PCDS Vision
PCDS Goals
The Private Capital Data Standards Alliance (PCDS), formerly the Adopting Data Standards Initiative or ADS, is an international membership organization and a cross-collaboration of private capital stakeholders that are working together to:
- Promote efficiency and consistency in digital GP-LP reporting
- Build consensus for the benefit of the industry
- Participate in a "commercially neutral" initiative
- Develop generally accepted global data standards
- Complete a proof-of-concept
PCDS seeks to promote standards that will facilitate digital reporting between GPs and LPs. PCDS believes that a common reporting language will provide a solid foundation for the free market to solve for the higher technology and analytical needs of all market participants.
Who are the PCDS supporters?
PCDS is supported by many organizations including:
- Asset allocators
- Institutional investors
- Investment firms
- Fund administrators
- Technology firms
- Consultants and advisors
- Benchmarking organisations
The Collaborative PCDS Approach
PCDS supporters recognize the fundamental need to create a non-commercial and technologically "agnostic" standard for all market participants.