Solutions for Shadow Accounting

The need for managing and maintaining a shadow book of record is first and foremost one of information.  Our clients are at the forefront of the investment management industry.  They represent some of the most trusted and visible practitioners within financial services.  Whether operating in the role of plan sponsor, financial advisor, entrusted government official or fund of funds manager, each exercises their fiduciary responsibilities with care, integrity and knowledge.  The respect they achieve, and the quality of the enterprises they build, is based on their recognized ability to accept and fulfill the responsibilities that come with the positions they hold.  Stewardship of other people’s money is serious business and carries with it expectations that the best practices will be applied on behalf of the investor.  QED supports our clients with the systems and services needed to meet this expectation by providing the transparency, reliability, accuracy and efficiencies needed to manage assets with creditability and authority.

QED’s shadow accounting solution provides our clients an independently evaluated investment book of record that delivers accurate, comprehensive and up to date transparency into the investments for which they exercise fiduciary oversight.  Whether maintained by internal accounting staff or provided as a service by QED’s professional and experienced Accounting Services team, the result is the same; direct control over investments empowered by access to information upon which critical oversight decisions can be made.

Working with seasoned professionals throughout the investment marketplace we hear one common phrase that has driven QED’s shadow accounting model; “At the end of the day I am responsible”.  Recognizing the importance of this responsibility QED’s shadow accounting platform and processes have been engineered to facilitate the data management, validation, reconciliation and evaluation of your investments.  Then QED exposes that record to manages and decision makers throughout the organization.  Shadow accounting is about the need for information.  QED provides a solution that addresses this need directly by making your critical investment information available when and where it is needed, under your control and delivered in the form tailored to the various uses and functions of your fiduciary role.