Our range of services for Long Only funds, Private Equity funds and Real Estate funds includes Fund and SPV structuring advice, corporate and legal services, anti-money laundering compliance, fund accounting and net asset value calculations, investor reporting services, tax reporting + audit support services, and regulatory support services.
Our Fund Administration Services are designed to enable clients to focus on their investment management activities.
Public Markets Funds
Fund Administration
• Fund Accounting • NAV Calculations • Inter-period NAV Estimates • Cash Reconciliations • Fee, Expense & Accrual Calculations |
• Investor Servicing & Communications • Dynamic Web Portal Reporting • Exchange Reporting • Custom Portfolio Reporting • Share Registry & Transfer Agent |
Corporate Secretarial Services
• Registered Office.
• Board Meetings.
• Corporate Filings.
Regulatory Service
• FATCA Compliance Services.
• AML/KYC Services.
• Year end Audit Management and Audit Financial Statement Preparation.
• Provision of Specialist Tax Solutions with Preferred Provider (if needed).
• Fund Structure Specific Reporting (e.g. GBL, PCC, LP, UCITS).
• Risk Assessment Support.
• Regulatory Reporting.
Value Added Service
• Management Company Accounting.
• Calculation & Reporting of one off commissions, fee rebates and trailing commission fees.
• Open onshore and offshore bank accounts and custodian accounts.
• Independent Specialist Directors.
Private Markets Funds
Fund Administration
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• NAV calculation and provision • Fee, expense and accrual calculations • Carried interest, distribution waterfall • Corporate secretarial services |
• Capital activity processing, including • Capital call and distribution notice preparation. • Investor servicing and communications. • Dynamic web portal reporting. |
Regulatory Service
• FATCA Compliance Services.
• AML/KYC Services.
• Year end Audit Management and Audit Financial Statement Preparation.
• Provision of Specialist Tax Solutions with Preferred Provider (if needed).
• Fund Structure Specific Reporting.
• Risk Assessment Support.
• Regulatory Reporting.
Value Added Service
• Calculation & Reporting of one off commissions, fee rebates and trailing commission fees.
• Open onshore and offshore bank accounts and custodian accounts.
• Independent Specialist Directors.
Team Members
Executive Directors
Jonathan L.M. Shaw
Barrister-at-Law (England & Wales and Hong Kong), LL.M., F.C.I.Arb., T.E.P.
Jonathan was called to the English Bar (Gray’s Inn) in 1978. He is a postgraduate of London University where he achieved Merit & Distinction in his International Tax Masters and speclialises in international tax and trusts.
Practising initially from Birmingham Chambers, in commercial and company litigation, liquidations and banking transactions, he relocated to Hong Kong in 1986. He commenced private practice at the Hong Kong Bar, after a short spell prosecuting complex commercial crime in the Attorney General’s Chambers.
In private practice he specialised in company and commercial law with tax experience extending to structuring holding companies for regional licensing, advising on offshore jurisdictions and transactions, international corporate tax planning with the use of offshore centres, structuring of aircraft leases, interpretation of and utilisation of tax treaties, use of profit jurisdictions and related re-invoicing techniques, migration of companies etc.
He also specialises in international transfer pricing and planning. Since 1997 he has focussed specifically on international tax and trusts and has specialized in advising individuals of significant wealth (HNWIs) on their international tax planning arrangements, and their trust and succession issues. His specialisation utilises bespoke Special Purpose Vehicles, in conjunction with Tax Treaties and involves tax arbitrage between differing jurisdictions.
Amrit Ramjottan
A.C.C.A.
Amrit is a seasoned finance professional with over 20 years of international experience, living in Monaco, Hong Kong SAR, and Mainland China, and now based in Mauritius working for Corporate & Chancery Group Limited.
His cross-cultural experience allowed him to gain a unique perspective on global finance and business practises.
Amrit is a member of the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants. In addition, he holds several accredited coaching certifications in behavioural management.
Working in Monaco for a Trust and Corporate Service Provider has allowed him to get a deep understanding and appreciation of working with Ultra-High Net Worth Individuals. After moving to Asia, he practised as a CFO Service provider specialising in providing businesses with expert financial advice and support, helping them make strategic decisions that drove growth and profitability.
In between, he managed a Single-Family Office in China.
In his current role as Executive Director and Senior General Manager at Corporate & Chancery Group, his role consists of strategic, operational, and client management.
He speaks English, French, and Mandarin.
Specialist Consultants
Nicola Meaden Grenham
Ph.D.
Nicola has over 25 years’s experience in asset management and specialises in the global alternative investment sector. She is the co-founder and Chief Executive of Dumas Capital Limited, a Dublin based independent research and consulting firm. From 2001 until end 2003 Nicola was Managing Director and member of the investment committee with the Blackstone Group Inc. where she was responsible for establishing and managing the development of the group’s hedge fund activities outside the US.
In 1990, Nicola founded TASS which became one of the market’s leading global information, research and advisory companies specialising in hedge funds. The company was bought by Oppenheimer Funds, Inc. In 2001.
Nicola started in the markets in 1987 at Gourlay Wolff, a London based commodities broker. At GW she was responsible for the research and development of the firm’s managed funds business, focused on investing in global macro and CTA managers.
She has a Ph.D. from Trinity College, Dublin. The title of her thesis is The Politics of Financial Services Regulation: Reform and Design in a Footloose World. Nicola is the co-author of two books published by Prentice Hall: Derivative Markets & Investment Management (1995), and Futures Fund Management (1991).
James Watkins
LL.B.
James was born in York, England. He graduated with First-Class Honours in Law from Leeds University in 1966.
James qualified as a solicitor in 1969 and was for 20 years a Partner in Linklaters, a leading international English law firm, including eight years as Senior Partner of Linklaters’ Hong Kong office from 1986 to 1994. From 1994 to 1997, he worked in London, first as Legal Director of Trafalgar House plc and then as Legal Director of the Schroders Group. From 1997 to 2003, he was an Executive Director and Group General Counsel of the Jardine Matheson Group in Hong Kong. He specialised in International Debt and Equity Capital Markets throughout his legal career.
James is currently a non-executive director of Mandarin Oriental International Ltd and Hongkong Land Holdings Ltd, both listed on the London, Singapore and Bermuda Stock Exchanges; Jardine Cycle & Carriage Ltd, listed on the Singapore Stock Exchange; Asia Satellite Telecommunications Holdings Ltd and Advanced Semiconductor Manufacturing Corporation Ltd, both listed on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange; Global Sources Ltd, listed on NASDAQ; and IL&FS India Realty Fund II, incorporated in Mauritius.