Operational Due Diligence for Allocators

Your ODD Process.
Digitised, Standardised,
Scaled Without Headcount

We digitise the operational due diligence process you already run. Your questionnaires, your workflow, your review steps, applied identically to every fund so your team covers more managers without adding headcount.

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The Complete Platform

Built for Allocators Running Operational Due Diligence, Not for Fund Managers

Three pillars, one purpose: take the ODD process your team already runs and make it faster, consistent and defensible to your investment committee.

Your ODD process digitised

Your Process, Digitised

Your questionnaires, your review steps, your sign off. Configured to the way your team already works, running in software instead of email and spreadsheets.

Every fund assessed to the same standard

Every Fund, Same Standard

Identical questions, identical checks and identical flags across the portfolio, so your ODD conclusions are consistent and defensible to the investment committee and the regulator.

Scale ODD coverage without adding headcount

Scale Without Headcount

More funds covered per analyst. Recurrence, deadlines, document chasing and tracking handled by the system rather than by a spreadsheet and someone's memory.

90%
Time Saved
on DDQ Completion
150+
Institutional Clients
Worldwide
4x
Best Risk Management
Software Award
20+
Years of Institutional
Excellence
Process Builder Customisable
Ownership & Structure4 checks
Operations7 checks
Financials5 checks
Processes6 checks
Management3 checks
Section 1 of 10

Your ODD Process, Configured Not Replaced

Your review steps, your checks, your sign off, running in software
  • Your Workflow, Not Ours: The platform is configured to the process your team already runs, rather than asking your team to adopt a vendor's process.
  • Comprehensive Coverage: Address ownership, operations, financials, processes, and management systematically.
  • Applied Identically Every Time: Every fund runs through the same steps and the same checks, so conclusions do not vary by whoever picked up the file.
  • Flexible & Adaptable: Modify process flows as your requirements evolve or new regulations emerge.
Questionnaire Library Standardised
Operational DDQ
86 questions
ESG Diligence
42 questions
Risk Profile
38 questions
Compliance
34 questions
Data collected200 questions · 90% time saved
Section 2 of 10

Your Questionnaires, Standardised Across Every Fund

Run your own DDQ, not a vendor's template
  • Bring Your Own DDQ: Load the questionnaires your team already uses, or start from proven operational, ESG, risk and compliance templates.
  • Same Questions, Every Manager: Consistent data collected the same way from every fund, so answers are comparable across the whole portfolio.
  • 90% Less Analyst Time: Collection, chasing and formatting handled by the platform rather than by your team.
Command Centre Dashboard
Section 3 of 10

Your Command Centre for Due Diligence

Every fund, every deadline and every open item in one view
  • Unified Dashboard: See every fund, task, and deadline in a single, customisable view.
  • Real-Time Tracking: Monitor progress, compliance flags, and document collection as they happen.
  • Customisable Insights: Configure widgets to track what matters most to your investment committee.
  • Smarter Workflows: Identify priorities, manage workloads, and ensure nothing slips through the cracks.
Task Automation Scheduled
Mon2
Tue3
Wed4
Thu5
Fri6
Sat7
Sun8
Returns request → MeridianDue Mon
Monthly
Review DDQ responsesDue Wed
Weekly
Manager follow-up callDue Fri
Quarterly
Reminder sent
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Automate Recurring Tasks

Never miss a critical deadline again
  • Automated Reminders: Set reminders for fund managers to submit returns and questionnaire updates.
  • Internal Review Alerts: Schedule automated notifications for your analysts to review questionnaires.
  • Deadline Management: Intelligent scheduling ensures consistent processes and reduces missed deadlines.
  • More Funds Per Analyst: Recurrence, reminders and chasing handled by the system, so coverage grows without headcount.
Returns
Documents
Questionnaires
Meeting Notes
Managers
Secure Hub
Section 5 of 10

All Your Due Diligence. One Secure Location.

  • One Central Hub: Access all returns, documents, questionnaires, and meeting notes in a single secure platform.
  • Seamless Collaboration: Facilitate efficient communication between your team and hedge fund managers.
  • Enhanced Efficiency: Streamline workflows and eliminate the chaos of scattered documents across multiple platforms.
  • Comprehensive Access: Everything you need for thorough analysis and informed decision-making at your fingertips.
Meeting Notes Synced
Manager Call - Q2
Action Items
Request audited financials
Confirm liquidity terms
Flag fee discrepancy
Section 6 of 10

Store meeting notes and documents

  • Centralised Records: Store all meeting notes and records with hedge fund managers in one secure location.
  • Secure Document Storage: Access documents and take comprehensive notes within the platform.
  • Built-In Annotation: Mark up documents and track discussion points, action items, and follow-ups efficiently.
  • Comprehensive Analysis: Easy access to meeting history enables thorough due diligence analysis.
Allocator DDQ AI filling
AI completed 184 / 2004 min · 90% faster
Section 7 of 10

Less Manual Work at Every Step

The parts of your process you do by hand today, removed
  • No More Re-Keying: Returned questionnaires, factsheets and PPMs are read and structured for you, so your analysts stop retyping documents and start reviewing them.
  • 90% Time Savings: What used to take weeks takes minutes, and your analysts spend that time on judgement instead of data entry.
  • Your Standards, Not Ours: Answers are drafted against your questionnaire's intent and your firm's standards, and every one is editable before it enters the file.
  • Bring Your Existing DDQ: Convert the PDF or Word questionnaire you use today into an interactive form, ready to complete and share in seconds.
  • Human Reviewed, Fully Auditable: Every drafted answer is flagged for review, attributable to a reviewer and traceable back to its source document.
PDF Fund Factsheet.pdf Return Time Series Extracted & benchmark-ready Exposures Identified Geography Sector Strategy Asset Class
Section 8 of 10

Extract Returns and Exposures from any document/file

The copy and paste your analysts do today, removed
  • Return Time Series Extraction: Factsheets, tearsheets and PPMs are read and the full performance history pulled out, without a single figure re-typed.
  • Exposures Identified Automatically: Geographic, sector, strategy and asset-class exposures extracted from your documents and structured for portfolio look-through analysis.
  • No Manual Entry: Eliminate hours of copy-paste from document tables - the AI ingests, structures and validates the data in seconds.
  • Audit-Ready Output: Every extracted value is traceable back to its source document for full transparency and governance.
Compliance Check Scanning
40 checks2 flagged · 38 passed
Fee structure disclosurePass
AUM & liquidity termsPass
Conflicts of interestReview
Regulatory registrationsPass
Side-letter termsFlag
Section 9 of 10

Defensible to Your Investment Committee and Your Regulator

Evidence produced as a by product of the work, not as a separate exercise
  • Consistent Flags on Every Fund: The same regulatory checks run against every questionnaire response, so nothing depends on which analyst reviewed it.
  • Timestamped Audit Trail: Who reviewed what, when and on what evidence, recorded automatically and exportable on request.
  • Proactive Issue Detection: Spot potential problems early in the process rather than at investment committee.
  • Aligned to Your Policies: Checks configured against your own internal policy set as well as regulatory requirements.
90%Faster

Why allocators choose AlternativeSoft

Your process, running in software, applied the same way to every fund.

Consistent & Defensible

Same checks and flags on every fund.

Enhanced Collaboration

Seamless data exchange with fund managers.

One Secure Platform

Every activity centralised and accessible.

Never Miss Deadlines

Recurring tasks run automatically.
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Why Allocators Choose AlternativeSoft

  • Your Process, Digitised: Your questionnaires, your workflow and your review steps, running in software instead of email and spreadsheets.
  • Every Fund, Same Standard: Consistent questions, checks and flags across the portfolio, defensible to your investment committee and your regulator.
  • Scale Without Headcount: More funds covered per analyst, with recurrence, deadlines and chasing handled by the system.
  • Built for Allocators: Designed from your side of the table, not adapted from software originally built for fund managers.
  • 90% Less Manual Work: Document extraction and assisted answers remove the copy and paste, without removing your analyst's judgement.
  • Award-Winning Platform: Recognised as Best Risk Management Software 2020-2023 by Hedgeweek.
Investor Summary AI generated

Extracted Investment Terms

Min Investment$1,000,000
Management Fee2.0%
Performance Fee20%
Share ClassClass A · USD
LiquidityMonthly
StructureSICAV-SIF
Strengths
Consistent risk-adjusted returns
Experienced senior team
Robust operational controls
Considerations
Concentrated AUM base
Limited track record length
Single-administrator reliance
Generated from PPM & factsheet Regenerate
Document Processing

Investor Summary Dashboard & Extracted Terms

From raw fund documents to actionable investor insights - automatically
  • Investor Summary: AI generates a structured investor summary - strategy overview, investment terms, key strengths and key considerations - in seconds.
  • Extracted Investment Terms: Automatically pull minimum investment amounts, fees, share classes, base currency and legal structure from the PPM or factsheet.
  • Strengths vs Considerations: Visual distinction between what makes a fund compelling and what warrants scrutiny - AI-powered, fully editable.
  • Regenerate with AI: Instantly refresh the analysis at any time as new documents are uploaded.
Compliance Dashboard Live
2
Critical Issues
5
Pending Reviews
38
Compliant
Governance
Operations
Regulatory
Last scan · 2 min ago Run new scan
Compliance & Actionable Insights

Compliance Dashboard

Critical issues, pending reviews and compliant controls - all at a glance
  • Real-Time Compliance Scoring: See Critical Issues (red flags), Pending Reviews (items needing investigation) and Compliant Areas (controls passed) at a single glance.
  • New Compliance in One Click: Trigger a fresh AI compliance scan on any fund at any time - results delivered in seconds.
  • Colour-Coded Progress Bars: Red, amber and green progress bars give instant visual status across all compliance dimensions.
  • Audit Trail: Every compliance scan is timestamped and stored for governance and investment committee reporting.
DDQ - AI Completed Auto-filled
Contents
1. Strategy
2. Operations
3. Risk
4. Compliance
OK
Review
Flag
184 / 200 answered Export
Questionnaire Autofill Interface

DDQ Completion - Flagged Per Question

Every question answered, reviewers focus only on what needs attention
  • AI-Completed Responses: Every question is answered automatically from your fund documents. Response received and structured instantly.
  • Per-Question Flag System: Red, amber and green flags surface on every question - reviewers focus only on what needs attention.
  • Table of Contents Navigation: Jump instantly to any section of a large questionnaire via the structured side-panel navigation.
  • Export Response: Download completed questionnaire responses for sharing with the investment committee or counterparties.
Document Library 5 files
Fund FactsheetFactsheet
Private Placement MemoPPM
Risk Report Q2Risk
Annual FinancialsFinancials
Completed DDQDDQ
3 of 5 selected Start Analysing
AI Document Analysis

Select Documents & Start Analysing

Upload once, analyse everything - factsheets, DDQs, PPMs and more
  • Multi-Document Upload: Upload questionnaires with answers, factsheets, PPMs, risk reports, annual financials, regulatory filings and more in one library.
  • Smart Document Labelling: Documents are auto-labelled by type so the AI knows how to use each file.
  • Selective Analysis: Choose which documents feed the AI - select up to 3 files and click Start Analysing for instant results.
  • Rich Document Types: Newsletters, risk reports, annual financials, transparency reports, fund offering documents, regulatory filings and more.
Peer Benchmarking Sharpe Ratio
Peer A
This Fund
Top 14%
Peer B
Peer C
Peer D
Peer E
Peer F
Peer universe500,000+ benchmark funds
Peer Group Analysis

Add Peer Benchmarking to Your ODD Workflow

Available in the same workflow when your process calls for it
  • In-Context Benchmarking: Compare any fund under review against its peer group - Sharpe, Sortino, drawdown, volatility - without leaving the ODD workflow.
  • Quantitative Context for Qualitative Decisions: Pair your ODD questionnaire responses with hard data to assess whether the fund's risk/return profile is competitive within its strategy.
  • 500,000+ Benchmark Funds: Draw on our full database of hedge funds, mutual funds and private equity as the peer universe for any strategy.
  • Visualised Rankings: See instantly where the fund sits in its peer quartile across all key performance and risk statistics.
Create Fund AI extract
Fill with AI
Manual
Send to manager
Holdings extracted
Return Time Series extracted
Exposures extracted
Geography
Sector
Create Your Fund with AI

Build Your Fund Profile Without Manual Entry

Holdings, return time series and exposures - extracted and structured automatically
  • Fill in with AI (Recommended): AI automatically populates all answers based on your fund documents - the fastest way to create a complete, accurate fund profile.
  • Holdings Extraction: Current and historical holdings extracted directly from documents - no manual entry required.
  • Return Time Series: Performance history automatically extracted and formatted - enabling instant peer benchmarking from day one.
  • Exposures Analysis: Geographic, sector and strategy exposures identified from documents and structured for portfolio look-through analysis.
  • Flexible Completion: Choose AI fill, manual completion, or send to the fund manager - with optional recurrence scheduling.
Testimonials

Global Institutions Trust AlternativeSoft for Due Diligence

Hear from the investment teams who have transformed their due diligence process with AlternativeSoft.

"

The AlternativeSoft platform is an intuitive application that is additive to our portfolio construction and risk monitoring processes. The support team has been very helpful in supporting our implementation and on-going use of the software.

Aberdeen
Aberdeen Asset Management
Head of Risk Management
★★★★★
"

AlternativeSoft is a practical and user-friendly tool used as part of our portfolio construction and risk management process. Their extensive support and responsiveness provides added value.

AllianceBernstein
AllianceBernstein
Co-head, Risk Management and Portfolio Construction
★★★★★
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From statistical analysis on a single hedge fund, screening the investment universe, peer group analysis, FoHF portfolio construction to risk analysis and stress testing, AlternativeSoft is one of the most effective, intuitive, and efficient tools I have handled.

BNP Paribas
BNP Paribas
Hedge Fund Solutions
★★★★★
"

AlternativeSoft has become an integral part of our investment process thanks to its extensive quantitative tools for hedge fund analysis and its flexible portfolio construction and risk management modules. Client support is very responsive and efficient.

Crossbow Partners
Crossbow Partners
Investment Process
★★★★★
"

AlternativeSoft provides a user-friendly, powerful tool for asset allocators that takes into account higher moments of distributions.

Raiffeisen Capital Management
Raiffeisen Capital Management
Multi Asset Strategies
★★★★★

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Our Awards

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Common Questions

Operational Due Diligence Software: Your Questions Answered

The questions allocators ask us most often when they are moving an existing ODD process into software.

Can AlternativeSoft run our existing ODD questionnaires and workflow, or do we have to adopt yours?

Your own. The platform is configured around the process you already run: your questionnaires, your review steps, your sign off and your recurrence schedule. If you would rather not rebuild from scratch you can start from our operational, ESG, risk and compliance templates, but nothing obliges you to change the way your team works.

What is operational due diligence software, and how is it different from investment due diligence tools?

Investment due diligence assesses whether a fund is likely to perform: strategy, returns, risk adjusted statistics and peer comparison. Operational due diligence assesses whether a fund is safe to invest in operationally: ownership and structure, service providers, controls, financials, compliance and key person risk.

Operational due diligence software digitises that assessment. It holds the questionnaires that gather the information, the review workflow that scrutinises it, and the record that evidences the conclusion.

Is AlternativeSoft built for allocators or for fund managers?

For allocators. The workflow, the permissions and the outputs all assume you are the one assessing the manager rather than the one being assessed. Several competing tools began life as fund manager software and were later pointed at allocators, and they carry the manager's assumptions with them.

How many more funds can our team cover without adding headcount?

That depends on how much of your current cycle is manual. The gains come from three places: questionnaire collection and chasing handled by the system, document data extracted rather than re-keyed, and recurrence and deadlines tracked automatically.

Clients report up to 90% of analyst time saved on DDQ completion. We will size the likely gain against your own fund count and analyst headcount during the demo.

Can we bring our existing DDQs and historical fund files into the platform?

Yes. A questionnaire you use today in PDF or Word can be converted into an interactive form in seconds. Completed fund documents, factsheets, PPMs, financials and regulatory filings can be uploaded into the document library so previous cycles sit alongside the current one.

How do fund managers submit documents and questionnaire responses?

Managers respond through the platform rather than by email attachment, so returns, documents and questionnaire responses land directly in the fund's file. Automated reminders chase outstanding submissions on the schedule you set, which takes the follow up email out of your analyst's week.

Where does AI sit in the process, and will our compliance team be comfortable with it?

AI sits inside the workflow as a time saver, not as a decision maker. It drafts answers from your fund documents and extracts data from any document or file you upload, so your analysts stop re-typing.

Every drafted answer is flagged for review, fully editable, attributable to the reviewer who approved it and traceable back to its source document. Nothing enters the file without a person accepting it.

What audit trail does the platform produce for our investment committee and our regulator?

Every review, flag, approval and compliance scan is timestamped and stored, so the evidence of what was checked and when is produced as a by product of doing the work rather than as a separate reporting exercise. Completed questionnaires and compliance scans can be exported for the investment committee or produced on request.

Can we pilot on a subset of funds before rolling it across the whole programme?

Yes. A free 14 day trial is available, and most teams start by running a handful of funds through their own process in the platform before committing the full ODD programme.

What happens to our data and our configuration if we stop using the platform?

Your data remains yours. Questionnaire responses, documents and completed reviews can be exported. Specific retention, data residency and exit provisions are set out in the contract and reviewed with your IT and compliance teams during procurement.

Still weighing it up? Book a demo and we will walk one of your own funds through your own process in the platform, or download the brochure to share with your team.

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  • See your own ODD process mapped into the platform
  • Live walkthrough of all 10 platform features
  • Q&A with our due diligence platform specialists
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  • Dedicated onboarding, configuration and implementation support
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