Company description

Custom House Global Fund Services Ltd. ("CHGFS"), the Malta based parent company of the Custom House Group of Companies ("Custom House"), was established when Equity Trust's fund services division was merged into Custom House in September 2008. CHGFS is authorised under a Category 4 license as a Custodian for Fund of Hedge Funds and recognised as a hedge fund administrator by the Malta Financial Services Authority (“MFSA”). Custom House offers a full 24 hour, “round the world”, “round the clock” administration service out of its offices in Amsterdam, Chicago, Dublin, Guernsey, Luxembourg, Malta and Singapore. This service, which enables Custom House to offer daily dealing NAVs covers all aspects of day to day operations, including maintaining the fund’s books and records, carrying out the valuations, calculating the NAV and handling all subscriptions and redemptions, as well as over-seeing payment of the fund’s expenses. As well as acting as a licensed Custodian of Funds of Funds in Malta, Custom House's complementary services include the provision of Corporate Secretarial and Director services and in the Netherlands Custom House offers Bewaarder services to local Dutch clients. Custom House can service Guernsey funds through its Guernsey office. Custom House can also assist clients in the design, organisation and establishment of customised offshore funds if needed. Custom House uses the PFS-PAXUS fully integrated fund administration system, which incorporates the automatic calculation of fees, including equalisation. Reporting is effected through CHARIOT, Custom House’s secure web-reporting platform for managers and investors. Custom House is fully SAS70 compliant and the Dublin office was the only hedge fund administrator in the world ever to be awarded a Moody’s Management Quality Rating. CHGFS and its subsidiaries are fully regulated, as required, by the relevant authorities in their jurisdiction.