Question: Why choose Atlantic Transfer Agency for your Investment Funds?
Answer: Because Atlantic has the experience and expertise to answer today’s questions
Atlantic is one of the largest Transfer Agents in Central Europe, with clients among the most prestigious European and global financial groups.
Atlantic serves more than one million registers, handles more than 60,000 calls and processes some 10,000 operations a day (as of January, 2010).
Atlantic’s in-house systems give you high flexibility and reduced time-to-market for your new products.
Atlantic’s proprietary Global Transfer Agency System (GTAS), developed in a multi-tiered architecture, serves major markets in Europe and throughout the world.
… And because Atlantic has answers to the next generation of questions:
Questions about anticipated developments related to UCITS IV Directive
Atlantic currently delivers services to UCIT fund market in Europe.
Atlantic is participating in the Directive that will make significant changes in the organization and functioning of major institutions in that market.
Atlantic will be a catalyst in the distribution of local funds on the European and global scale.
Atlantic will act in the same manner for global funds within local markets.
Atlantic will introduce the most significant distribution platforms offered by Clearstream, Euroclear and SWIFT.
Questions about pan-European interfaces
Atlantic is introducing such interfaces as Vestim+, FundSettle and SWIFTLite.
Atlantic has been a member of the SWIFTLite testing group.
Atlantic is a member of the ISITC working group, developing a global solution for payment processing in relation to Trailer Fee.
Atlantic is introducing into its own system (FundHub), most of the above message systems, allowing for the translation of various data format messages.
Atlantic has introduced procedures that meet requirements within KYC/AML, a direct result of our long-term relationships with international clients.
… And because Atlantic answers all the day-to-day requirements of your investment funds:
Comprehensive, cost effective shareholder recordkeeping
Transaction processing for products such as Individual Pension Accounts, Employee Pension Programs, Employee Investment Programs and Employee Benefits Programs
Issuing orders to the Depositary Bank
Managing distribution chain details; keeping business managers data current
Calculating and handling payments and remuneration for distributors
Monitoring shareholder databases against sanction lists
Preparing data for calculating income tax
Managing all aspects of fund shareholder correspondence
Supporting distributors with systems for data format translations, phone support, etc.
Reporting to Investment funds, market regulators and distributor (in distributor-required formats)
Archiving paper and electronic documents
Providing logistic support