FundAssist has been working with promoters in the Exchange Traded Fund market for over 6 years. We provide services to five of the leading ETF providers in Europe, representing over 50% of the total market by assets under management.

This is a dynamic and increasingly competitive market place. Fund launches, listings and registrations must be completed quickly to avail of investment opportunities and investor demands. FundAssist offers a highly efficient and responsive service to expedite listings and the registration of funds in home and host markets. Our extensive knowledge of local requirements, relationships with local service providers and comprehensive language capabilities make this process much easier, faster and more cost-effective.

Due to growing investor demand, ETF structures are continually expanding with multiple sub-fund launches occurring on a regular basis. This requires on-going amendments/updates to fund constitutional documentation (Prospectus, Articles of Association etc.) and FundAssist’s systems and processes are designed to help you track and manage this ongoing work in a highly efficient manner. In addition, our central repository of fund data allows all services performed on behalf of the fund to work off this central information and stay fully up to date with product details, country registrations and listings.

Financial reporting is also a significant and costly challenge as the size of your fund complex grows and accounting standards continue to evolve. Our ETF clients appreciate the range of expertise, skills and technology we bring to bear in ensuring tight filing deadlines are achieved while keeping costs to a minimum.  Most if not all of our ETF clients use the IFRS accounting standard. FundAssist has been preparing accounts to this standard since its introduction in 2005 and has accumulated extensive experience in applying it to funds. Our reporting tools have been specifically designed to expedite the preparation of IFRS disclosures. FundAssist has a team of qualified accountants who are experts in the major reporting standards such as IFRS, Irish, US, UK and Luxembourg GAAP.

Brand integrity is essential for an ETF promoter and the highest standard of fund governance is expected by the marketplace and regulators. FundAssist helps you achieve and maintain this high standard with our Board Support Services and Shareholder Meeting services. ETFs have particular challenges in identifying the underlying beneficial shareholders and we can provide specific assistance in this regard.

Whether your strategy is to focus on institutional, retail investors or both, your communication materials and processes are critical to success. FundAssist can help you with the new UCITS IV requirements in relation to the Key Investor Information Document as well as Fact Sheets preparation and efficient communication processes with investors across multiple countries and languages.