Fund Management

Gateway Opportunity Funds is an Industry Leader in Opportunity Fund Management.

Our management team and advisors are nationally recognized as some of the “best of the best” in the Opportunity Zone world. Combine this with proven experience in fund management Gateway Opportunity Funds is the best choice for providing all the administrative, financial reporting and compliance issues your Opportunity Zone Fund requires and your investors demand.

What We Provide as Fund Managers:

Fund Management/Investor Services:

  • Tracking and distribution of PPM agreements and requirements
  • Document investor OFAC searches
  • Review subscription documents for completeness and AML
  • Build and maintain investor contacts and capital accounts, including transfers, exchanges, and changes
  • Maintain investor portal for fund communications
  • Prepare and distribute capital calls, distribution notices, and investor statements
  • Prepare and maintain waterfall/preferred return calculations

Ongoing Investor Communication and Management:

  • Calculation, preparation and distribution of capital calls and distribution notices
  • Assist in preparation and distribution of quarterly or annual investor reports and portal report maintenance
  • Coordination and posting of communications to the investor portal, if applicable
Investor Communication

Accounting/Treasury Services:

  • Review fund books, ledgers and records that are to be provided periodically by the Fund Manager
  • Record the following transactions: Contributions/Distributions from/to investors, investment purchases and sales, receipt of distributions and other income from investments, fair value adjustments as provided by the Fund manager, operating expenses and management fees
  • Review bank account reconciliations
  • Review and approve monthly/quarterly reconciliations and journal entries prepared by staff
  • Calculate asset management fees
  • Prepare quarterly financial statements
  • Preparation of annual full disclosure financial statements
  • Perform all annual calculations required to complete and file IRS Form 8998
  • Document accounting processes and procedures
  • Gather information necessary to prepare the entity’s annual tax return

Opportunity Zone Tax Compliance Services:

  • Preparation of Form 8996, Qualified Opportunity Fund, to establish certification as a QOF
  • Biannual testing at the QOF level to ensure compliance with all opportunity zone regulations
  • Biannual testing of underlying qualified opportunity zone business investments to ensure compliance with all opportunity zone regulations
  • Any current and future Treasury reporting requirements – to be determined – Upon release of future Treasury reporting guidelines
  • Tracking of OZ funds for compliance and timing purposes including distribution analysis to remain in compliance with program
  • Asset testing to determine both the QOF and QOZB are in compliance with QOZ Asset Limits

Ongoing Reporting:

  • Preparation of quarterly Fund financial statements
  • Perform all annual calculations required to complete and file IRS Form 8998
  • Preparation of year-end financial statements
  • Preparation of quarterly management updates (based on jointly developed pro-forma) utilizing management and third-party information and distribution to investors
  • Preparation of waterfall and preferred return calculations
  • Preparation and distribution of quarterly or annual investor capital account statements
  • Gather information necessary to prepare the entity’s annual tax return
  • Act as the liaison between management and the Fund’s auditor
  • Provide fund reporting metrics as requested

Preparation Services – Financial Statements:

Prepare the quarterly and annual financial statements of Fund as listed below:

  • Statement of Assets, Liabilities and Members’ Equity
  • Statement of Operations
  • Statement of Changes in Members’ Equity
  • Statement of Cash Flows
  • Schedule of Portfolio Investments
Financial Statements

We welcome the opportunity to discuss Gateway Opportunity Funds with you. Call us today:

864-GATEWAY (428-3929)

Gateway Opportunity Funds 11000 Riverview Dr. | St. Louis, Mo. 63138