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Bolder Group

CRYPTO AND DIGITAL ASSETS SERVICES

FUND SETUP ● LAUNCH ● ADMINISTRATION ● GOVERNANCE ● COMPLIANCE ● REPORTING
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From launch to ongoing compliance — Bolder’s crypto services

With the advent of blockchain technology in 2009, a new asset class was born — digital assets, specifically cryptocurrencies. Crypto and other digital assets have dramatically revolutionised the financial landscape and related services, providing a fresh option for non-traditional investors and fund managers to diversify their portfolios.

As early adopters increasingly invested in digital assets, this market has become more integrated into traditional financial systems over time. This development has continued to attract even traditional investors and fund managers, resulting in the demand for unique crypto and digital assets services, from set-up and launch to administration and compliance.

With our comprehensive suite of crypto and digital asset services, Bolder Group can bridge the gap for traditional asset managers who are looking into venturing into this sector.

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Partnering with Bolder Group

CONNECTIVITY

Our extensive network includes over 50+ CeFi connections and 25+ blockchain chains, complemented by numerous protocols. We also offer considerable flexibility in onboarding new exchanges or protocols.

EXPERTISE IN DIGITAL ASSETS

Our forward-thinking approach and deep expertise in digital assets enable us to adeptly handle complex DeFi transactions. Bolder isn’t just a service provider; we possess unique expertise in setting up companies and SPVs tailored to our clients’ diverse digital asset strategies, truly understanding the decentralised nature and specific needs of these entities.

COMPLIANCE

We proactively keep our team and clients informed of regulatory developments so we stay ahead of the compliance requirements.

FINANCIAL ACCURACY

We are committed to collaborating closely to ensure that financial statements are accurately reconciled, and profit and loss statements are correctly maintained

Solutions

With our comprehensive suite of digital asset services, Bolder Group can bridge the gap for traditional asset managers who are looking into venturing into this sector.

Bolder Group offers a wide range of specialised services designed to meet the unique needs of your digital assets fund. Our solutions guide you through every aspect of the process, from the initial formation of the fund to the ongoing fund administration and support with future audits. We also assist with ICO and VASP filing if required.

Our dedicated Digital Assets Team are not only financial professionals, but also active participants in the market, with deep understanding of high-frequency trading, indexing arbitrage and a wide range of crypto trading strategies. We capture and normalise transactions to ensure timely and accurate reporting through manual and automated reconciliation, as well as direct connectivity (via API) with the leading exchanges within the industry.

Our processes and procedures are designed to eliminate inefficiencies, provide oversight and execute the highest service levels.

As a fund administrator, we understand the challenges that our clients face in today’s environment: the continuously changing requirements for managing a fund and increasingly complex reporting duties. Our knowledgeable and experienced teams fully understand the characteristics of a broad range of investment funds.  

We ensure that our clients can solely concentrate on managing their funds’ portfolios rather than on back-office operations. We offer a complete range of fund accounting and administration services for hedge funds and funds: 

  • Processing trade and non-trade related transactions;  
  • Preparing books of accounts by compiling accounting records from independent sources, reconciling account statements and balances, pricing the portfolio, calculating income and expense accruals and fees and calculating the Net Asset Value of participations;  
  • Computation of independent valuation and track Investments; 
  • Computation of management/performance fees, and other fees (if applicable); 
  • Computation of interest charge calculations and allocations, tracking return of capital, rates of return, etc.; 
  • Computation hurdle and/or other applicable fees 
  • Computation income and expense accruals; 
  • Process and reconcile cash transactions; 
  • Computation and process net asset values (NAVs); 
  • Liaise with external providers; 
  • Computation and disbursement of fees; and 
  • Publishing of the NAV (if required). 

Special care is given to accurate and swift communication with the funds’ investors, ensuring a smooth and satisfactory service and helping our clients to create a sound reputation for their funds. Our investor relation team provides a full range of registrar, transfer agency and investor relation services:  

  • Collect and process client documentation (automated);
  • Provision of share registrar, transfer agent, paying agent and settlement functions;  
  • Maintenance of the register of investors and related documents ; 
  • Maintenance of capital account balances for partnerships; 
  • Processing of all subscriptions, contributions, redemptions, withdrawals, transfers, and switches;  
  • Know-Your-Customer and Anti-Money-Laundering identification procedures;  
  • Assistance with cash management functions and payment process;  
  • Distribution of dividends or applicable payments; and 
  • Distribution of investor statements and investor communication. 

We provide middle office services so that our clients can leverage our expertise and free up in-house resources, which in turn allows them to stay focused on their primary investment objectives:  

  • Daily corporate action processing;  
  • Daily prime broker position, proceeds/cash and trade reconciliation;  
  • Reconciled T+1 P&L reporting;  
  • Trade and position break reporting; and 
  • Ad-hoc trades and position activity reporting. 

In a time of increasing regulatory changes and growing investor needs, we understand that timely and accurate reporting is essential for stakeholders. We meet our clients’ reporting needs, including the provision of financial, regulatory and tax reporting services:   

Bolder works with external software vendors and has developed a bespoke application that prepares and compiles financial statements under IFRS and Dutch, Luxembourg and Local GAAP, quarterly, semi-annually or annually. Also: Preparation of unaudited financial statements in conformity with relevant accounting standards.   

We directly provide the relevant regulatory bodies in the domicile of a fund with appropriate financial information in the required format and at the correct interval (as prescribed by law). In addition, we can assist fund managers in meeting their respective regulatory requirements: 

  • Reporting in compliance with AIFMD;  
  • Reporting that conforms to the AEOI requirements;  
  • Fund Annual Returns (FAR); 
  • Form PF reporting assistance;  
  • Blue Sky filing assistance; and 
  • Compiling data for other regulatory reporting. 

Bolder provides fund managers with the necessary reports and support to produce the required investor tax reports. We can also provide the relevant tax authority with information specific to a fund’s holdings. Examples:  

  • FATCA & CRS returns; 
  • Communication with local tax authorities or IRS; 
  • Investor classification and identification of investors to be compliant with the US Foreign Account Tax Compliance Act (FATCA/ OECD’s AEOI); 
  • Classification and registration of funds with the local tax authorities; 
  • Gap – analysis (for existing structures) to identify if further information is required; 
  • Registration of the funds with the IRS and local tax authorities; 
  • K-1 reporting assistance; 
  • Acting as the FATCA Reporting Officer; and 
  • Other duties under CRS or FATCA. 

Bolder assists clients in navigating through the regulatory and legislative environment in multiple jurisdictions by offering a full range of corporate and legal services. Our local presence and in-depth local expertise ensure clients receive services of the highest quality. In addition, we can recommend third-party service providers in most jurisdictions. 

We provide a comprehensive range of incorporation and set-up services in major fund jurisdictions like the Netherlands, British Virgin Islands, Cayman Islands and Luxembourg:  

  • Advice on the type of structure; 
  • Drafting of the offering and constitutional documents; 
  • Assistance in opening of bank, custody and brokerage accounts;  
  • Assistance in obtaining business or professional authorisation and tax registration;  
  • Obtaining security identifiers;  
  • Coordination with other service providers such as auditors, banks, legal advisers and public notaries; and  
  • Set-up of a management company. 

Our Bolder legal team provides ongoing legal services to funds:  

  • Organisation and recording of board and shareholders meetings;  
  • Submission of reports to local authorities;  
  • Preparation and filing of statutory returns;  
  • Assistance in the opening of bank, custody and brokerage accounts;  
  • Review and preparation of corporate legal documents;  
  • Liaising with local legal and tax advisers; and  
  • Assistance with liquidations or re-domiciliations. 

Bolder staff of each location has extensive knowledge and provides a full range of domiciliation services:  

  • Registered agent, registered office and secretarial services;  
  • Registration with local authorities; 
  • Provision of local directors for the (day-to-day) management of a fund;  
  • Maintenance of register of shareholders and members; and  
  • Protection and archiving of corporate documents and records as required by law. 

AML OFFICER SERVICES (MLRO, DMLRO and AMLCO roles) 

  • Appointment of Anti Money Laundering Officer and/or (deputy) money laundering reporting officer of the fund;  
  • Establishment of appropriate controls and reporting procedures to prevent money laundering;  
  • Set up of sanctions compliance program to screen against applicable sanction lists;  
  • Maintaining adequate systems to identify risk in relation to persons, countries and activities; and 
  • Adoption of a risk-based approach to monitoring financial activities. 

Our Treasury management team will work with our clients to initiate the opening of the fund or company bank account with one of our premier financial institutions. Our Treasury management team follows international standards while ensuring the segregation of duties with independent transaction preparation, review and release of wires.  

  • Bank account set-up and maintenance;  
  • Wire Transactions, cash reconciliation and compliance;  
  • Transfer balances for investments;  
  • Expense payments, accruals and budgeting;  
  • Independent controls; and  
  • Oversight.

Compliance

Compliance is a critical challenge for businesses and funds, especially in the young, dynamic landscape of digital assets, where new regulations constantly emerge. As the legislative landscape evolves, digital asset managers—both veterans and new ones—seek efficient ways to meet compliance requirements and minimise the administrative burden that comes with them.

Compliance, our core competency, is central to Bolder Group’s workflow for various types of clients, including digital asset managers. We keep our team informed of the local legislation and regulatory developments so that we can provide timely and accurate solutions to our clients and ensure their business’s sustainability.

KYC

Consulting
Outsourcing
Health Checks
Policy Building
Policy Implementation

Verification

CDD/EDD
Customer ID Verification
PEP Verification
UBO Verification
Transaction Monitoring

AML

Outsourcing
Risk Analysis
Compliance Audits
Policies and Procedures
AML Calendar

Technology

Bolder Group leverages Connectivity, which grants our team access to an extensive and diverse range of crypto trading information from legitimate and secure sources: De-FI, Ce-FI, banks, custodians, banks and other data aggregators. The network includes over 50 CeFi connections and 25 blockchains. The stream allows us to offer flexibility in onboarding new exchanges and protocols and innovate alongside our clients.

CONNECTIVITY LIST
CE – FI

Ascendex
B2C2
Bequant
Bidget
Binance
Bit
Bitfinex
Bitflyer
Bithumb
Bitmex
Bitso
Bitstamp
Bitwind
Blockchain.com
BRDGX
BTSE
Bybit
Coinbase
International
Coinbase
Ex (pro)
Coinbase
Coinex
Coinlist
Coinone
Cointr
Crypto.com
Cumberland
Deribit
Dydix
Falconx
Flashfx
Galaxy digital
Gate.io
Gemini
Hitbtc
HTX
HUOBI
Indodax
Itbit
Kraken
Kucoin
Lmax global
Luno
Mexc
Okcoin
Okx
Phemex
Poloniex
Upbit
Wallex
Wootrade

CONNECTIVITY LIST
DE – FI

Akash
Algo
Aptos
Arbitrum
Astar
Aurora
Avax
Base
BNB
BTC
Cardano
Cosmos
ETH
FTM
Gnosis
Harmony
Klaytin
Moonbeam
Optimism
Polygon
Ronin
Solana
Zksync

CONNECTIVITY LIST DATA AGGREGATOR

Coinmarketcap
Debank

CONNECTIVITY LIST CUSTODY & BANKS

Anchorage digital
Antalpha
Bitgo
Ceffu
Circle
Coinbase
Prime
Copper
Fireblocks