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THE CHALLENGE Many firms rely on portfolio accounting systems that are not comprehensive or flexible enough to model and account for today’s sophisticated investments. In addition, many are based on outdated technology that make interfaces and customizations inordinately difficult. THE SOLUTION Black Mountain’s Investment Accounting solution is based on fundamental accounting principles which provide the foundation to easily model a wide-range of investment types and account for them in a consistent and accurate manner. Built using new technology, our solution is browser-based, allowing for easy deployment, scalability and maintenance, and offers seamless integration with our Front Office solution as well as any other system. Provides a system dashboard to prominently display important information such as upcoming or past due activity Offers a simple, intuitive navigation system which means most actions are only one-click away Stores transaction details at a granular level allowing lot level reporting and accounting of accruals, principal gains/losses and all related FX components of investments in any currency Offers a “Knowledge Date” solution which allows users to view data in the application, on reports or via API calls as it looked at any given date and time in the past, as well as compare differences between two points in time Provides system activity and calculated accounting results through standard PDF reports, exports to Excel, file feeds, or calls to RESTful web APIs Calculates and persists certain elements of accounting/reporting data so that reports and downstream feeds can be generated quickly on demand FEATURES INVESTMENT ACCOUNTING For Private Debt: Offers principal and interest notices for both borrowers and lenders Models complex agreements such as Unitranche structures natively

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Page 1: INVESTMENT ACCOUNTING - blackmountainsystems.com€¦ · Black Mountain’s Investment Accounting solution is based on fundamental accounting principles which provide the foundation

T H E C H A L L E N G EMany firms rely on portfolio accounting systems that

are not comprehensive or flexible enough to model and

account for today’s sophisticated investments. In addition,

many are based on outdated technology that make

interfaces and customizations inordinately difficult.

T H E S O L U T I O NBlack Mountain’s Investment Accounting solution is based

on fundamental accounting principles which provide the

foundation to easily model a wide-range of investment

types and account for them in a consistent and accurate

manner. Built using new technology, our solution is

browser-based, allowing for easy deployment, scalability

and maintenance, and offers seamless integration with our

Front Office solution as well as any other system.

Provides a system dashboard to

prominently display important

information such as upcoming or

past due activity

Offers a simple, intuitive navigation

system which means most actions

are only one-click away

Stores transaction details at a

granular level allowing lot level

reporting and accounting of

accruals, principal gains/losses

and all related FX components of

investments in any currency

Offers a “Knowledge Date” solution

which allows users to view data in

the application, on reports or via

API calls as it looked at any given

date and time in the past, as well as

compare differences between two

points in time

Provides system activity and

calculated accounting results

through standard PDF reports,

exports to Excel, file feeds, or calls

to RESTful web APIs

Calculates and persists certain

elements of accounting/reporting

data so that reports

and downstream feeds can be

generated quickly on demand

F E AT U R E S

I N V E S T M E N T A C C O U N T I N G

For Private Debt:

• Offers principal and interest

notices for both borrowers

and lenders

• Models complex agreements

such as Unitranche structures

natively

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BLACKMOUNTAINSYSTEMS.COM

A B O U TB L A C KM O U N TA I N

FOUNDED

2007

CLIENTS

95+

EMPLOYEES

175+

OFFICES

San Diego

New York

London

Houston

O U R C L I E N T SWe work with many of the world’s leading investment managers,

credit funds, hedge funds, private equity, direct lenders and banks

who use our platform to manage all varieties of fixed income,

alternatives, and equities including tradable loans, derivatives, real

estate/mortgages, municipal finance, and FX/currencies. The list

below is a representative client list.

• Franklin Templeton

• Golub Capital

• Hamilton Lane

• Highbridge

• ICG

• Invesco

• Jefferies

• KKR

• Orchard Global

• TIAA

• TPG

• Alcentra

• Ally

• Antares Capital

• Apollo

• Ares

• Bain Capital Credit

• Barings

• Blackstone GSO

• Cambridge Associates

• Capital Four

• The Carlyle Group

• Eaton Vance

BLACK MOUNTAIN IS A SOFTWARE COMPANY that develops

innovative, highly configurable solutions for global asset managers

in the areas of data aggregation, process management, and business

reporting. Our suite of best-practice solutions includes:

Portfolio

Management

Trade Order

Management

Compliance

Research

Management

Private Debt

Our platform eliminates the boundaries between systems,

information, and people, allowing employees to focus on high-value

activities that drive investment performance.

Performance

Attribution

Data

Warehouse

Enterprise Data

Management (EDM)

Investment Accounting

Asset Servicing