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End of Fund Life Solutions
Cork Gully develops and implements managed realisation and wind-down strategies for funds approaching or operating beyond their contractual term. Working with managers, investors and boards, we provide the dedicated expertise and resources required to manage remaining assets, control costs, resolve legacy issues and return capital.
We work across private funds, investment companies, trusts and special-purpose structures holding complex, illiquid or residual portfolios.
We can work alongside an incumbent manager to provide additional capacity and maintain momentum through the final stage of the fund’s life. Where more fundamental change is required, we can draw on Cork Gully’s portfolio-management, restructuring and fiduciary capabilities to implement an appropriate transition or wind-down structure.
Challenges We Address
- Funds approaching or operating beyond their contractual term
- Remaining assets requiring longer or more active management
- Costs and governance arrangements disproportionate to the residual portfolio
- Limited management capacity or declining alignment of incentives
- Uncertain realisation timelines and limited liquidity
- Outstanding funding requirements, liabilities or contingent obligations
- Incomplete records, unresolved disputes or other legacy issues
- Complex stakeholder, distribution or cross-border closure requirements
Our Services
- End-of-fund-life reviews and options analysis
- Costed realisation and wind-down planning
- Portfolio triage, segmentation and prioritisation
- Assessment of retention, sale, continuation and other liquidity options
- Rationalisation of governance, costs and service-provider arrangements
- Cash-flow, reserve and outstanding-obligation management
- Investor, LPAC and board engagement, reporting and distribution planning
- Cross-border wind-down, dissolution and closure
Our Approach
- Review the fund structure, documentation, governance and remaining portfolio
- Establish stakeholder objectives, constraints and decision requirements
- Assess each asset, liability and available realisation option
- Develop a costed plan with clear priorities, responsibilities and reporting
- Coordinate implementation with managers, boards and relevant advisers
- Monitor progress, coordinate distributions and bring the fund to an orderly conclusion
"We bring dedicated focus and disciplined execution to the final stage of a fund’s life, maximising realisations, controlling costs and returning capital."
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