Series Trust

A turnkey operating solution for established and start-up funds

Operating or launching a mutual fund today is more challenging than ever, and offering competitive investment products is only the beginning.

Asset management organizations must cost-effectively:

  • Establish sound governing and operating structures
  • Meet escalating infrastructure and compliance demands
  • Manage rising costs and risks

Addressing every aspect of fund operations

SEI’s series trust solution, Advisors' Inner Circle I & II, is a turnkey fund structure that gives you all the benefits of an established operating infrastructure, plus: 
  • Efficient outsourcing of fund administration, accounting, investor servicing, distribution and marketing.  
  • A fund level Chief Compliance Officer (CCO) with long-term expertise in the continually-evolving mutual fund regulatory environment.
  • The focused attention of an SEI Strategic Relationship Manager who orchestrates the services you need and is accountable for your fund’s success. 
  • Financial advantages from sharing certain resources with other members of the trust
  • Access to the industry’s best-in-class providers -- auditors, custodian banks, legal counsel, and transfer agents -- through SEI’s established relationships
  • Enhanced distribution and marketing services tailored to your strategic objectives 
  • Ongoing, actionable business intelligence from the SEI Knowledge Partnership, a source of timely and strategic insights.  
  • An established and independent Board of Trustees ready to deliver immediate guidance.

For more than 15 years, SEI’s Advisors' Inner Circle has provided a cost-effective alternative for operating established funds or for launching a new fund in as little as 90 to 120 days — and without the significant legal costs involved in establishing a new trust.