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Sarbanes-Oxley, Fund Officer Service

You can enlist Foreside Management Services, LLC to provide qualified persons to serve as Sarbanes-Oxley/Principal Officers (President/PEO and Treasurer/PFO) of your fund. Alternatively, your can hire us (consulting services) to help review the existing SOX controls and procedures of your Fund.

  • As of Jan 2008, Foreside staff hold more than 120 SOX officer positions for more than 100 funds including both series trusts as well as individual funds and ETFs totaling almost $30bn in assets;
  • Our services include a review and certification of Form N-CSR (shareholder report) and Form N-Q, as well as Sections 302 and 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 ("SOX");
  • We undertake a substantive review and certification under the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 of fund filings on Form N-CSR and Form N-Q;
  • We will liaise with the Fund’s auditor and Audit Committee, providing appropriate management representations;
  • We will establish, maintain and/or supervise mutual fund disclosure controls and procedures (designed to ensure that information on Form N-CSR and Form N-Q is recorded, processed, summarized and reported timely); and
  • We will establish, internal controls over financial reporting (i.e., provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of financial reporting and financial statements for external purposes in accordance with GAAP).

Why chose Foreside?

  • Outstanding service and close attention to your needs;
  • An appropriate 'compliance program' approach to the role of President/PEO and Treasurer/PFO;
  • Existing professional and productive relationships with the major fund service providers.

Please see a success story. For further information on how we can help you, please contact:
Trudi L.C. Bakke vCard TRUDI L.C. BAKKE
Director, Fund Financial Reporting, Foreside Financial Group, LLC

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