The client should provide a business plan and general principles of the fund’s investment policies, since they are required for the registration process.
A trust fund is supposed to have a physical office in Estonia.

• incorporation of a limited partnership as the base for the fund
• incorporation of a private limited company as the general partner of a fund
• draft of the relevant AML policy for the fund
• draft of the fund manager internal policies
• review of the provided documentation
• arranging translation of the documentation
• submission of the application to Finantsinspektsioon (Estonian Financial Supervision and Resolution Authority) for the fund manager registration

Registration of legal entities, collection and preparation of documents for filing an application with the Financial Inspectorate takes 1 month. The completion of registration with the Financial Supervision Authority takes 2 months from the date of application.