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Essays, analysis and field notes on running investment data operations, from the team that builds Aquata.

Private Markets Fund Data: Common Problems and How to Fix Them

FeaturedGuide · Fund Operations

Private Markets Fund Data: Common Problems and How to Fix Them

Why NAV oversight, Excel workflows and LP reporting break at growing firms managing $500M to $10B, and what to do about each.

Nov 5, 2026 · 9 min read

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AI Tools Can't See Half Your Data. Here's the Fix

AI & Automation

AI Tools Can't See Half Your Data. Here's the Fix

Your AI tools can only use data they can reach. Five practical steps mid-market private markets firms can take now, with tools they already have.

Oct 16, 2026 · 12 min read

The Fragmentation Gap Behind Your AI Tools' Blind Spots

AI & Automation

The Fragmentation Gap Behind Your AI Tools' Blind Spots

Private markets firms are buying AI tools, but fragmented data keeps them blind. Why the access gap exists and how to make investment data AI-ready.

Oct 15, 2026 · 10 min read

When Your Best Person Is Your Biggest Risk

Fund Operations

When Your Best Person Is Your Biggest Risk

Key person risk is more than a clause in the LPA. Where it hides in fragmented data and operations, and how mid-market private markets firms reduce it.

Oct 13, 2026 · 11 min read

7 No-Vendor Fixes for the Private Markets Reporting Tax

Fund Operations

7 No-Vendor Fixes for the Private Markets Reporting Tax

Hours lost to manual reporting every quarter? Seven fixes mid-market private markets firms can use today, no vendor required, to shrink the reporting tax.

Oct 12, 2026 · 12 min read

The Reporting Tax: What Private Markets Teams Really Pay

Fund Operations

The Reporting Tax: What Private Markets Teams Really Pay

Quarterly reporting is a manual tax on senior time at private markets firms. Where the hours go, what they cost, and what to do about it.

Oct 9, 2026 · 12 min read

Reconciling Excel and PDFs Is Breaking Private Markets Teams

Fund Operations

Reconciling Excel and PDFs Is Breaking Private Markets Teams

Reconciling Excel and PDF data is slow and error-prone for private markets teams. Fixes to apply today, and how automated data quality helps.

Oct 8, 2026 · 13 min read

Enterprise Cost or Startup Risk? The Private Markets Data Dilemma

Market Structure

Enterprise Cost or Startup Risk? The Private Markets Data Dilemma

Enterprise data platforms are built for firms ten times your size, and spreadsheets get riskier with every fund. How to escape the squeeze.

Oct 6, 2026 · 11 min read

Practical ETL Workarounds for Mid-Market Investment Firms

Data Operations

Practical ETL Workarounds for Mid-Market Investment Firms

Practical ways a lean investment firm can integrate new data sources with tools it already has, and what to reach for when workarounds stop scaling.

Oct 3, 2026 · 13 min read

Onboarding a New Data Source Shouldn't Require a Project

Data Operations

Onboarding a New Data Source Shouldn't Require a Project

Stop treating every new data feed as a months-long build. How mid-market firms can onboard sources faster and turn fragmented data into action.

Oct 1, 2026 · 9 min read

The Data Engineering Tax Mid-Market Investment Firms Pay

Data Operations

The Data Engineering Tax Mid-Market Investment Firms Pay

Mid-market investment firms pay a hidden Data Engineering Tax to manage fragmented data. What it costs, why smaller firms feel it most, and how to cut it.

Sep 29, 2026 · 11 min read

No Data Engineering Team? What Mid-Market Hedge Funds Do

Data Operations

No Data Engineering Team? What Mid-Market Hedge Funds Do

Sub-$2B hedge funds rarely have a data engineer. Why fragmented data persists, which makeshift fixes work, and how ops can run pipelines without a hire.

Sep 26, 2026 · 13 min read

Why Generic Data Tools Fail Investment Teams, and the Fix

Data Governance

Why Generic Data Tools Fail Investment Teams, and the Fix

Generic cloud data tools don't understand investment data out of the box. Why asset managers hit that gap, and what a purpose-built data model changes.

Sep 24, 2026 · 13 min read

Stop Burning Hours Mapping Vendor Data: A Practical Guide

Data Operations

Stop Burning Hours Mapping Vendor Data: A Practical Guide

Mid-market asset managers lose hours mapping vendor data by hand. Practical, non-vendor ways to standardize investment data, and when to stop.

Sep 22, 2026 · 13 min read

Reporting Speed Is the Tell: What LPs Actually Screen for Now

Oversight

Reporting Speed Is the Tell: What LPs Actually Screen for Now

Before an LP asks what your fund returned, they're testing how fast and how cleanly you can prove it. What LPs now screen for in reporting.

Sep 17, 2026 · 5 min read

When the Tool That Built Your Firm Starts to Cap It

Data Operations

When the Tool That Built Your Firm Starts to Cap It

Excel didn't fail your firm. It kept working past what one spreadsheet, one person and one deadline can hold. Where lean private markets firms hit the cap.

Sep 16, 2026 · 4 min read

You Can't Spreadsheet a Track Record LPs Will Trust

Fund Operations

You Can't Spreadsheet a Track Record LPs Will Trust

Three IRR conventions, two waterfall structures and one LP question that exposes them all. Why a spreadsheet can't hold a private markets track record.

Sep 15, 2026 · 5 min read

Six Fund Admins, One Certified NAV: Where Sign-Off Breaks

Oversight

Six Fund Admins, One Certified NAV: Where Sign-Off Breaks

Six fund administrators, six NAV packs, one controller and a deadline. Where sign-off breaks at lean private markets firms, and what a certified NAV takes.

Sep 14, 2026 · 4 min read

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