Our lawyers and legal assistants have experience in various jurisdictions throughout the world, and are dedicated to ensuring that Citco's high standards of service are maintained from the time a fund is set up throughout its existence

With an intricate understanding of the needs of our clients, and in keeping within Citco's strict legal and ethical guidelines, our legal team will maintain all corporate records and documentation in a comprehensive, professional and accurate manner. Through attention to detail and compliance with the required fund deadlines, our lawyers help to ensure that the service that you receive is unsurpassed.

We provide a comprehensive range of accounting services. Our accountants are responsible for maintaining books of account which will include but will not be limited to: the processing trade-related transactions and of corporate actions, processing of non-trade related transactions (cash movements, etc.), monitoring and processing of capital contributions/withdrawals, periodic reconciliation of cash and other balances at brokers, reconciliation of bank accounts; calculation of income and expense accruals, calculation of management and incentive fees; independent reconciliation of the portfolio positions on a periodic basis if requested.

Citco's experienced Account Managers are supported by a sophisticated portfolio accounting system, "Ephesus". This is a genuine multi-currency system, capable of processing virtually all types of investments, including long and short for equities, fixed income, options, futures, forward currency contracts and complex derivatives. It allows for various accounting methods, unlimited consolidation features, and processes corporate actions. In addition, Ephesus has PFIC and tax layering features for U.S. investors in non-U.S. funds and domestic partnerships. In some cases we use other portfolio accounting and partnership taxation software packages to ensure the specific needs of clients are met.

We have a comprehensive knowledge of the jurisdictions that are commonly chosen for the location of offshore investment funds. Our long-established presence and experience in assisting clients with structuring and establishing investment funds means that we are ideally placed to provide guidance and advice to our clients to ensure that the best jurisdiction is chosen for a particular fund. As each jurisdiction has its own distinct Mutual Fund laws; optimum balance between investor protection, freedom of investment decision and structural flexibility can be achieved by selecting the most suitable jurisdiction.

We have excellent relationships with professional firms in all of the jurisdictions to provide a seamless, pro-active, high quality service at all stages from the inception of the fund to ongoing maintenance, and compliance related issues. We keep our clients abreast of new opportunities and take a proactive attitude to let you take advantage of changes in legislation as they arise. Our clients have the peace of mind that Citco has the requisite knowledge to ensure the requirements of the relevant jurisdiction are met.