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Company History Brief Global
Asset Allocation Limited Global Asset Allocation Limited (GAA) is an independent fund management company based in Bermuda.GAA provides investment management services to sister company, GAA Investment Funds Ltd (GAAIFL), pursuant to section paragraph 2(1)(ix) of the Schedule to the Investment Business Act 1998. GAAIFL itself is classified as a Bermuda Standard Scheme under the Bermuda Monetary Authority (Collective Investment Scheme Classification) Regulations 1998 and has been granted the corporate power and authority by the Bermuda Monetary Authority (BMA) to conduct business as a mutual fund. In turn, as an 'umbrella trust company', GAAIFL prepares and issues its own underlying fund prospectuses in accordance with Bermuda law and makes its funds available to investors via an international network of Independent Financial Advisors (IFAs).Click here for confirmation that GAAIFL is listed as a Classified Collective Investment Scheme by the BMA under its 'Authorised Investment Funds' listing. GAAIFL employs Bermuda Commercial Bank Limited (BCB) in Bermuda to act as the Custodian to its international funds. There are only four licenced banks in Bermuda who are authorised to provide this service in Bermuda. Click here for confirmation from the BMA's website that BCB is licenced to do so. GAAIFL employs International Corporate Management of Bermuda Limited (ICMOB) in Bermuda to act as the Fund Administrator to its international funds. The BMA requires that a Fund Administrator be recognised under section 9(1)(b) of the Investment Funds Act 2006. Click here for confirmation from the BMA's website that ICMOB complies with this regulation. In conjunction with specialist joint venture partners, the Principals of GAA have been designing contemporary investment solutions for onshore and offshore markets since 1990. These solutions have provided the international investor with viable global investment opportunities designed to compliment existing investments holdings and portfolios, and have resulted in funds based in several offshore jurisdictions including Cayman Islands, Bermuda, Guernsey and Labuan, Malaysia. GAA identifies the needs of the international investor based on current and specific global market trends and conditions, bringing together top managers, administrators and financial service providers in order to engineer innovative investment strategies. GAA continues to stay one step ahead by designing structured financial programmes to meet the ever-changing needs of the discerning investor. The Philosophy of GAA can be summed up as ‘Risk Management through Asset Allocation’. This is reflected in the diverse but complementary investment and risk management structures provided by GAA through its choice of varying asset classes and core investment holdings used in the solutions it provides. GAA Direct Limited GAA Direct Limited is a financial brokerage and distribution company licensed in Labuan, Malaysia, by the Labuan Offshore Financial Services Authority (LOFSA) and endorsed by the Malaysian Ministry of Finance. It has successfully designed a range of financial products underwritten by the offshore arm of Malaysia's largest composite insurance company, resulting in Malaysian and international investors being able to access GAA funds via a single premium insurance 'investment linked' wrapper underwritten in Labuan, Malaysia, South East Asia's premier offshore financial centre. Click here for confirmation that GAA Direct Limited is licensed to carry out offshore insurance-related activities by the Labuan Offshore Financial Services Authority. Global Asset Allocation (S) Pte Ltd
Global Asset Allocation (S) Pte Ltd (Singapore Company
Registration Number: 200709410C), is a company incorporated and
established in compliance with the Monetary Authority of Singapore
(MAS) guidelines with regards to the fund management industry in
Singapore. Click here for confirmation that Global Asset Allocation (S) Pte Ltd enjoys exempt fund manager status in Singapore in compliance with MAS guidelines, as detailed in the MAS Financial Institutions Directory online.
is Managing Director of Global Asset Allocation Limited, GAA Investment Funds Limited, GAA Direct Limited and Global Asset Allocation (S) Pte Ltd.
Formerly Executive Director of Pesaka Capital Corporation, he sits on the board of several unit trust and mutual fund companies. Mr Smeeton has worked in the offshore financial services industry since 1987 and is responsible for the design of a range of financial instruments which have been successfully distributed throughout Europe, the Middle East, Africa and Asia.
CARL BUTLER
is a Director of Global Asset Allocation Limited, GAA Investment Funds Limited and Global Asset Allocation (S) Pte Ltd and is also Chief Operating Officer of GAA Direct Limited.
Mr Butler has spent more than 25 years in the management of companies in both the automotive and financial services industries. He has worked in international sales, marketing and distribution in the UK as well as in the Middle East, Germany and Korea. He has worked in the offshore financial services industry since 1996.
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