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Monday, May 2, 2011

Starting Your Own Fund Family: Hire a Transfer Agent

Reported by Sean Hanna, Editor in Chief

Eight Simple Steps to Starting Your Own Mutual Family

Step Four: Hire a Transfer Agent

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  • The transfer agent tracks who owns the shares of the mutual fund. It also will perform other back-office operations for the mutual fund.

    The MFWire has uncovered more than 130 Fund administration firms listed in regulatory filings as serving the 723 fund families currently in existence. The following are the 10 with the most clients:

  • U.S. Bancorp Fund Services, LLC
  • Mutual Shareholder Services LLC
  • Gemini Fund Services, LLC
  • BNY Mellon Investment Servicing/PNC Global Investment Servicing (U.S.) Inc.
  • Boston Financial Data Services Inc.
  • UMB Fund Services, Inc.
  • State Street Bank and Trust Company
  • Ultimus Fund Solutions, LLC
  • Huntington Asset Services (formerly Unified Fund Services, Inc.)
  • DST Systems

    Editor's note: This article is part of The MFWire.com's eight-step primer for starting a mutual fund family.  

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