Automated platform bridges the gap between mutual fund and ETF systems, eliminating next-day market risk and accelerating readiness for the dual shares class structure.

Nottingham Shareholder Services today announced the launch of ETF Lighthouse, a patent-pending platform purpose-built to solve one of the biggest barriers facing fund sponsors preparing for ETF share class exchanges: operational readiness.

Regulators are nearing approval of ETF share class exchanges, but most firms remain unprepared to execute them. The most significant obstacle lies in the back-end operations, ensuring seamless communication and reconciliation between intermediaries, transfer agents, custodians, and fund sponsors. Without a standardized process, fund families risk costly delays, errors, and exposure to next-day market risk.

ETF Lighthouse bridges the gap between mutual fund and ETF systems through an automated, patent-pending process designed by a team with decades of experience as both mutual fund and ETF transfer agents. Developed using the process proven in the first-ever multi-class mutual fund to ETF conversion, the solution works seamlessly alongside existing service providers without requiring replacement. It accepts, processes, and confirms exchanges on the same day, delivering full reconciliation back to all parties with efficiency and transparency.

ETF Lighthouse provides fund sponsors with a clear, immediate path forward while many competitors wait for vendors and custodians to build alternatives. With this solution, sponsors can eliminate next-day market risk, accelerate readiness for the dual shares class structure, and establish themselves as leaders in a shifting industry landscape.

ETF Lighthouse hopes to implement the solution as a tool for existing mutual fund transfer agents, not as a replacement. As designed, ETF Lighthouse can be slotted as sub-transfer agent for the ETF class of shares only, leaving the mutual fund transfer agent relationship intact.

“ETF share classes are expected to reshape the mutual fund industry, but operational gaps threaten to stall progress,” said Kip Meadows, Founder and CEO of Nottingham. “ETF Lighthouse is the first purpose-built, patent-pending solution that gives mutual fund sponsors the confidence to be early adopters—without waiting on industry solutions that still remain only in the planning stage.”

ETF Lighthouse is now available to fund sponsors seeking an operationally sound solution to prepare for the future of ETF share classes. Visit etf-lighthouse.com for more information.

About Nottingham Shareholder Services

Nottingham Shareholder Services is a leading mutual fund and ETF administration provider, with decades of expertise as a registered transfer agent. The firm has been at the forefront of fund operations innovation, supporting clients through complex conversions and market shifts, focusing on precision, transparency, and service.

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