Hamilton Lane Selects Vantage Reporting to Extend Its Investment Selection and Reporting Capabilities


New products enhance client access to elite fund managers, industry research and analysis

BOSTON, April 17 -- Vantage Reporting, the only vendor that provides private investment firms with customizable software modules that integrate with their existing systems, today announced that Hamilton Lane is enhancing its investment selection and reporting capabilities by implementing Vantage Deal Manager(TM), Vantage Performance(TM), Vantage Contact(TM) and Vantage Funds-of-Funds(TM). Hamilton Lane is implementing the products to support its global client development, and growth of its primary and secondary funds as well as co-investment activities. Additionally, the new product set will offer Hamilton Lane unprecedented capabilities to analyze elite fund managers, industry research and analysis.

"We considered several solutions and found that only Vantage offered the flexibility and easy integration with our existing infrastructure while enhancing our business processing and reporting," says Tom Kerr, principal, Hamilton Lane. "Vantage's platform-independent web-based solutions are customized to the way we do business, allowing us to better serve our investment professionals and make better investment decisions on behalf of our clients."

Built on Microsoft's open and flexible .NET Web development platform, Vantage's software modules encompass the private investment lifecycle from deal management and portfolio performance reporting to fundraising and investor servicing.

"Hamilton Lane has enjoyed strong growth and, like the broader industry, sought new ways to scale its environment to support more complex and high- volume demands," says Vantage Reporting CEO Greg Woolf. "The addition of our innovative solutions enables the firm to tailor its IT infrastructure to meet its unique requirements, such as improved reporting for the firm and its clients."

Vantage's software products are designed to integrate with each other and any other in-house or vendor systems. The Vantage Precision Tailoring Framework(TM) is the technical foundation that allows for rapid customization and integration with existing third party and/or proprietary solutions.

Vantage Deal Manager(TM) streamlines the investment-making process. Centralized deal and document management helps the investment team make better decisions through improved collaboration.

Vantage Performance(TM) enables clients to create reports and sophisticated analyses of investment portfolios, going beyond simple fund management with the advanced tools to analyze investments and transactions.

Vantage Contact(TM) centralizes deal contacts with immediate and real-time access to contact information and a historical record of meetings and communications.

Vantage Funds-of-Funds(TM) is a full-fledged solution for institutional investors (funds-of-funds, endowments, and investment advisors) that streamlines and enhances investment decision-making, investment accounting and client reporting.

Vantage Investor(TM) extends virtually any investment management solution by adding dynamic CRM (contact relationship management) capabilities tailored for this specialized market niche.

Vantage will be addressing the implications of private investment industry growth at its first annual technology trends roundtable on May 23 in New York. Co-hosted with EveryNetwork, this invitation-only event will feature PricewaterhouseCoopers analyst Michael Savelloni and SV Life Sciences partner and CFO Denise Marks. For information, email events@vantage-reporting.com

About Vantage Reporting

With offices in Boston and New York, Vantage Reporting is the only company to offer customizable software modules that give hedge funds, private equity firms, funds-of-funds and investment advisors powerful connectivity between their existing systems, Vantage's component-based software and other vendor or proprietary solutions. The Vantage modules are tailored to the unique workflow, reporting and analysis requirements of each firm. Leading private investment firms that have embraced Vantage's unique approach have raised more than $200 billion dollars in capital to date.

About Hamilton Lane

Hamilton Lane is a private, independently owned alternative asset manager providing discretionary and non-discretionary asset management services in the private equity and hedge fund asset classes to institutional investors worldwide. Founded in 1991, Hamilton Lane has grown to over 75 employees across offices in the United States, Europe and Asia. Hamilton Lane has funds under management totaling $9.0 billion and has an additional $59.1 billion in advisory assets. Hamilton Lane is majority owner of The Richcourt Group, which it acquired in 2004. Richcourt has over 20 hedge fund professionals with offices in New York, Paris and Monaco.

Source: Vantage Reporting

CONTACT:Monica VanHorn,Vantage Reporting,+1-917-446-6358, mvanhorn@vantage-reporting.com

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