Assistance in Structuring of Funds
  • Guidance in terms of rules/regulations applicable;
  • Coordination of meetings with Authorities;
  • Coordination of application documents where applicable;
  • Communication with the Authority during the licensing process;
  • Set up of Legal Structure and drafting of applicable documents;
  • Opening of bank accounts;
  • Registered Office;
  • Identification and introductions to qualified service providers (legal, audit, fund officers, etc.) and assistance in obtaining competitive fee quotations for services.
Fund Administration Services
  • Reconciliations of cash balances and positions with prime broker/custodian;
  • Accounting and generation of accounting reports including trial balance, statement of comprehensive income, statement of affairs, etc.;
  • Independent asset pricing and portfolio valuation reports;
  • Processing of corporate actions;
  • Calculation of expense accruals;
  • Management fee calculations and distributions;
  • Performance fee calculations and distributions;
  • Net Asset Value (NAV) calculations – daily/weekly/monthly/quarterly/annual or in any other required frequency;
  • Payment processing / Disbursements;
  • Preparation of interim and annual financial statements;
  • Co-ordination of the annual audit with appointed auditors;
  • Share/Unit-holder register maintenance including processing of subscriptions, redemptions, switches and transfers;
  • Multi-class, multi-series and multi-currency support;
  • Subscription agreement checking, collection and compliance checks;
  • AML/KYC and original document retention and storage;
  • Investor communications including statements (daily/weekly/monthly/etc.), notifications and other reporting; and Fund NAV/price feed into pricing platforms (Reuters/Bloomberg/Telekurs).
Compliance/MLRO and Company Secretary Services

Compliance and MLRO Services

  • Provision of Compliance Officer/MLRO Appointments for different jurisdictions
  • Preparation of regulatory and compliance filings and reporting;
  • Assistance with AML/KYC obligations; and
  • Preparation and filing of annual returns and other regulatory forms.

Company Secretary

  • Acting as Company Secretary for funds;
  • Assisting with the preparation for Board Meetings, circulation of agendas, preparation of board documents, resolutions and drafting of board minutes pursuant to the meetings; and
  • Submission of all applicable company forms/returns.
FATCA & CRS

FATCA Services

  • Investor classification and gap – analysis to identify where further information may be required;
  • Registering the fund as a Foreign Financial Institution and obtaining its Global Intermediary Identification Number and the formal acceptance of the responsibility as the FATCA Responsible Officer;
  • Identification of account holders with US indicia; and
  • Reporting prescribed information and appropriate communication with the domestic tax authority, or directly to the Internal Revenue Service, if required.

Common Reporting Standard Services

  • Classification of the Fund in accordance with CRS;
  • Performing of a gap-analysis and due diligence on the Fund’s (high value) pre-existing investors (if applicable);
  • Filing of any reports required by the Fund, together with any statutory fees or duties prescribed by CRS;
  • Classification of holders of financial accounts (“Investors”) maintained by the Fund under the CRS categories;
  • Collecting of Investors’ due diligence and know your customer data which shall be as complete as reasonably possible, with use of, inter alia, self-certification forms for CRS purposes;
  • Accurately recording Investors’ data in an electronically searchable database of Circle, so that paper records searches are not required;
  • Making of any prescribed electronic database searches and enquiries for CRS indicia as defined in CRS; and
  • Preparing of reports on Investors’ data in the form prescribed by the competent tax authority.

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