UMB Fund Services Tax Managing Director, Spencer Erickson, spoke to Private Equity Wire about opportunities in Opportunity Zone Funds and how UMB is supporting clients entering the space.

The Opportunity Zones program is a new economic development tool, designed to encourage economic investment and job creation in distressed areas of communities, by allowing an incentive to taxpayers who re-invest capital gains in designated Opportunity Zones.

The Hedge Fund Association (“HFA”), a leading global nonprofit trade and nonpartisan lobbying organization serving the alternative investment industry, announced the results of the “Top Hedge Fund Strategies” survey it conducted with the sponsorship of industry thought leader UMB Fund Services.

Results and key takeaways from the 2018 second quarter survey of institutional investors, alternative investment managers and industry executives conducted by the Hedge Fund Association and sponsored by thought leader UMB Fund Services.

The Hedge Fund Association (“HFA”), a leading global nonprofit trade and nonpartisan lobbying organization serving the alternative investment industry, is thrilled to announce the addition of Miami Downtown Development Authority (Miami DDA) and continuation of RSM US LLP as global Thought Leadership Council sponsors.