Custodian Information Management System (CIMSi)

For Capital Market Sector

Overview

<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto; text-align:justify;line-height:normal">The ability to gather assets, effectively employ technology, and efficiently process huge volumes of transactions is essential in the custody business today. With the growth of the investment industry during the past two decades, the level of assets under custody has increased significantly.Competition for custody of those assets has been fierce, causing profit margins to shrink. At the same time, the industry has focused on using technology to improve efficiency.</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto; text-align:justify;line-height:normal">A primary objective of custody services management information systems is the management of transaction risk. A sound custodian management information system produces information that is accurate, timely, consistent, complete, and relevant.It allows a custodian both to measure operational performance to designated benchmarks while informing management about other essential matters, such as whether internal controls are working.<br></p><p>&nbsp;<span style="color: rgb(218, 161, 6); font-weight: bold;">CIMSi</span> was built with these considerations in mind, covering all the core services provided by a custodian:</p><ul class="key-benefits-full-width"><li>&nbsp;Safekeeping and reporting of customers’ marketable securities and cash.</li></ul><ul class="key-benefits-full-width"><li>Settlement of any purchases and sales of such securities (common stocks, GDR, stock splits, bonds)&nbsp; &nbsp;including handling of all fees (risk insurance fees, possession fees etc...) and commissions.</li></ul><ul class="key-benefits-full-width"><li>Collection of information on and income from such assets (dividends in the case of equities and interest in the case of bonds)<br></li></ul><p>&nbsp;</p>

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CIMSi Key Benefits

<div><ul class="key-benefits-full-width"><li><span style="color: rgb(218, 161, 6); font-weight: bold;">&nbsp; Data Feed from MCDR</span><p class="MsoPlainText"><span style="font-size: 14px; color: rgb(218, 161, 6); font-weight: bold;"></span></p></li></ul><div><span style="color: rgb(50, 50, 50); font-size: 14px;">Settlements of purchases and sales with all corresponding fees and commissions are loaded&nbsp; automatically from files from MCDR minimizing manual data entry errors.</span></div><div><span style="font-size: 14px; color: rgb(218, 161, 6); font-weight: bold;"><br></span></div><div><ul class="key-benefits-full-width"><li><span style="color: rgb(218, 161, 6); font-weight: bold;">&nbsp; Margin Trading</span></li></ul></div><div><p class="MsoPlainText">o<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Allows financing brokerage firms to finance their clients<br></p><p class="MsoPlainText">o<span style="white-space:pre"> </span>Automatic follow up on margin trading clients portfolios while determining the loan available to the client as well as the client's debt.</p><p class="MsoPlainText">o<span style="white-space:pre"> </span>Ability to calculate interest on margin trading clients</p><p class="MsoPlainText"></p><div style="box-sizing: border-box; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: " open="" sans",="" sans-serif;="" font-size="" 13px;="" font-style="" normal;="" font-variant-ligatures="" font-variant-caps="" font-weight="" 400;="" letter-spacing="" orphans="" 2;="" text-align="" start;="" text-indent="" 0px;="" text-transform="" none;="" white-space="" widows="" word-spacing="" -webkit-text-stroke-width="" background-color="" rgb(255,="" 255,="" 255);="" text-decoration-style="" initial;="" text-decoration-color="" initial;"=""></div><p></p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: " open="" sans",="" sans-serif;="" font-size="" 13px;="" font-style="" normal;="" font-variant-ligatures="" font-variant-caps="" letter-spacing="" orphans="" 2;="" text-align="" start;="" text-indent="" 0px;="" text-transform="" none;="" white-space="" widows="" word-spacing="" -webkit-text-stroke-width="" background-color="" rgb(255,="" 255,="" 255);="" text-decoration-style="" initial;="" text-decoration-color="" initial;"=""></p><ul class="key-benefits-full-width" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 10px;"></ul><p></p><p style="box-sizing: border-box;"><span style="color: rgb(218, 161, 6); font-weight: bold; box-sizing: border-box;"></span></p><div style="box-sizing: border-box; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: " open="" sans",="" sans-serif;="" font-size="" 13px;="" font-style="" normal;="" font-variant-ligatures="" font-variant-caps="" font-weight="" 400;="" letter-spacing="" orphans="" 2;="" text-align="" start;="" text-indent="" 0px;="" text-transform="" none;="" white-space="" widows="" word-spacing="" -webkit-text-stroke-width="" background-color="" rgb(255,="" 255,="" 255);="" text-decoration-style="" initial;="" text-decoration-color="" initial;"=""></div><p></p><div style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: " open="" sans",="" sans-serif;="" font-size="" 13px;="" font-style="" normal;="" font-variant-ligatures="" font-variant-caps="" letter-spacing="" orphans="" 2;="" text-align="" start;="" text-indent="" 0px;="" text-transform="" none;="" white-space="" widows="" word-spacing="" -webkit-text-stroke-width="" text-decoration-style="" initial;="" text-decoration-color="" initial;"=""><ul class="key-benefits-full-width" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 10px;"><li style="box-sizing: border-box;"><span style="font-weight: bold; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); color: rgb(218, 161, 6); box-sizing: border-box;">&nbsp; Operations Control</span></li></ul></div><p style="box-sizing: border-box;">The importance of operational controls in the custody services area cannot be&nbsp;<span style="color: rgb(50, 50, 50); font-size: 14px;">overemphasized. Custody is a volume-driven, transaction-processing&nbsp;</span><span style="color: rgb(50, 50, 50); font-size: 14px;">business, and much of the risk associated with it is operational in nature.</span></p></div><p class="MsoPlainText"><span style="color: rgb(50, 50, 50); font-size: 14px;">For this reason, strong operational controls are essential to effectively manage&nbsp;</span><span style="color: rgb(50, 50, 50); font-size: 14px;">transaction risk.</span></p><ul class="key-benefits-full-width"><li><span style="color: rgb(218, 161, 6); font-size: 14px; font-weight: bold;">&nbsp;</span><span style="color: rgb(218, 161, 6); font-weight: bold;">Advanced Query , Reporting and Record Keeping</span></li></ul><p class="MsoPlainText">An important part of any custodian’s business strategy is to provide its customers with record-keeping and reporting services.</p><p class="MsoPlainText">Reports must meet the customers’ specialized needs and as well as complying with all applicable record-keeping and reporting laws and regulations.&nbsp;</p><p class="MsoPlainText">Activity and exception reports allow management to effectively identify and monitor the risks in its custody operations.</p></div><div><br></div>