• Expands capabilities of the Validus flagship Horizon™ platform to reduce risk and operational burdens for clients managing fund finance facilities

NEW YORK / LONDON, 16 September 2025 – Validus Risk Management (‘Validus’), a leading independent financial risk advisory and technology firm, today announces the launch of Fund Finance Ops, a tech solution to enable private capital fund managers to streamline of their debt facilities.

Fund Finance Ops is designed to ease the administrative burden of managing fund finance. By empowering Validus to manage preparation of drawdown requests, repayment notices, covenant compliance and interest & fee reconciliations, clients simplify their fund finance operations. Borrowers maintain real-time visibility into their facilities via Horizon™, Validus’ proprietary tech platform.

Validus Horizon™ empowers private capital managers to make more informed risk decisions; from managing order workflows, to tracking vital metrics (e.g., liquidity, value at risk, hedge effectiveness) and impacts on portfolio assets, leverage and derivatives. The new offering expands Horizon’s core risk, trading and portfolio capabilities with robust workflows and reporting to better manage fund finance facilities.

Developed in close collaboration with fund managers, administrators and lenders, Fund Finance Ops delivers:

• Capital activity: Track commitments, capital calls and distributions as well as update the borrowing base as the fund evolves.
• Workflow efficiency: Enhance data management, capacity tracking, documentation and reconciliation workflows between borrowers, administrators and lenders.
• Forecasting capability: Leverage quantitative tools to forecast cash flows and interest payments.
• Real-time visibility: Up-to-date views of borrowing base, sub-limits and relevant credit exposures, including FX and interest rate hedges. See control limits, drawdowns, repayments and covenant checks along with customized approvals, audit trails, alerts and customizable reports.
• Automation: Accelerate document generation, address reconciliations and get seamless integrations with administrators.

Gianluca Lorenzon, Head of Fund Finance Advisory at Validus Risk Management, said: “The administrative burden for the borrowers’ operations teams is significant; errors can be costly and damage relationships. Fund Finance Ops is designed to address the challenges of managing increasingly complex funding structures.”

“With our tech and unmatched expertise, we deliver the most efficient and accurate solution to streamline fund finance operations. The client teams arranging the facilities can be confident that the nuances they negotiate will be captured effectively. By helping the operations teams make better decisions and freeing their time to focus on higher value tasks, we are simplifying fund financing overall – reducing risk across the ecosystem and enabling funds to scale in a cost-effective and robust manner.”

Haakon Blakstad CCO of Validus Risk Management, said: “Fund finance is an important growth area for Validus. By creating a cutting-edge tech solution that addresses fundamental problems in a trillion-dollar industry, we are tapping into significant demand and demonstrating Validus’ growing capabilities. The launch of Fund Finance Ops is also an important milestone for our proprietary technology platform, Horizon™ – expanding and diversifying its capabilities for clients that are already using it to manage their market risks.”

The launch Fund Finance Ops follows private equity firm FTV Capital’s $45 million growth equity investment in Validus in February 2025.

About Validus Risk Management

Founded in 2010, Validus Risk Management is an independent technology-enabled financial services firm specializing in fund finance and market risk management solutions to the private capital industry. With best-in-class analytical tools, market expertise and proprietary technology, Validus manages over US$650 billion in FX and interest rate exposure for private capital managers across the globe. www.validusrm.com