In our role as Fund Operator, we provide Authorised Corporate Director (ACD) services to open-ended investment companies, Authorised Fund Manager (AFM) services to unit trusts and act as Operator for authorised contractual schemes.

Regulated by the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA), our UK office has the regulatory responsibility for the compliant operation of all funds under our management.

Our fund ranges



 

Protect your funds through effective risk management.

We continuously invest in our systems and risk management tools to ensure we deliver best-in-class risk and fund compliance solutions for you. Our risk management tools include MSCI RiskMetrics and Linedata.

Benefit from:

  • Established risk management process
  • Risk profiling
  • Risk spreading rule implementation
  • Investment objective rule implementation
  • Counterparty risk services
  • Asset eligibility risk monitoring
  • Market risk services
  • Liquidity risk services
  • Synthetic risk and reward indicator (SRRI) verification
  • Regulatory reporting
  • Risk strategy support and new product implementation.
  • Performance and contribution analysis
  • Training on risk management matters
  • Monitoring, evaluation and reporting of compliance risks
  • Assistance in the control of compliance risks

Protect your brand through FundRock’s oversight and due diligence process.

Our team of experts perform oversight and due diligence on a daily basis, to keep you informed of the findings and pro-actively help you resolve any issues that are identified in the process.

Benefit from:

  • Monitoring of the Central Administrator, including Fund Accounting and the Transfer Agency: We review processes, procedures and ongoing activities performed by the central administrator. This includes monitoring the activities of the transfer agency, NAV calculations, fund dissemination, as well as regulatory and financial reporting
  • Monitoring of the investment manager: We review processes, procedures and ongoing activities performed by the investment manager
  • Monitoring of the distributor: We review processes, procedures and ongoing activities performed by the distributor
  • Monitoring of the depositary: We review processes, procedures and ongoing activities performed by the principal depositary

 

Stay abreast of regulatory changes and ensure your funds are compliant with legal and regulatory requirements.

Keep on top of regulatory changes and ensure your funds are remain compliant.

Benefit from:

  • Regulatory liaison
  • New regulation implementation support
  • Monitoring, evaluation and reporting of compliance risks
  • Assistance in the control of compliance risks
  • Regulatory workshops for you and your team

Giving you the insights to achieve your investment goals.

Benefit from:

  • Long-term partnership
    We will assign you a dedicated relationship manager to help you understand your business at an in-depth level, and to assist you in achieving your investment fund related goals
  • Strong leadership
    We are acknowledged by the regulator for our professionalism and our pro-activity in driving industry innovations that keep clients and the industry safe
  • An experienced and balanced management team
    We are proud to say that on average, our managers have more than sixteen years of industry and technical experience
  • The expertise of our dynamic and diverse team
    We are passionate about what we do and continuously invest in our talent in order to drive progress. Our highly trained fund management services industry experts will provide you with local market insight as well as global expertise in more than 20 languages. This enables you to build on our diversity to drive innovation

Our core solutions are complemented by a broad range of additional services, which can all be tailored to fit your needs.

 

OUR ADDITIONAL SERVICES

Ensure your funds fulfill all Anti-Money Laundering (AML) obligations.

Benefit from:

  • AML policy validation
  • Definition of the transfer agent AML policy
  • AML policy implementation
  • Point of liaison for authorities
  • Reporting to the fund’s board of directors
  • Systematic management of exceptions approval requests
  • Resolution of suspicious activity

As the authorised corporate director or authorised fund manager of our UK funds range, we are responsible for the production and upkeep of fund constitutional documents, fund prospectuses, and regulatory disclosures including key investor information documents, shareholder notices and other disclosures required under applicable laws and rules.

Your distribution gateway for UCITS and alternative investment funds.

Define and implement a winning distribution strategy for your funds.

Benefit from:

  • Market intelligence – Receive country specific information and statistics relating to the registration and distribution of your funds
  • Fund registration – Enable investors from around the world to access your funds, by getting them registered and passported across multiple jurisdictions
  • Global distribution network access – Benefit from global agreements with introducers, marketers and distribution platforms
  • Introduction and appointment of required service providers in different jurisdictions – Get introduced to paying agents, information agents and representative agents you can trust
  • ETF listings – Get your fund listed as an Exchange Traded Fund (ETF) to enable investors to publicly trade your fund
  • Market entry management – Gain time to focus on managing and marketing your product, by letting us coordinate your market entry with translation agencies, legal counsels and fund administrators as required
  • On-going maintenance, due-diligence, risk and control management of distribution channels – Be sure your funds are and remain compliant with country specific rules and regulations

We make it easy for you to access our solutions in order to help you meet  your investment strategy.

Your distribution gateway for UCITS and alternative investment funds.

Define and implement a winning distribution strategy for your funds.

Benefit from:

  • Market intelligence – Receive country specific information and statistics relating to the registration and distribution of your funds.
  • Fund registration – Enable investors from around the world to access your funds, by getting them registered and passported across multiple jurisdictions.
  • Global distribution network access – Benefit from global agreements with introducers, marketers and distribution platforms.
  • Introduction and appointment of required service providers in different jurisdictions – Get introduced to paying agents, information agents and representative agents you can trust.
  • ETF listings – Get your fund listed as an Exchange Traded Fund (ETF) to enable investors to publicly trade your fund.
  • Market entry management – Gain time to focus on managing and marketing your product, by letting us coordinate your market entry with translation agencies, legal counsels and fund administrators as required.
  • On-going maintenance, due-diligence, risk and control management of distribution channels – Be sure your funds are and remain compliant with country specific rules and regulations.

We make it easy for you to access our solutions in order to help you meet  your investment strategy.

Being part of Apex Group, our clients have access to the broadest range of industry solutions across the value chain from a single source.

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