GOAL
Profile
The Goal Group of Companies (“Goal Group”) was founded in 1989. With headquarters in London and offices in Philadelphia, San Francisco, Melbourne and Hong Kong, Goal Group is a leading Global Class Actions and tax reclamation services specialist. We have a truly-blue chip client base including many of the world's largest global custodians, asset managers, private banks, pension funds, local government authorities, hedge funds, investment banks, prime brokers, fund managers and high net-worth individuals spread widely across the Americas, EMEA and Asia Pacific. We monitor client assets with a total value in excess of £8 trillion.
Services offered
Goal Global Recoveries Limited (“GGRL”) is the widely acknowledged industry leader for the provision of outsourcing services for securities class actions. Our clients include corporate pension funds, global custodians, investment banks, fund managers, local government authorities, prime brokerage firms, private banks, hedge funds and high net-worth individuals.

Goal TaxBack is a leading supplier of products and solutions for the reclamation of withholding tax on cross-border securities investments. Goal TaxBack provides an outsourcing capability for those clients who, in the quest to reduce costs, increase productivity, reduce risks and leverage the most current technology see outsourcing as a viable option to remaining competitive in their market place. Goal TaxBack is delivered in-house in a service provision environment, using our own GTRS technology. The service is used by custodians, hedge funds, private banks, prime brokers, family offices and fund managers.

GTRS is a modular system that can be tailored to meet clients' specific needs from a core system for printing forms, to a highly sophisticated system requiring very little manual intervention. Comprised of four main components - Tax Calculation Engine, Forms Generator, Tracking and Reporting system and full Straight Through Processing (STP) Integration - the capabilities of GTRS guarantee efficiency and increased productivity, ensuring beneficial owners receive reclaims within the optimum timeframe.