Financial Services

As an asset manager, your priority is clear: driving growth and maximizing returns. However, in today’s highly regulated financial environment, compliance, transparency and accountability are just as critical. Navigating the ever-evolving landscape shaped by agencies like the PCAOB, SEC, FINRA, NFA, IRS and CFTC requires precision, expertise and a proactive approach.

Our Financial Services

At Withum, we empower emerging and established alternative investment managers by delivering high-touch, client-centric audit, tax and advisory services that extend far beyond compliance. As trusted advisors, we combine deep industry expertise with personalized attention to help our clients navigate complexity, seize opportunity and grow with confidence.

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Financial Services Challenges and Trends

Areas of risk, such as regulatory, compliance, operational and volatility, can substantially impact your company’s financial risk. We can help you identify and understand your areas of business vulnerability to create stronger risk management and mitigation strategies, allowing you to make smarter business decisions in the future.

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As the business world has evolved since pre-pandemic times, clients and investors have heightened interest in your attention to your internal cybersecurity protocols. Not only is your sensitive information vulnerable to a cyberattack, but lack of periodic testing and an unsecured email environment can affect your ability to raise capital from allocators.

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As the digital asset ecosystem continues its maturation and ascent as a disruptor of traditional investment strategies, businesses, asset managers and their investors are drawn to this new technology and the opportunities it brings. In short, crypto and blockchain have been and will continue to redefine asset and financial structures while establishing new functions and value accretion – all of which are powering innovation on the fund investment front.

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Financial Services Insights

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Colleen Fay Featured on PEI’s Data Dive Podcast
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Form PF Could Get Lighter: What the SEC and CFTC Proposal Means for Private Fund Advisers

For more than a decade, Form PF has been one of the more demanding items on the private fund compliance calendar. That may be about to change. On April 20, 2026, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) and the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) jointly proposed a set of amendments that would pull back a…

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Fifth Circuit Reconsiders Who Counts as a Limited Partner

For years, businesses and tax advisors have searched for a clear answer to a deceptively simple question: When is a limited partner truly a “limited partner” for self-employment tax purposes? Earlier this year, the Fifth Circuit appeared to provide that answer, tying the analysis largely to a partner’s legal status and liability protection. Many taxpayers…

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Financial Services Resources

The financial services industry thrives on strong relationships and depends on the experience and insight of trusted advisors to drive growth and maximize investments. Withum’s Financial Services Team delivers deep industry knowledge and unparalleled service, positioning us as a firm of choice. Through our financial services resources, we provide timely guidance and thought leadership to help answer the industry’s most pressing and trending questions.

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Why Financial Services Firms Choose Withum

Our team of thought leaders and business advisors is committed to collaboration and building enduring partnerships offering strategic insights, proactive guidance and a long-term vision that aligns with our clients’ success. Withum helps chart a course to uncover innovative and diverse opportunities for your financial services business. That’s the power in the plus – expert guidance and tailored solutions to help you succeed at every stage.

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Women in Financial Services

Withum’s Women in Financial Services Team brings together female business leaders and thriving young women through networking events, women-focused roundtables and seminars, happy hours and unique dining experiences. The team serves as a platform to mentor, learn and grow from like-minded successful women in financial services. Our conversations focus on topics and business challenges that affect women leaders, including launching funds and raising capital, navigating regulatory compliance and creating opportunities to close the gender gap in financial services.

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Awards and Accolades

Withum is named Audit Firm of the Year by Hedge Week's 2026 Global Digital Assets Awards.
Withum is proud to be named Audit Firm of the Year by Hedgeweek®’s Global Digital Assets Awards 2025!
Alt Credit US Services Winner
HFM US Winner
WI HFM US Services Awards 2024
Hedgeweek Audit Firm of the Year - Middle Market 2024 Winner

Financial Services Industry Involvement

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Connect with Our Financial Services Leaders

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Partner, Practice Leader, Financial Services
Whippany, NJ
Michael-Tenny_Web
Partner, Team Leader, Financial Services Audit
Whippany, NJ
Amanda-McKenna_Web
Partner, Team Leader, Financial Services – Tax
Red Bank, NJ
Joe-Cassano_Web
Partner, Team Leader, Hedge Funds
New York, NY
Kuber-Mehta_Web
Partner, Team Leader, Private Equity
Boca Raton, FL
Phil-Antico_Web
Partner, Team Leader, Broker-Dealers
New York, NY
Ryan-Bixenman_Web
Partner, Team Leader, Venture Capital
Whippany, NJ
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Partner and Team Leader, SPACS
Whippany, NJ
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Partner and Team Leader, Digital Assets and Hedge Funds
Whippany, NJ
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Partner
Whippany, NJ
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Partner
Whippany, NJ
Eric-Gallagher_Web
Partner
Orange County, CA
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Partner, Practice Leader, Real Estate
East Brunswick, NJ

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