Universalink Consulting Framework:

Universalink offers a comprehensive framework to assist in moving your business towards STP. Our solutions cover the full trade order management cycle from trade origination to settlement to performance and reporting (Figure 1.1) Universalink professional services can assist you in not only implementing a complete solution from a technical perspective but also address your business needs and providing workarounds for gaps between product and requirement.

Our business expertise cover the following categories:

Portfolio and Trade Order Management:

• Trade generation and execution
• Comprehensive understanding of all security types and the impact of trading for the various desks
• Investment business expertise and the ability to analyze each unique workflow requirements
• Understanding of the full order lifecycle and industry standards from inception to settlement
• Connectivity to Exchanges, Brokers and Custodians

Compliance:

• Comprehensive knowledge of local and regional government regulations
• Understanding of client specific restrictions
• Rules-based pre-trade and batch compliance engine

Operations:

• Knowledgeable in all settlement activity requiring external connectivity
• Full understanding of trade confirmation and affirmation procedures
• Expertise in trade clearing and settlement
• Experience in implementing data feeds and applying process controls
• Experience in implementing reconciliation tools to ensure data integrity
• Data flow design with functional points for managing growth cycles

Accounting:

• Experience in client and portfolio setup
• Experience in security master record setup and maintenance for local, regional, and global securities across all security types
• Experience in issuer master record setup
• Knowledgeable in corporate action setup, maintenance, and processing
• Expertise in trade management and record keeping
• Cash management, forecasting and reconciliation expertise
• Portfolio valuation expertise
• Client fee billing and receivable experience

Performance:

• Ability to generate ROI, IRR and Total Return analysis
• Ability to implement seamless connectivity between order management and portfolio accounting systems
• Reconciliation expertise between performance numbers and underlying data

Reporting:

• Data warehouse sizing and implementation
• Creating reports utilizing standard tools
• Management reporting customization
• Financial reporting customization
• System diagnostic reporting