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Four practical routes for four different starting points. Inspect the topics, test your baseline, then choose.

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Foundation to working level

Mastering Fund Accounting

The full NAV lifecycle, worked end to end: how a fund's books are built, what each control is protecting, and how the numbers come together on a NAV date.

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Best if

You want the complete foundation you can use at work from week one

Starting point

No prior fund accounting experience needed

You will practise

Read a NAV report and understand how each item is calculated.
Book trades, income, accruals and expenses in the right period
Reconcile cash and positions, and investigate a break methodically
Work through a capital activity cycle: subscriptions, redemptions and equalisation basics

Working level and above

Mastering Hedge Fund Accounting

The parts of hedge fund accounting that trip people up: shorts and financing, derivatives, performance fees, equalisation and series accounting.

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Best if

You work on hedge funds and want the mechanics to stop feeling like a black box

Starting point

Assumes you already know the basic NAV cycle

You will practise

Account for short positions
Handle common derivatives: futures, forwards, swaps and their valuation inputs
Work through incentive and performance fee mechanics, including crystallisation
Understand equalisation and series accounting and when each is used

Working level and above

Coming soon

Mastering Private Equity Fund Accounting

Closed-ended fund mechanics end to end: commitments and capital calls, drawdowns and distributions, waterfalls, carried interest and investor-level allocations.

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Best if

You work with, or are moving into, private equity or other closed-ended funds

Starting point

Assumes you already understand basic fund accounting

You will practise

Track commitments, unfunded balances and capital call schedules
Book drawdowns, investments at cost and follow-on funding correctly
Work through distributions, recallable amounts and return of capital
Allocate profit through a waterfall and compute carried interest

Refresher

Mastering Fund Accounting Interviews: A Quick Refresher

A fast, focused revision of the concepts and calculations that come up in fund accounting interviews, with clear ways to explain each one.

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Best if

You have an interview soon and need sharp recall fast

Starting point

Assumes prior study or experience — this is revision, not first learning

You will practise

Explain the NAV cycle in a couple of clear sentences
Answer accrual, expense and pricing questions without hesitating
Walk an interviewer through a reconciliation break end to end
Talk about controls and escalation in the language a reviewer uses

Quick comparison

The difference at a glance

Course	Mastering Fund Accounting	Mastering Hedge Fund Accounting	Private Equity Fund AccountingComing soon	Mastering Fund Accounting Interviews: A Quick Refresher
starting Point	No prior fund accounting experience needed	Assumes you already know the basic NAV cycle	Assumes you already understand basic fund accounting	Assumes prior study or experience — this is revision, not first learning
instruments	Long-only, mainstream instruments and fund structures	Shorts, derivatives, financing, multi-class structures	Closed-ended structures, unquoted holdings, commitments and distributions	Whatever your interview is likely to cover, at concept level
focus	Building the whole NAV cycle from the ground up	Hedge fund specifics and investor-level allocations	Capital calls, distributions, waterfalls and partner capital accounts	Recall, clear explanation and interview structure
best If	You want the complete foundation you can use at work from week one	You work on hedge funds and want the mechanics to stop feeling like a black box	You work with, or are moving into, private equity or other closed-ended funds	You have an interview soon and need sharp recall fast

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