Administrative Office
- Business address and shared administrative office facilities.
- Answering telephone calls and forwarding telephone messages.
- Receiving and forwarding telecopier and e-mail messages.
- Receiving and holding or forwarding mail received by post or courier.
Invoicing and Secretarial
- Invoicing and online billing.
- Typing and other secretarial work.
Bookkeeping and Accounting
- Maintenance of financial records and data input in computerised accounting system.
- Preparation of quarterly management accounts and of annual financial statements in accordance with generally acceptable accounting principles.
- Consultation with external auditors in respect of matters related to the annual audit of books of account and financial statements.
Management Counselling
- Undertaking of management consultation assignments.
- Compilation of budgets and business proposals.
- Preparation of project appraisal reports.
Account Opening
- Assistance in selecting a financial institution.
- Obtaining application forms from selected financial institutions.
- Ascertaining that documents to be submitted to financial institutions meet all application requirements.
- Submitting application documents to financial institutions and notification of application results.
Paying Agent
- Provision of two senior officers authorised to sign jointly on accounts with financial institutions.
- Checking validity of payment instructions received.
- Placing payment orders with financial institutions on a fiduciary basis.
- Confirming execution of payment orders.
Trading Agent
- Provision of one senior officer authorised to trade on accounts with financial institutions.
- Checking validity of trading instructions received.
- Placing trading orders with financial institutions on a fiduciary basis.
- Confirming execution of trading orders.
Fiscal Agent
- Receiving, holding, and paying out subscription funds for new offerings of securities.
- Receiving, holding, and paying out dividends and interest due on securities.
- Withholding from and paying taxes on dividends and interest paid out.
- Receiving, holding, and paying out funds on the redemption of bonds and other redeemable securities.
Transfer Agent
- Issuing, registering and redeeming securities.
- Ensuring that new offerings of securities are not over issued.
- Maintaining records of changes in ownership of securities.
- Cancelling old and issuing new certificates.
- Resolving problems arising from lost, destroyed, or stolen certificate
Finance Business
- Preliminary discussion and assessment of supporting documents provided by the Client in view of obtaining an authorisation to carry on a finance business in or from within the Federation of Saint Christopher and Nevis.
- Drafting of a business plan and policy manual based on information provided by the Client if it has been specifically agreed in writing that these documents are to be provided by us.
- Ascertaining that documents provided by the Client meet all application requirements and advising the Client of any omission, inconsistency or other material error which in our opinion need to be rectified before submitting any application.
- Applying to the relevant regulatory authority for an authorisation to carry on the finance business specified in the statutory statement required to be filed with the said authority.
- Liaison with government officials and notification of application results.
Public Offering
- Preliminary discussion and assessment of supporting documents provided by the Client in view of obtaining an authorisation to circulate a prospectus in or from within the Federation of Saint Christopher and Nevis.
- Drafting of a prospectus based on information provided by the Client if it has been specifically agreed in writing that the prospectus is to be provided by us.
- Ascertaining that documents provided by the Client meet all application requirements and advising the Client of any omission, inconsistency or other material error which in our opinion need to be rectified before submitting any application.
- Applying to the relevant regulatory authority for an authorisation to circulate the prospectus.
- Liaison with government officials and notification of application results.