Outsourcing of certain tasks of the Central Administration Function
Pursuant to Article 41 (2a) of the amended Law of 5 April 1993 on the financial sector (Obligation of Professional Secrecy) (“LFS”), and in accordance with CSSF Circular 22/806 on outsourcing arrangements, Harmonic Fund Services Luxembourg S.A. (“HFSLSA”) is permitted to outsource certain activities to Harmonic Fund Services Canada Inc (located in Toronto, Canada), Harmonic Consulting Ireland Ltd (located in Dublin in the Republic of Ireland), Harmonic Fund Services Ireland Limited (located in Dublin in the Republic of Ireland), Harmonic Consulting Services UK Limited (located in London, England) and Harmonic Fund Services (located in Grand Cayman in the Cayman Islands) (collectively the “Harmonic Affiliates”). The Harmonic Affiliates are authorized to perform certain tasks of the central administration function including NAV calculation and accounting on behalf of HFSLSA. The Harmonic Affiliates located in the Republic of Ireland, Canada and the Cayman Islands are also authorized to perform additional tasks of the central administration function including registrar, transfer agency and client communication on behalf of HFSLSA (the tasks together are the “Outsourced Central Administration Services”). HFSLSA shall retain full oversight and overall responsibility for the Outsourced Central Administration Services at all times. In this context certain (a) investor data including detailed cash transactions and balances, portfolio trades and pricing, entity expenses and any other support needed in order to corroborate the evidence of any cash, trade or entity expense transaction and/or (b) personal data as defined in the General Data Protection Regulation (Regulation 2016/679) (“GDPR”) needed in order to verify a client or an investor’s identity may be transmitted from Luxembourg to the Republic of Ireland, England, Canada or the Cayman Islands.
IT Outsourcing
Pursuant to Article 41 (2a) of the amended Law of 5 April 1993 on the financial sector (Obligation of Professional Secrecy) (“LFS”), and in accordance with CSSF Circular 22/806 on outsourcing arrangements, Harmonic Fund Services Luxembourg S.A. (“HFSLSA”) is permitted to outsource certain IT related activities to Harmonic Fund Services Canada Inc (located in Toronto, Canada), Harmonic Consulting Ireland Ltd (located in Dublin in the Republic of Ireland), Harmonic Fund Services (located in Grand Cayman in the Cayman Islands), Harmonic Consulting Services UK Limited (located in London, England), Harmonic Fund Services Ireland Limited (located in Dublin in the Republic of Ireland) and Wavelength Financial Technology Ltd (located in Grand Cayman in the Cayman islands) (collectively the “Harmonic Affiliates”). The Harmonic Affiliates are authorized to perform certain IT related activities on behalf of HFSLSA (the “Outsourced IT Services”). HFSLSA shall retain full oversight and overall responsibility for the Outsourced IT Services at all times. In this context certain (a) investor data including detailed cash transactions and balances, portfolio trades and pricing, entity expenses and any other support needed in order to corroborate the evidence of any cash, trade or entity expense transaction and/or (b) personal data as defined in the General Data Protection Regulation (Regulation 2016/679) (“GDPR”) needed in order to verify a client’s or an investor’s identity, may be transmitted from Luxembourg to the Republic of Ireland, England, Canada or the Cayman Islands.
Cloud Outsourcing
Pursuant to Article 41 (2a) of the amended Law of 5 April 1993 on the financial sector (Obligation of Professional Secrecy) (“LFS”), and in accordance with CSSF Circular 22/806 on outsourcing arrangements, Harmonic Fund Services Luxembourg S.A. (“HFSLSA”) is permitted to outsource its VMware server function and data storage to Microsoft Corporation (“Microsoft”) through its affiliated resource operator, Harmonic Fund Services Canada Inc. The primary Microsoft data center provider is located in Ontario, Canada the secondary Microsoft data center provider is located in Dublin, Republic of Ireland.
Microsoft is authorized to perform the VMware server function and storage of clients’ data on the Cloud on behalf of HFSLSA (the “Outsourced Cloud Services”). All client and investor data in the possession of HFSLSA such as investor transactions, balances, AML/KYC data, personal data as defined in the General Data Protection Regulation (Regulation 2016/679) (“GDPR”), accounting data, portfolio trading and valuation data, emails, communications and other files will be transferred to Microsoft. HFSLSA shall retain full oversight and overall responsibility for the Outsourced Cloud Services at all times. In this context all client and investor data may be stored on the Microsoft cloud and thus transmitted from Luxembourg to the relevant Microsoft data centers in the Republic of Ireland and/or Canada.
Internal Audit
Pursuant to Article 41 (2a) of the amended Law of 5 April 1993 on the financial sector (Obligation of Professional Secrecy) (“LFS”), and in accordance with CSSF Circular 22/806 on outsourcing arrangements, Harmonic Fund Services Luxembourg S.A. (“HFSLSA”) is permitted to outsource operational tasks of its internal audit function (the “Internal Audit”) to ARCAD S.A. (“ARCAD”), located in Luxembourg.
All client and investor data in the possession of HFSLSA such as investor transactions, balances, AML/KYC data, personal data as defined in the General Data Protection Regulation (Regulation 2016/679) (“GDPR”), accounting data, portfolio trading and valuation data, emails, communications and other files may be provided to ARCAD as required to perform its tasks. HFSLSA shall retain full oversight and overall responsibility for the Internal Audit function at all times.
LAST REVISED: 15 November, 2024