Standards, not licences.
HPT Group is an independent advisory consultancy. We are not a licensed Trust or Company Service Provider, fund administrator, banking institution or immigration agent. Where an engagement requires a regulated counterparty, we identify, brief and coordinate that counterparty under its own authorisation. The standards documented on this page describe how every HPT engagement is run.
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The way every engagement is run.
These are firm-wide commitments, applied uniformly regardless of jurisdiction or matter size.
Director-led engagement model
Every engagement is led by a named principal director from kick-off through implementation. The director who signs the engagement letter signs the deliverable.
Working-papers retention
Every memorandum, scenario model and supporting document is retained for thirty years from the close of the engagement, in encrypted access-controlled storage.
Confidentiality and information security
Client information is encrypted in transit and at rest, with access on a need-to-know basis, multi-factor authentication and centralised credential management. Aligned with ISO/IEC 27001 principles.
Independence — no commissions
We do not accept commissions, rebates or referral fees from banks, formation agents, developers or licensors. Our fee is the engagement-letter fee. Recommendations are based on fit, not payment.
AML-equivalent due diligence
We apply customer due-diligence, sanctions screening and politically-exposed-person checks aligned with FATF guidance before commencing any engagement, regardless of whether we are statutorily required to do so.
HPT designs and coordinates cross-border structures. Where the structure requires a licensed counterparty (a Trust or Company Service Provider, a regulated trustee, a bank, a licensed CBI agent, a fund administrator), we identify that counterparty, brief them, place the file with a named relationship owner, and document the handover. You always know who is regulated for what. The advisory work and the licensed work are kept cleanly separate.
Want to see how a specific engagement is structured?
Five days from intake to a written diagnosis. The diagnosis sets out exactly which counterparties are involved, who is regulated for what, and what each party is responsible for.