Transfer Agent: operations and support teams

Over the past years, the landscape of the investment fund industry has been reshaping itself, adapting to the evolving needs and expectations of investors and distributors. Along with that shift have come changes in the way the transfer agents operate, organise, manage risk, implement regulations and interact with other stakeholders of the investment funds value chain.

• By the end of this session, the participants will be able to understand in detail the role, responsibilities and tasks of each TA department from operational to support functions. The participants will also be guided through the process workflow of the main TA.

• Review of the TA 6 main process workflows
• Document reception and management
• Account registration and maintenance
• Transaction input and processing
• Reporting
• Cash reconciliation and settlement
• Fund events
• Relationship management
• Transversal functions
• TA support teams

This training is coordinated by Alexis Bouly, Director at PwC Luxembourg.

Alexis has over 15 years of experience in the fund industry.

He started his career in the audit of investment funds and has been involved in large scales advisory projects related to investment funds such as fund accounting, transfer agents, fund platform migrations and outsourcing implementations across the globe.