A fully compliant and centralised onboarding platform for Bellefontaine.
Bellefontaine, (part of COFRA Holding, a diverse portfolio business with more than €35bn of assets under management) needed a scalable, compliant solution to manage its existing client data and build a strong foundation for future client take-on. Vaiie delivered exactly that: a single, intuitive platform that brought screening and verification in-house, giving Bellefontaine the compliant, scalable platform they needed from day one.
The results
World-Check Screening
World-Check One integration is embedded directly within the platform, covering all imported clients and every future onboarding. Bringing PEP, sanctions, adverse media checks and ongoing monitoring all into one workflow.
Data import
Bellefontaine's entire investor portfolio was imported directly into the platform eliminating the significant manual data entry that would otherwise have been required.
Centralised, compliant process
Having previously relied on an outsourced service for their onboarding, Vaiie provided a solution to enable Bellefontaine to bring this function in-house.
The full story
As Bellefontaine established itself as an independent business under the COFRA Group, it needed an onboarding solution capable of meeting the demands of a regulated environment from day one. The challenge was twofold: building a compliant, structured process for new investor take-on, and managing the migration of an existing portfolio that had previously been handled through manual workflows. Screening had been outsourced, document collection was fragmented and there was no centralised system of record. For a business operating with the rigor and efficiency expected of a modern financial services firm, a new approach was essential.
Vaiie worked with Bellefontaine to translate their existing manual processes into structured digital workflows, ensuring that what the team knew and understood was retained, but delivered through a consistent, auditable framework. Crucially, the implementation was not limited to new business. Bellefontaine's existing portfolio was imported directly into the platform, significantly reducing the manual effort that would otherwise have been required to bring legacy data up to standard.
Integrated World-Check One screening replaced the previous outsourced arrangement, bringing sanctions, PEP, adverse media checks and ongoing monitoring fully in-house. These checks are embedded directly within the onboarding journey, ensuring every investor, existing and new, is screened as part of a single cohesive workflow. Digital identity and address verification further streamlined the process, allowing investors' identities to be confirmed remotely and efficiently.
The result has been a materially faster and more controlled onboarding experience. New clients move through a clearly defined digital journey, with screening and verification completed as part of a single, cohesive workflow rather than a series of disconnected steps.
The profile reuse engine means that where individual or corporate investors appear across multiple structures, their data does not need to be re-entered or re-verified, reducing duplication and accelerating the process for complex cases. Bellefontaine now has a scalable, audit-ready foundation that reflects the standards expected of an independent, regulated business.
"From the outset the team got to grips with our requirements and translated our existing processes into a structured, auditable framework with minimal disruption working with our internal Compliance function in a short timeframe. The migration of our existing client base alone saved us significant time and effort. The platform is intuitive, the implementation was smooth, and the team were collaborative and easy to work with throughout. We now have a scalable foundation we're confident will grow with us with on-going support when needed from the team at Vaiie."
Colin Dow Head of Fund Administration Bellefontaine Jersey Limited
