Core Fund Services

Are you looking to offer high-performing, innovative and compliant managed fund products and investment solutions across a range of asset classes to the Australian marketplace?
PMC Legal helps fund managers, trustees and service providers establish and offer managed funds with commercially focused guidance.
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Establish and Offer Managed Funds With Confidence

Managed funds operate in a highly regulated environment. That means constituent and offering documents, operational efficiency and governance, risk and compliance processes are critical to protecting investor interests. Leveraging expert legal guidance to structure, document and offer managed funds to the Australian marketplace enables managed funds businesses to curb risk and focus on investment performance.

PMC Legal translates complex regulatory requirements into clear, actionable strategies. Our legal team guides fund managers through every stage of the fund lifecycle, from wholesale and retail fund formation to the appointment of service providers and assistance with daily operational support. Whether establishing funds vehicles, drafting offering documents, appointing service providers or managing compliance, we’ll provide practical legal solutions tailored to your fund structure and asset class.

Our lawyers bring broad, in-depth experience across retail, wholesale, listed, quoted, dual access and managed discretionary account structures, as well as IDPS and IDPS-like products. Drawing from in-house and private practice experience, we offer clear, actionable legal advice that enables you to establish, manage and grow your funds management business with confidence.

How We Can Help

PMC Legal provides targeted, outcome-focused legal support across managed fund operations, including:

Fund establishment:

  • Retail managed funds.
  • Wholesale managed funds.
  • Quoted managed funds.
  • Dual access managed funds.
  • Listed managed funds.
  • Managed discretionary account (MDA) services.
  • IDPS and IDPS-like services.

Selection and appointment of fund service providers:

  • Trustees and responsible entities.
  • Investment Management.
  • Administration.
  • Custody.
  • Prime broking.
  • Registry.
  • Distribution.

Why PMC Legal?

By combining regulatory insight with commercial expertise, PMC Legal helps fund managers offer managed funds into the Australian market, while meeting regulatory obligations, optimising fund operations and protecting investor and organisational interests. Our approach balances legal precision with commercial practicality, making your managed funds products and investment solutions best of breed.

Meet Some of our Managed Funds Clients

Meet our Core Funds Practice Leader

Paula is a financial services lawyer with over 20 years’ experience in the Australian financial services industry, specialising in managed funds. Her expertise includes fund formation, AFS licensing matters, quotation and dual access funds, regulatory and compliance issues and interactions with ASIC. Paula has global experience establishing managed funds and currently serves on the AIMA Regulatory Committee.

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Get in Touch

At PMC Legal, our experts make your managed funds products and investment solutions straightforward. We’ll help you structure, launch and operate managed funds and investment vehicles that meet regulatory obligations and market expectations. 

Connect with us to discuss fund establishment, service provider arrangements, offering documents or compliance frameworks and explore how we can help you bring best-of-breed managed funds products and investment solutions to the Australian marketplace.

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