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Sectech FundSmart

Comprehensive custody back office functionality.

Tailored to suit your distinct needs and vision.

Sectech FundSmart

Sectech PensionPro Administrator is designed specifically for fund administrators who deal with Pension funds. Unitisation, NAV calculation, RSA (Retiree saving account) management, regulatory compliance are some of the pension specific functionality available within this application. The application can be electronically interfaced with the pension fund custodian and the market regulator for straight through processing. Functionalities are flexibly designed and continuously upgraded to meet the regulatory requirements of multiple markets and jurisdictions.

Portfolio Management

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ASSET MANAGEMENT AND VALUATION

Complete portfolio consolidation across sectors and asset classes integrated with a central pricing module to provide accurate valuations.   

 

ILLIQUID AND ALTERNATIVE INVESTMENT

Support for assets such as

  • Private Equity

  • Commodities

  • Private Lending

  • Venture Capital

  • Art

  • Real Estate

  • Hedge Funds

  • Private Investments

FULL CYCLE BOOKKEEPING

Complete integration with the fund accounting module

Portfolio Management

Prices and Valuation

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COMPREHENSIVE VALUATION ENGINE

The product supports a comprehensive valuation engine. It allows you to set up different valuation methods depending on your client’s requirements. It supports all the industry standard valuation formulae out of the box and can be configured to include any other market specific valuation method if it is required.

MULTIPLE DATA SOURCES

There is support to collect price related data from multiple price sources. Some of the standard sources supported out of the box are:

  • Pricing Vendors (e.g. Bloomberg, Reuters, etc. )

  • Excel, web api or csv feeds from exchanges or other sources.

  • Price extraction from SWIFT MT535 messages.

  • Price calculation based on configured formulae.

  • Manual input of prices.

DASHBOARD

A blotter interface helps you to visualize your pricing and valuation data in a single view. A configurable exception handling mechanism helps you to identify variations in the pricing and valuations which increase your efficiency to correct errors.

Prices and Valuation

Safekeeping and Settlements

PROCESS MONITOR

Process and monitor your daily operations in STP mode. The settlements engine creates trades based on client instructions, broker files or manual entries. 

SAFEKEEPING ACCOUNT HIERARCHY

Safekeeping account hierarchy allows maintaining  of global custodian and sub custodian accounts structures as well as direct relationships.

RULE BASED SETTLEMENT CYCLE

Configurable trade processing life cycles based on a number of parameters such as the asset type and execution arena, to take care of settlements processing in diverse markets.

DEPOSITORY INTERFACE AND RECONCILIATION

Automated positions reconciliation with local and international depositories as well as sub-custodians through a variety of interface options.

POSITION AND CREDIT CHECKING

Trade matching and settlement triggers value-dated position and cash sufficiency checking. This allows preemptive action to be taken, reducing the chances for a failed trade.

Asset Servicing

Asset Servicing

FULL RANGE OF CORPORATE EVENTS

The system covers a wide range of mandatory and voluntary distribution and reorganisation events. Events are captured through notification from a CSD, Custodian or an information provider. Entitlements are auto created and processed.

CONFIGURABLE STAGES

Corporate actions processing could have variations depending on the market. This engine allows you to configure the corporate actions processing depending on the market you are operating in.

WORKFLOW AND CLIENT NOTIFICATIONS

This engine allows you to customize workflows, set up alerts and notifications for users as well as your end clients at various stages.

CONFIGURABLE TAX TABLES

Net payments are computed using tax tables based on the type of asset, investor domicile, event type and many other criteria.

AUTOMATED CLIENT REPORTING

Clients can be kept informed from  announcement till the close of processing of the corporate event via multiple modes such as SWIFT, email and SMS.  Once the event is processed, the claims if any can directly be raised based on the information in the system.

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Fees

FLEXIBLE FEE SCHEDULES

Highly customisable fee schedules make it possible to setup almost any combination of rules of calculation of settlement and safekeeping fees. Features include sliding/tiered scales, minimum fee, charging by asset type and location.

FEE SCHEDULE ASSIGNMENT

Fee schedules can be assigned to a single safekeeping account, to a group of accounts or to a relationship. 

USER DEFINED SERVICES

User defined services allows setting up of one off fee (out of pocket expenses) or extraordinary services. Such services can be a flat fee, periodic, or based on service utilisation.

DETAILED CLIENT INVOICES

Client invoices contain details of all service utilisation along with the fee schedule applied, allowing for reconciliation of the computed amounts. 

DIRECT DEBIT

Provision for direct debit or for receiving bill payments into a nostro account. Payments are tracked and outstandings are updated. 

MULTIPLE BILLING PERIODS AND CURRENCIES

The system allows bill generation for different frequencies based on client. The billing currency can also be selected at client or safekeeping account level. 

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Fees

Fund Compliance

COMPLIANCE SCHEDULES

Setup rule based compliance schedules to reflect the fund's investment charter or for regulatory compliance. Rules can be based on Investment limits, asset types, credit ratings and other criteria.

END OF DAY COMPLIANCE

Violation blotter - follow up of violation by rule/fund/severity. 

REPORTING AND DATA ADMINISTRATION

Compliance report scheduler with multiple report formats. Compliance dashboards. Data dictionary.

CONSISTENCY AND ACCURACY

Support for multiple asset classes, multiple currencies and multiple fund structures.

Fund Compliance

Budgeting and Forecasting

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REAL-TIME REPORTING

Generate precise, integrated, synchronized, real-time Statement of Cash Flows and Balance Sheet, P&L Statement, and other management reports without duplicating work or calculations.

DETAILED AND SUMMARIZED VIEWS

Drill down from summary to detail level to understand risks, variances and opportunities, and initiate faster changes in response to actual and predicted results.

EFFICIENT PLANNING

Gain a long-term view, with the ability to create rolling forecasts.

Budgeting & Forecasting

Cash Ledger

MULTI-CURRENCY CASH ACCOUNTS

Cash accounts for clients can be maintained at safekeeping account or relationship level. Automated reconciliation with core banking system. 

CAPITAL AND INCOME ACCOUNTS

Cash accounts can be designated as income or capital accounts. Settlement related cash transactions utilise capital accounts. Corporate Event income utilises income accounts.

GL ENTRIES

Any number of cash transaction types can be setup with corresponding GL Codes. Accounting entries are passed to the core banking system. 

PAYMENTS INTERFACE

Ability to interface with internal and external payments systems or to generate SWIFT  payments instructions directly.

CASH STATEMENT REPORTING

Send clients cash statements and advice of debit or credit by SWIFT, email, fax or proprietary mode of transmission. Detailed narrations used on cash statements.

Cash Ledger

Fund Accounting

GENERAL LEDGER ACCOUNTING

The system delivers general ledger accounting for sophisticated account types and structures for mutual, institutional and pension funds. It features a fully configurable chart of accounts.

MULTIPLE TRANSACTION TYPES

Support for multiple transaction types - subscriptions, redemptions, contributions, withdrawals, dividends and corporate actions. 

FEE ACCRUAL PROCESSING

Daily accrual of fees including management, administration and incentive fee.

VALUATION AND NAV

NAV production - daily, weekly or monthly. Multiple valuation types supported.

FINANCIAL REPORTING

Standard accounting reports with on-demand access to ledgers and journals, valuation reports and general ledger reports that include NAV and the Trial Balance.

Fund Accounting

Regulatory Reports

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MONITOR COMPLIANCE

Monitor Fund Administrator compliance with regulator approvals and report exceptions.

DETAILED REPORTING

Generation of reports for the regulator across the full range of processing activities.

Regulatory Reports

Risk Management

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STANDALONE PRICING SYSTEM

Cut down on counterparty risk with built-in Residual Spread Analysis, enabling you to independently verify the prices obtained from brokers, dealers and banks.

 

COMPREHENSIVE RISK MEASURES

Get a comprehensive view of your risk. VaR, Key Rate Duration, Delta and Gamma are just a few of the wide range of calculations at your disposal.

 

PRICE BEHAVIOR ANALYSIS

This advanced approach to risk management keeps you steps ahead of the game. Our Price Behavior Curves (PBCs) projects fair values relative to changes in economic variables such as interest rates, inflation rates, equity indices, default rates and more.

Risk Management

Reports & Analytics

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COMPLETE AUTOMATION

All client reports can be scheduled for automated generation and transmission on a client by client basis or even at safekeeping account level. Reports can be sent to multiple destinations.

 

MULTIPLE TRANSMISSION MODES

Send clients cash statements and advice of debit or credit by SWIFT, email, fax or proprietary mode of transmission. Detailed narrations used on cash statements.

 

HOLISTIC PERSPECTIVE

Provide customers with a holistic perspective of day-to-day performance, valuation and forecasted future cash flows.

 

INTUITIVE CONTENT

From configurable automatic generation to specific on-demand needs, our Reports module enables you to deliver impressive targeted quality in terms of content and visual presentation.

Reports & Analytics

Performance Measurement & Attribution

MULTIPLE RETURN TYPES

Multiple return types (capital, income, base/local currency, gross or net of fees)      

EASY RETRIEVAL OF INFORMATION

Roll-up to any classification level and report to any time frame and currency

ACCURATE BREAKDOWNS FOR EASY ANALYSIS

Decomposition of return to security and FX component. Fund-of-Funds and benchmarks look-through for in-depth performance analysis

TRACK MULTIPLE MANAGERS

Multi-manager performance tracking

GROUP PORTFOLIO TRACKING

Calculation of performance in group of portfolios and contribution to each portfolio

EXTENSIVE RANGE

Extensive range of financial instruments are covered (from plain vanilla listed securities to OTC derivative and structured products)

COMPREHENSIVE AUDIT TRAIL

Detailed maintenance of return figures for full audit trail

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Performance Measurement & Attribution

Dashboard Interface

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SIMPLE YET POWERFUL VISUALS

Visual presentation of performance measures

MEASURE EFFICIENCIES/INEFFICIENCIES

Instantly identify and resolve issues

MULTIPLE OPERATIONAL AREAS

Gain total visibility of all operations instantly and save time compared to running multiple reports

EXCEPTIONS HIGHLIGHTING

Quick identification of data outliers and correlations leading to better management of operations.

Dashboard Interface

Client Reporting

COMPREHENSIVE OUT-OF THE BOX REPORTS

Generate more than 45 different reports to obtain a holistic perspective on the overall management of the agency and the pension fund in general.

EASY EXPORT TO OTHER FORMATS

For ad hoc reporting capabilities, retrieve custom data sets and export them instantly to Microsoft Excel or csv.

AUTOMATED REPORT SCHEDULER

A flexible rule based system of client notifications ensures timely reporting for different events on the system.

MULTIPLE MODES AND FORMATS

Multiple modes of reporting including SWIFT, encrypted email, SMS and proprietary file formats.

CUSTOMIZABLE REPORT PACKAGES

All client reports can be scheduled for automated generation and transmission on a client by client basis or even at safekeeping account level. Reports can be sent to multiple destinations.

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Client Reporting

Integration

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MULTIPLE OFF THE SHELF INTERFACES

Interfaces with popular core banking systems like Finacle, Flexcube, T24 are available right away.

REAL-TIME OR SCHEDULED

Integration in real time or via scheduled export

OPEN ARCHITECTURE

Automated exchange of data via API

RANGE OF INTERFACES

The system is designed to interface with all types of market participants such as brokers, asset/fund managers, custodians, registrars, transfer agents and depositories.

Integration

Reconciliation

DEPOSITORY INTERFACE AND RECONCILIATION

Automated positions reconciliation with local and international depositories as well as other entities through a variety of interface options.

CASH RECONCILIATION WITH CORE BANKING SYSTEM

Automated transactions and balance reconciliation with core banking systems to ensure that mirror accounts are in sync with core banking accounts.

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Reconciliation

Self-service Digital Portal

EASY TO USE

Provide standard and wizard-based portals for customers and partners to quickly and accurately initiate and maintain self-service transactions and communication; use a common look and feel through any preeminent web browser.

INFORMATIVE DASHBOARDS

Our web client platform provide investors with a 360° overview of their portfolio valuation, performance, future cash flows and personal reports.

REAL TIME

Real-time access to reports and investment information

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Self-service Digital Portal

Document Management System

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CENTRALIZED STORAGE

Streamlined central storage and organization of documents

ADVANCED DIGITAL DOCUMENT REPOSITORY

All documents stored securely in digital form.

EASE OF MANAGEMENT

Management of faxes, emails, and scanned documents

POWERFUL SEARCH AND DISCOVERY

Retrieve documents using the comprehensive search feature based on one or more parameters.

ENTERPRISE-GRADE SECURITY CONTROLS

Industry standard security protocols for storage and transmission.

Document Management System

Workflow & Customer Query Management

END TO END TRACKING

Customer queries are tracked from initiation to resolution with automated workflow process.

AGE ANALYSIS

This report gives the complete information regarding the time-frames for customer queries as well escalate long-running queries for swift resolution.

ADVANCED SEARCH CAPABILITIES

Get real-time access to all customer queries with powerful search features.

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Workflow & Customer Query Management

KYC & AML

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KYC/ KYB

  • KYC identity and verification checks for individuals

  • KYB corporate registry and beneficial ownership checks

AML

  • AML proactive monitoring and alerts or rescreening

  • AML transaction screening (sender, beneficiary, bank, reference text)

  • Transaction monitoring for suspicious behaviour (real-time/retrospective)

FATCA & CRS ONBOARDING

Ensure that your new customer on-boarding processes are compliant with FATCA and CRS.

PROSPECTS & INVESTORS PROFILING SECTIONS

  • Extensive Information including Corporate Information

  • Client Relationships (E.g. Business, Family, etc.)

  • Contacts and Preferences

  • Investment Goals & Objectives

  • Investment Restrictions, Rules and Constraints

  • Suitability of the funds - MIFID

  • Investment Preferences, fees and Marketing

  • Customizable Sections

AGED ANALYSIS REPORTING – 30/60/90 DAY RULE

This report displays accounts with their aged balances . This enables you to follow up on overdue accounts as well proactively target accounts where the information needs renewal.

KYC & AML

Order Management

ORDER CAPTURE

Input and capture order details via electronic interfaces or manually

 

AUTOMATIC TRADE ALLOCATIONS

Automates trade allocations subject to configurable portfolio compliance requirements and allocation methodologies

 

ROUTING CAPABILITY

The ability to send the order to a trading venue, a broker or another desk in the firm.

 

CLIENT REPORTING

Reporting on order execution and trades in near real-time to the client, including where and when trades were made.

 

BACK OFFICE INTERFACE

Back office integration in order to settle trades for successful orders.

 

INTEGRATED COMPLIANCE

Integrates natively with compliance engine to offer real time compliance at the order level.

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Order Management

Investment Strategy & Management

DETAILED ANALYSIS

Our Investment Strategy and Optimization module allows you to analyze all your investments options.

WIZARD INTERFACE

It guides you through an informed process in selecting the best asset allocation for your portfolio’s risk profile taking into account extreme events.

DETAILED PROFILING

  • Structure of the fund Investment Strategy,

  • Goals & Objectives

  • Investment Restrictions, Rules and Constraints

  • Investment Preferences (Eg asset allocation, securities)

  • Targeted Investors and Marketing Campaigns

  • Customisable Sections

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Investmen Strateg & Management

Treasury

AUTOMATE

Automates cash management processes across multiple business entities

SCHEDULED MOVEMENT

Allows definition of schedules for internal and external movements of funds

IN-BUILT COMPLIANCE

Complies with local and global financial standards and regulations

FORECASTING

Includes forecasting capabilities to identify liquidity trends

DASHBOARDS AND REPORTS

Detailed dashboards and reports on cash positions and liquidity

RISK MANAGEMENT

Manage different types of risks such as currency and interest rate fluctuations

HOLISTIC VIEW

Provides a holistic view of risks and opportunities related to cash management

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Treasury

NAV Calculation

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ALL ASPECTS COVERED

Valuation and pricing for periodic (daily, weekly, monthly etc.), technical/hard close, indexed and ex-distribution pricing

MULTIPLE CALCULATION METHODS

Single price or dual price calculations such as NAV, bid, offer, or swing prices, as well as crediting rates

SUPPORT ACROSS VARIOUS PARAMETERS

Multi-class, multi-currency and hedged share classes

Consideration of other parameters.  Calculation of management fees, performance fees, tax provisions and rebates

MULTIPLE PRICING POINTS

Multiple pricing points and complete or partial pricing re-runs

CONFIGURABLE CALCULATION TEMPLATES

Client specific calculation templates, with flexibility to configure client or fund specific business rules

NAV Calculation

Offshore Banking

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REMOTE MANAGEMENT

Possibility to manage accounts from anywhere in the world. Remote generation of all basic documents such as payment orders, currency exchange orders, cash orders, free format message

 

LATEST ENCRYPTION PROTOCOLS

High-level security of transmitted information achieved by using the latest encryption technologies

 

COMPLETE CONTROL

Advanced automated control of clients' electronic documents

 

PLATFORM INDEPENDENT

Compatibility with any Internet browser, with no additional downloads

Offshore Banking

International Compliance

MiFID, IFRS, BASEL

ENHANCED VISIBILITY

Gain complete visibility into the real-time status of all compliance requirements.

 

ADVANCED ANALYTICS

Track and analyze your compliance progress with the most telling metrics and dynamic charts.

 

PROGRAMMABLE REMINDERS

Leverage real-time alerts to proactively manage your compliance tasks.

 

REAL-TIME COMPLIANCE TASKS

Your compliance task schedule auto-populates based on your legal entities and the latest regulations.

 

TRACK YOUR COMPLIANCE PROGRESS

Get instant updates on the progress of your compliance tasks.

 

MANAGE TASKS THROUGH THE CALENDAR

Assign tasks, update statuses, collaborate with other users and sync with MS Outlook.

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