ifsam is now FNZ

“Best Execution” for all types of funds

Take advantage of fully automated processes and our multilingual team of experts at the trading desk who will oversee your orders.

Our platform provides you with access to over 135,000 funds – ranging from Mutual Funds and ETFs to more complex products like Hedge Funds. Without involving further intermediaries, we place your orders directly with the transfer agent. ETFs are placed either with on-exchange or over-the-counter execution on the available trading venues.

Straight Through Processing (STP) enables an efficient and seamless ordering process – from trading to settlement. Our electronic trading systems are scalable to any potential order volume.

In addition to industry standard trading channels such as SWIFT and FIX, clients are offered exclusive access to our in-house developed and maintained trading platform ifsam-online.

Safe custody of fund holdings worldwide

As a regulated financial institution, licensed to provide securities trading services and to hold fund units in custody globally, we guarantee you the highest level of security for the assets you entrust us with.

With more than 1,750 depositories in over 45 jurisdictions, we support your global fund holding custodial activities.

Our Open-Architecture-Approach allows us to open new accounts wherever and whenever necessary. You can place reliance on fully automated processes, from the execution of orders to their settlement.

We offer you individual reports as well as consolidated reporting. Voluntary and mandatory corporate actions are also handled by our team (Corporate Actions Services).

Extensive network for an optimal trailer fee management

Welcome to our network for managing trailer fees. We maintain distribution agreements with 350 renowned fund providers – a number which is steadily growing.

Individual agreements and special conditions are negotiated and concluded in order to settle your commissions. By taking your existing contracts into account, we are able to optimize your commission management.

Detailed commission statements are issued by us, customizable to the level of individual funds or final investors, if desired.

Information for your competitive edge

Get access to comprehensive fund data and target market data (MiFID II) via our ifsam-online platform.

The platform will present you with all fund master data and fund trading data, together with the fund documents of the respective sales country.

All necessary information is bundled in a non-time-consuming manner and updated on a daily basis.

This is achieved by combining comprehensive information from leading fund data providers.

In addition, the platform grants access to fund documents such as: prospectuses, reports, factsheets, alongside KIIDs and PRIIPs KIDs.

Objective fund selection for you and your clients

We support you in your selection of funds with well-founded and independent analysis. Our evaluations are based on proven scientific methods and approaches.

By means of our open architecture approach, we combine our in-house research with external analysis of renowned providers such as Morningstar and Scope Analysis GmbH. In this way, you benefit from comprehensive analysis and tools throughout your selection process.

Our entire offering is easily accessible through our web-based application ifsam Fund Research.

Benefit from our support either as a customized assistance in selecting your funds, or as an objective second opinion.

Digital solutions and technological platforms for your efficiency

Nowadays, efficient trading in the fund business is unimaginable without a high degree of automation.

It is for this reason that we rely on modern concepts and technologies when trading/transferring fund units or performing custodial measures. This includes the industry standards SWIFT and FIX, however in addition to these, our in-house web-based platforms ifsam-online is used for trading and FreeDel for the automated transfer of fund units.

This allows you to process your entire fund business to a highly automated degree, scalable to your requirements.

Services for your sales success

Expand your fund markets and increase your overall fund sales with ifsam as your distribution partner. We provide you with access to renowned institutional investors worldwide.

Reduce your administrative workload by taking advantage of our automated bundling of order and settlement processes. This further includes the management of commissions.

Keyword Compliance: We also support you with regulatory requirements such as AML, KYC or FATCA.

ifsam Xplore assists you to retrieve your current client and transaction information in a clear and structured format, allowing you to provide your customers with comprehensive support.