Outsourcing

Integrated trade execution

Providing platforms for executing trades for multiple instruments with aggregated feedback on pricing, attributes, sources of liquidity, etc., to help traders easily analyze and respond to markets.

Integrated trade execution

Providing access to markets to enable wealth managers to execute trades at a market-competitive price across instrument types and locations and then seamlessly feed through to the clearing and settlement process.

Intra-day cash management

Managing the day-to-day cash balances and liqudity needs.

Fund manager reporting tools

Production of performance reports, fund factsheets, client reports etc.

Integrated cash financing

Providing clients with a facility that automatically allows the settlement of purchase transactions, up to an agreed limit, when there is insufficient cash in the clients account due to previous fails of sale transactions

Fully-disclosed recordkeeping

Holding the full details of underlying clients in order to be able to process transactions through middle office process and allocate trades appropriately.

Inventory reporting

Provide real-time reporting of available positions on which trading decisions can be made

Portfolio modelling

Providing front-end decision support to monitor portfolios and bring them in line with prescribed investment models, from which portfolio allocations can be generated and trades executed.

Portfolio rebalancing

Providing front-end tools to deliver modified asset allocations through buying and selling portions of a portfolio.

Entire back office
for Asset Manager

The service provider takes on outsourcing of the entire back office - recording, settling and reconciling financial transactions, applying prescribed control procedures and ensuring compliance with the requisite regulations.

Entire back office
for Broker-Dealer

The service provider takes on outsourcing of the entire back office - recording, settling and reconciling financial transactions, applying prescribed control procedures and ensuring compliance with the requisite regulations.

Entire back office
for Wealth Manager/Investment Adviser

The service provider takes on outsourcing of the entire back office - recording, settling and reconciling financial transactions, applying prescribed control procedures and ensuring compliance with the requisite regulations.

Entire middle office
for Asset Manager

The service provider takes on outsourcing of the entire middle office.

Entire middle office
for Broker-Dealer

The service provider takes on outsourcing of the entire middle office.

Entire middle office
for Wealth Manager/Investment Adviser

The service provider takes on outsourcing of the entire middle office.

Trade pre-matching / confirmation
for Asset Manager

Conducting all trade pre-matching and confirmation.

Trade pre-matching / confirmation
for Broker-Dealer

Conducting all trade pre-matching and confirmation.

Trade pre-matching / confirmation
for Wealth Manager/Investment Adviser

Conducting all trade pre-matching and confirmation.

Client allocation processing
for Asset Manager

Providing a service to process a bulk trade and then allocate the trade to a number of client accounts based on instructions from the fund manager.

Client allocation processing
for Broker-Dealer

Providing a service to process a bulk trade and then allocate the trade to a number of client accounts based on instructions from the fund manager.

Client allocation processing
for Wealth Manager/Investment Adviser

Providing a service to process a bulk trade and then allocate the trade to a number of client accounts based on instructions from the fund manager.

Custodian/bank instructions
for Asset Manager

Generate settlement instructions for cash / securities movements and send to bank / custodian

Custodian/bank instructions
for Broker-Dealer

Generate settlement instructions for cash / securities movements and send to bank / custodian

Custodian/bank instructions
for Wealth Manager/Investment Adviser

Generate settlement instructions for cash / securities movements and send to bank / custodian

Proactive fails management
for Broker-Dealer

Taking a proactive stance, reviewing all failed trades and working with suppliers to minimize their occurrence.

Receive reports from custodians
for Asset Manager

Receive reporting of income events from custodians and process into back office system

Receive reports from custodians
for Broker-Dealer

Receive reporting of income events from custodians and process into back office system

Receive reports from custodians
for Wealth Manager/Investment Adviser

Receive reporting of income events from custodians and process into back office system

Reconcile received vs. expected
for Asset Manager

Automatically reconcile the income projected against that received from custodian bank and follow up any mismatches

Reconcile received vs. expected
for Broker-Dealer

Automatically reconcile the income projected against that received from custodian bank and follow up any mismatches

Reconcile received vs. expected
for Wealth Manager/Investment Adviser

Automatically reconcile the income projected against that received from custodian bank and follow up any mismatches

Receive reports from custodians
for Asset Manager

Receive reporting of corporate action events from custodians and process into back office system

Receive reports from custodians
for Broker-Dealer

Receive reporting of corporate action events from custodians and process into back office system

Receive reports from custodians
for Wealth Manager/Investment Adviser

Receive reporting of corporate action events from custodians and process into back office system

Process voluntary decisions
for Asset Manager

For corporate actions requiring a decision, ensure that this is carried out appropriately and reported back to the custodian

Process voluntary decisions
for Broker-Dealer

For corporate actions requiring a decision, ensure that this is carried out appropriately and reported back to the custodian

Process voluntary decisions
for Wealth Manager/Investment Adviser

For corporate actions requiring a decision, ensure that this is carried out appropriately and reported back to the custodian

Investment book of record (IBoR)

Managing the firm's Investment Book of Record - the 'golden copy' of investment-critical information, comprising centralised, intraday positions (and projected and historical positions) across all asset classes, enabling portfolio managers and traders to make sound investment decisions and providing risk managers with accurate views on exposures.

Daily P&L reporting
for Asset Manager

Preparation of Profit and Loss (P&L) statement on a daily basis, reporting the end-of-day position.

Daily P&L reporting
for Broker-Dealer

Preparation of Profit and Loss (P&L) statement on a daily basis, reporting the end-of-day position.

Intra-day P&L reporting
for Asset Manager

Preparation of Profit and Loss (P&L) statement on multiple occasions daily.

Intra-day P&L reporting
for Broker-Dealer

Preparation of Profit and Loss (P&L) statement on multiple occasions daily.

Retail custody accounts

Being the named custodian for the underlying clients of a wealth manager and providing retail custody accounts. Normally included in the wealth manager's client contracts or terms and conditions.

Integration with external retail custody

Ability to provide a service where the custody for the underlying clients of the wealth manager is provided by a third party of the wealth manager's choice.

Client-level recordkeeping

Holding full details of the underlying client in order to process trades, process income / corporate actions, process tax and report to the investor.

Transaction processing

Automated receipt and recording of fund transactions.

NAV calculations

Calculating a collective investment fund's Net Asset Value (NAV) - its total asset market value, including accruals and after deducting debts and expenses.

Income/expense processing

Calculating income / expense accruals and processing to the fund account.

Multi-currency base reporting

Processing and calculation of NAV by currency.

Statutory reporting

Produce reports that are required by insurance regulations