Wealth Management: Business-to-Business (B2B)
Our B2B division provides a distribution platform which offers investment products, mainly funds, bonds and stocks/ETFs, and offers administration, transactional and other services to the banks and FA companies. These financial institutions can focus on their core business while leaving the backroom functions to us. The B2B division also includes the Pensions business, which offers multinational companies investment administration services for their employees. Over 15,000 wealth advisers from more than 950 FA companies, financial institutions, banks and internet companies use the iFAST platform.
iFAST Central
The leading platform for FAs and financial institutions
As a premier wealth management platform, iFAST Central provides a comprehensive range of services, including investment administration and transactions services, research and trainings, IT services and backroom functions to banks, financial advisory (FA) firms and financial institutions. With access to a wide range of investment products, coupled with innovative and user-friendly investment website and mobile application tools, wealth advisers from financial institutions and their clients have the assurance that we will keep improving our services.
iFAST Central offers financial institutions an efficient and reliable backend platform to process their transactions for their clients. Funds-related materials, corporate actions and the calculation of fee are also managed by us. Financial institutions can focus on their business while leaving the backend operations entirely to us.
Financial institutions which wish to create an B2C online portal in order to tap on clients' demand for an efficient online transactional website will also be able to leverage on the award-winning IT system that iFAST has built in-house.
iFAST Global Prestige (iGP)
Investment Platform for HNWIs
iFAST Global Prestige (iGP) platform is an extension of iFAST Central platform, designed to cater to the specific requirements of high net worth individuals, as well as the wealth advisers servicing them. The platform was launched in 2009 in Singapore (www.ifastgp.com), and in 2010 in Hong Kong (www.ifastgp.com.hk).
By collaborating with our business partners, the iGP platform is able to make available a wider range of investment products and "wrap" all these investment products into one single account, whilst providing a consolidated view of holdings for both wealth advisers and clients. Our aim is to create maximum synergy between the iGP platform and your advisory business to help you grow your business.
iFAST Pensions
Pensions services for employees
In March 2006, iFAST Corporation expanded the scope of its B2B business services to include pension services, to assist companies in administering pension schemes for their employees via an Internet platform. These include the setting up of the Trust Deed, IRAS approval, administrating the pension monies and investments, and providing the Trustees of the pension schemes with appropriate and relevant advice.
iFAST Pensions (www.ifastpensions.com) specialises in delivering tax-effective employee benefit solutions to multinational companies and their employees, including expatriates. We also provide specific contribution group retirement savings plans, such as Section 5 and offshore pension plans.
iFAST Global Markets (iGM)
Simple and Transparent Financial Planning
iFAST Global Markets was launched with the main objective of providing consumers with complete commission transparency in insurance and investment products. Our team of in-house wealth advisers are dedicated to the vision of providing transparent, ethical and suitable advice to benefit investors by reducing commission bias which may be unknown to consumers. Currently available in Singapore (www.ifastgm.com.sg), Hong Kong (www.ifastgm.com.hk), Malaysia (www.ifastgm.com.my) and China.
Wealth Management: Business-to-Consumer (B2C)
The B2C division provides a distribution and transactional platform to investors via our FSM Global website. FSM has built a strong reputation for providing a wide range of investment products, a transparent fees structure, tools to compare investments easily, solid customer services support and research advice.
FSM Global
A leading online website for DIY investors
FSM Global (FSM) is the online investment products distribution platform for Do-It-Yourself (DIY) investors. FSM made its debut in Singapore in 2000, and has since built a reputation for offering an extensive range of investment products (funds, bonds and stocks/ETFs) and insurance products for DIY investors who prefer to transact on their own, while providing research and analyses from our research team and other industry specialists. The website experience is meant to make it easy for DIY investors to use for their transactions. Investors in Singapore, Hong Kong and Malaysia can have access to a wide array of investment products, including unit trusts (funds), bonds (corporate, government, quasi-sovereign and high yield), stocks and ETFs the FSM Global platform. Our discretionary portfolio management service was also launched on the Hong Kong FSM platform in 2015, and subsequently in Singapore and Malaysia in 2016 and 2017 respectively. To facilitate investors’ investment decisions, FSM provides in-house research analyses and tools on both our website and mobile application, to make it easy for investors to compare the different products available on our platform.
Other Wealth Management Services
Bondsupermart
Centralised bond marketplace
Bondsupermart (www.bondsupermart.com) is a centralised bond marketplace that connects bond investors globally, and enables real-time bond tading.
It also serves as a regional bond information portal, providing comprehensive bond information and research to help investors around the world access crucial bond information more easily.
Bondsupermart provides research, tools and information, including prices and yields-to-maturity for over 2,000 bonds, for investors and wealth advisers. This initiative was created to provide a dedicated bond marketplace and information portal, helping investors access important bond information that has historically been difficult to obtain.
Guided by our mission statement, “To help investors around the world invest globally and profitably”, we have endeavoured to make Bondsupermart a powerful resource that every investor can tap into to become more knowledgeable about bonds.
Through Bondsupermart, DIY investors can access bond information and real-time bond prices and trade via the FSM Global platforms, while wealth advisers can access bonds and make portfolio recommendations for their clients via iFAST’s B2B platforms.
iFAST Fund Management
Delivering the best investment products and solutions for investors and our partners
iFAST Fund Management (www.ifastfm.com) partners fund managers, other financial players, as well as high net worth clients to help them deliver innovative and cost efficient products and investment solutions.
iFAST Global Trust
Trust and Legacy
iFAST Global Trust (www.ifastglobaltrust.com) is a licensed trust entity offering comprehensive trust and estate planning solutions for individuals, families and businesses.
Pension Services
iFAST ePENSION
Empowering Pension Partners in Their Digital Transformation
Based in Hong Kong, iFAST ePENSION (www.ifastepension.com.hk) was set up to provide pension administrative services and white labelled solutions for scheme sponsors, trustees and other institutions, with a focus on Hong Kong MPF Schemes and ORSO (Occupational Retirement Scheme Ordinance) schemes. iFAST ePENSION leverages on the Group’s in-house IT capabilities and regulatory knowhow to achieve greater operational efficiency, enhancing digital management and processing of transactions.
Banking & Payment
iFAST Global Bank
The UK digital bank that bridges depositors to the world
iFAST Global Bank (www.ifastgb.com) is a fully licenced bank in the United Kingdom which provides global banking connectivity to consumers, corporates and financial institutions through accessible banking products and services.
iFAST Pay
iFAST Pay is strategic extension of the group that delivers an integrated digital ecosystem for seamless digital banking, wealth accumulation, global spending and payment, within a single platform.
Other Services
Fintech Solutions
From the early days of our operation in the year 2000, our management team has emphasised the development of our own IT solutions to drive our business goals. This focus on building our own financial technology (fintech) knowledge continues to be the bedrock for our ability to provide innovative solutions to our clients.
Financial regulations and IT changes are creating an environment where businesses have to quickly adapt relevant to their clients. Clients expect a secure, seamless and efficient way of staying connected with the global markets. Companies are increasingly looking to have fintech solutions that can make a difference to their clients and businesses.
The iFAST Fintech Solutions business division has been created to capture the business opportunities and provide innovative fintech solutions to our clients.
The iFAST Fintech Solutions business division provides:
- iFAST API
- Customised B2B2C solution
- White-label robo-advisory solution
- Bespoke fintech solutions
Find out more by contacting the iFAST Fintech Solutions team at fintech@ifastfinancial.com and visit the Fintech Solutions website at www.ifastfintech.com
iFAST TV
iFAST TV (www.ifasttv.com) is an investment-focused digital video channel committed to creating relevant, informative and engaging content for all investors. Tapping on the potential of the rapidly growing digital media space, we see iFAST TV as a natural extension of our fintech-driven and investor-focused business as we continually seek to better serve, educate and engage our investors.
iFAST Global Hub.ai
Elevated Innovation. Empowered by AI. Exceptional Minds.
iFAST Global Hub.ai (www.ifastglobalhub.ai) is a strategic component central to the Group's business functions, leveraging AI technologies to enhance the fintech capabilities, streamline operations and drive innovation across the Group.
iFAST Securities US Corporation
iFAST Securities US Corporation provides brokerage, clearing, and custody services in the United States.