Recent assignments

Advice on family trust structures covering issues such as wealth preservation, tax efficiency, residence and domicile.
Quarterly reports on the operational effectiveness of internal control over financial reporting for leading family offices, covering issues such as corporate governance, the control environment, IT assurance, accounting policies and procedures, and the segregation of investment trading, settlement and accounting functions.
Custodian evaluation reviews for custodians in Europe and the Americas, covering issues such as capital requirements, the regulatory environment and corporate governance, custody services, pricing, securities lending and the use of sub-custodians.
Internal audits for banking and sovereign wealth fund clients, covering issues such as investment risk management, performance management, benchmarking and investment allocation.
Internal control reports to investment managers, covering issues such as client acceptance, authorising and processing transactions, compliance and safeguarding assets.
IT assurance reports on issues such as access controls, IT governance, change management, security and business continuity.