, personal banking, which includes wealth management and financial planning services, and institutional banking, which includes asset servicing, corporate trust solutions, investment banking, and healthcare services. UMB operates branches throughout Missouri, Illinois, Colorado, Kansas, Oklahoma, Nebraska, Arizona and Texas, and serves business and institutional clients nationwide. For more information, visit UMB.com, UMB Blog, UMB Facebook and UMB LinkedIn, or follow us on Twitter at @UMBBank. For information about UMB’s operations, approach and relief measures during the COVID-19 pandemic, please visit https://more.umb.com/covid-info/.
*Services provided by UMB Distribution Services, LLC and UMB Bank, n.a.
