Register and Transfer Agency

Flexible and tailored

The full range of transfer agency services

Your investor is also our client

Keeping the investor register up to date is not just an administrative task; it is also an important commercial act because it is about how your clients are taken care of throughout their investment process.

Register-keeping and transfer agency services

Universal Investment is one of the few industry players that offers a full range of transfer agency services to support international fund distribution. Our services are flexible and tailored with a high focus on quality.

  • Services offered to any type of investment vehicle including UCITS, hedge funds, real estate funds, and private equity funds – following various regulations, industry practices, or prospectus requirements
  • For any type of investor: nominees, institutionals, high-net-worth individuals, and large-scale retail investors
  • Management of complex financial intermediary networks and set-up of multi-level distribution hierarchies
  • Access to all markets and distribution patterns
  • Open platform with connectivity to multiple banks, counterparts, platforms, and intermediaries
  • Innovative, robust, and state-of-the-art technology
  • Flexible calculation and management of commission and trailer fees
  • Management of equalisation factors and series of shares
  • Anti-dilution methods, including anti-dilution levy and swing pricing
  • Savings and withdrawal plans, dividend reinvestment, and checking minimum holding
  • Cash and securities payment / settlement instructions towards depositary banks, cash correspondents and, clearing agencies

 

Contact

New Customers

Existing Customers

Andreas Gessinger

Andreas Gessinger

Area Head of Relationship Management Fund Initiators

+49 69 71043 552

andreas.gessinger@universal-investment.com

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