Managing Equity Deals

This chapter provides an overview of equities and discusses how to:

Click to jump to parent topicUnderstanding Equities

Deal Management provides functionality for creating deals using equities, also known as stocks. Corporate entities issue equities.

Most corporate treasuries invest in some equity. The major events in the equity-investment life cycle are:

Note. Fields that are mentioned in this chapter are described in more detail in the chapters that cover instrument types and capturing deals.

See Also

Defining Instrument Types and Instrument Templates

Capturing Deals and Trade Tickets

Click to jump to parent topicDefining Equity Information

To define equity deal information, use the following components:

Use the TRX_EQTY_DEFN_CI component interface to load data into the Equity Quotes tables.

This section discusses how to:

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Page Name

Definition Name

Navigation

Usage

Equity Definition

TRX_EQTY_DEFN

Deal Management, Equities, Equity Definition

Define equities in the system.

Equity Quotes

TRX_EQTY_QUOTE

Deal Management, Equities, Equity Quotes

Enter market prices for equities.

Equity Valuation

TR_EQUITY_MTM

Deal Management, Equities, Equity Valuation

Run a process to create valuation accounting events that are processed by the accounting program.

Click to jump to top of pageClick to jump to parent topicDefining Equities

Access the Equity Definition page (Deal Management, Equities, Equity Definition).

Equity ID

Displays the key identifier for an equity in Deal Management. Because the equity symbol, company name, or any field that uniquely identifies an equity can change when a company changes names or merges with another company, Deal Management uses the equity ID as the key identifier.

Ticker Symbol

Enter the series of letters that is used to identify this equity on an exchange.

Effective Date

Effective-dating logic is enforced only on information in the Equity Details section (level one), not on the Deals, Dividend Details, Split Details or Rights Details sections.

Equity Definition

Exchange

Enter the marketplace where this equity can be traded.

Security Type

Select the identification system that is used to assign the security ID if the stock is a security on the market with a security type and ID. Values are:

  • CINS (CUSIP International Numbering System)

  • CUSIP (Committee on Uniform Securities Identification Procedures)

  • EPIC (Typically used on the UK stock market)

  • ISID (International Securities Identification Directory)

  • ISIN (International Securities Identification Number)

  • QUICK (Numbering system that is used in the Tokyo Exchange)

  • RIC (Reuters Identification Code)

  • SEDOL (Stock Exchange Daily Official List)

  • SICOVAM (Societé Interprofessionelle pour la Compensation des Valeurs Mobilières)

  • Valoren (A number that is assigned by Telekurs Financial, the Swiss numbering agency)

Security ID

Enter the number that is assigned to this stock according to the identification system that is selected in the Security Type field.

Industry Class

Enter the industry class identifier that is assigned to this stock.

Type of Equity

Common Shares

Select if the type of equity is common shares of stock.

Preferred Shares

Select if the type of equity is preferred shares of stock.

Equity Class

Select the class of preferred shares. Values are A, B, C, D, and Other.

Calculation for Purchase Price

Average Price

Select to calculate the sale price of the equity using a single purchase price for all shares that are to be sold. The seller identifies all the share lots purchased and calculates a single average purchase price for shares that are to be sold. The gain and loss is the same for each lot sold.

Specific Price

Select to calculate the sale price of the equity using multiple purchase prices based upon identifying the purchased lots that are to be sold and the number of shares that are sold from those lots. The gain and loss is different for each lot that is sold.

Calculation Method of Fraction Shares

Cash

Select when the fractional shares resulting from a stock split are sold and the proceeds sent to you for the value of those shares.

Round Up and Round Down

Select how the fractional shares resulting from a stock split will be rounded to the nearest whole share.

Fractional Shares

Select when the fractional shares resulting from a stock split are issued as fractional certificates.

Credit

Select when the fractional shares resulting from a stock split are credited back to the account holder.

Deals

Unit

Displays the business unit for the deal transaction.

Currency

The default currency is that used by the country that is tied to the market exchange.

Fair Value

Displays the market value of the equity as of a particular date.

Dividend Details

Declaration Date

Displays the date that the dividend was declared as defined on the Dividend Details page.

Record Holder Date

Displays the date on which the shareholder of record must own the stock to collect the dividend. This is defined on the Dividend Details page.

Payment Date

Displays the date that the dividend is paid to the shareholders as defined on the Dividend Details page.

Split Details

Split Date

Displays the date that the split is effective, as defined on the Split Details page.

Payment Date

Displays the date that any payment for the split is made, as defined on the Split Details page.

Ratio

Displays the ratio at which the split is announced, as defined on the Split Details page.

Rights Details

Issue Date

Displays the dates that the rights have been issued, as defined on the Rights Details page.

Exercise Date

Displays the dates on which these rights are exercised, as defined on the Rights Details page.

Ratio

Displays the ratio at which rights are issued, as defined on the Rights Details page.

Deals

This grid provides information on any deals associated with this particular equity.

See Entering Equity Deal Details.

Click to jump to top of pageClick to jump to parent topicEntering Stock Rates

Access the Equity Quotes page (Deal Management, Equities, Equity Quotes).

Note. Not all page elements are visible on this page. Depending on the page arrangement, you see additional elements by scrolling horizontally.

From Date and To Date

Enter dates to specify market prices using specific dates.

Search

Click to populate the quotes grid using the dates that are specified.

Price

Enter the price paid for the stock.

Opening Price and Closing Price

Enter the first and last price at which this stock traded during the regular trading session on the quote date.

Price Diff (price difference)

Enter the difference between the opening price and the closing price.

Trading Volume

Enter the number of equities that were traded on the quote date.

Quote Date

Enter the date of the regular trading session that the entered quote information represents.

Quote Time

Enter the time of day on the quote date that the entered quote information represents.

Click to jump to parent topicMaintaining Equities

This section provides an overview of equity maintenance and discusses how to:

Click to jump to top of pageClick to jump to parent topicUnderstanding Equity Maintenance

During the life of an equity in Deal Management, four major events are tracked:

Investing in Equities

Once an equity is defined within Deal Management, you invest in the equity using the equity instrument type in the standard deal-capture process.

See Capturing Deals and Trade Tickets.

Equity Splits

If the invested equity is strong and doing well, the company may announce a split. For example, in a 2:1 split, a company issues one additional share for every outstanding share. After the split, two shares exist for every pre-split share. This results in a price adjustment for each share that is held based on the equity-split ratio, as well as a change in the number of shares that are held. The system calculates the quantity of shares and the price once you initiate an equity split.

The split of an equity should be recorded in the system after the date of the split to reflect the current condition of the underlying deals. The deal does not have a split date and adjusts its shares and price when the split is recorded in the system. Because the ratio of the price of the equities and the number of shares changes, but the total monetary amount stays the same, no impact results to the accounting that is already entered for this deal.

Deal Management supports the following methods for handling fractional shares of equities as a result of an equity split:

Note. The method that is used for the adjustment of fractional shares must be specified at the equity definition level for every equity.

Dividends Paid

The company, whose stock has been invested in, may announce dividends. The dividend can be in the form of cash or more stock. Dividends are ad hoc occurrences and so the process of generating dividends cannot be automated. Every time a dividend is announced, it must be entered into the system.

The method that is used to process dividends differs depending on the type of dividend. For cash dividends, the amount is recorded and accounted for in the same manner as an interest payment. For stock dividends, a new deal is created for the number of shares that are declared and the description of the deal indicates that this deal is the result of a dividend.

Yield for the dividend is calculated in the batch process once the dividend is recorded. This yield is the dividend amount divided by the current market price and is displayed in the dividend history.

Company Mergers

Two possible results may occur for equities as a result of a merger between two companies:

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Page Name

Definition Name

Navigation

Usage

Split Details

TRX_EQTY_SPLIT

Deal Management, Equities, Equity Definition

Click the Split link on the Equity Definition page.

Enter equity split details.

Dividend Details

TRX_EQTY_DVND

Deal Management, Equities, Equity Definition

Click the Add Dividend link on the Equity Definition page.

Enter equity dividend details.

Rights Details

TRX_EQTY_RIGHTS

Deal Management, Equities, Equity Definition

Click the Record Rights link on the Equity Definition page.

Enter equity rights details.

Merger

TRX_EQTY_MERGE

Deal Management, Equities, Equity Definition

Click the Merger link on the Equity Definition page.

Enter details of the merger.

Layout Catalog

PMT_FORMAT_CATLOG

Banking, Administer Bank Integration, Layout Catalog

Create or modify the existing layout used for importing equity quote information from an external source into your system using the Equity Quote Import page. PeopleSoft delivers the preconfigured STOCK layout for this purpose.

See Understanding the Layout Catalog.

Equity Quote Import

BSP_IMPORT

Deal Management, Equities, Equity Quote Import

Run the File Import Application Engine process (IMPORT_FILE) to download stock quote information from an external source.

Equity Detail

RUN_TRC3020

Deal Management, Reports, Equity Details

Create the Equity Details report that lists all the details of each stock that is held in the portfolio. Stock symbol, current price, split details, dividend details, type of shares, and number of shares held are shown in this report for each stock.

Click to jump to top of pageClick to jump to parent topicRecording Equity Splits

Access the Split Details page (Deal Management, Equities, Equity Definition. Click the Split link on the Equity Definition page).

Fraction Shares

Displays the method that is specified for handling fractional shares of stock as a result of a stock split.

Split Date

Enter the date on which the split is effective. The split date should not be entered into the system until the actual split occurs. Doing otherwise could adversely affect deals involving those equities that are listed in the Deals section of the Equity Definition page.

Payment Date

Enter the date that any payment for the split is made.

Ratio

Enter the ratio at which the split is announced.

Click to jump to top of pageClick to jump to parent topicRecording Dividends

Access the Dividend Details page (Deal Management, Equities, Equity Definition. Click the Add Dividend link on the Equity Definition page).

Declaration Date

Enter the date on which the dividend was declared.

Payment Date

Enter the date on which the dividend is paid to the shareholders.

Record Holder Date

Enter the date on which the shareholder of record must own the stock to collect the dividend.

Ex Dividend Date

Enter the first day of the ex-dividend period. Stocks not owned before this date are ineligible for the dividend payout.

Dividend Type

Stock

Select to indicate that the dividend will be paid as additional stock.

Percent (%)

Enter the percentage to use to determine the amount of stock that is paid as a dividend.

Cash

Select to indicate that the dividend will be paid as cash.

Amount

Enter the amount of the cash payment for this dividend.

Currency

Displays the currency that is used in the cash payment for this dividend that is determined by the deals that are made using this stock . It is currency is that used by the country that is associated with the market exchange on which the equity is traded.

See Entering Equity Deal Details.

Click to jump to top of pageClick to jump to parent topicManaging Equities After Mergers

Access the Merger page (Deal Management, Equities, Equity Definition. Click the Merger link on the Equity Definition page).

New Stock Symbol

Enter the series of letters that is used to identify this equity on an exchange.

Date of Merger

Enter the date on which the merger became effective.

Ratio

Enter the ratio of shares that is provided as a result of the merger.

Click to jump to top of pageClick to jump to parent topicImporting Equity Quote Data

Access the Equity Quote Import page (Deal Management, Equities, Equity Quote Import).

Parameters

Import Type

Select a method for importing the equity-quote files. The options are:

  • File: Select if you are importing a file, and complete the File Path and File Name fields.

  • FTP: Select if you are importing the file by using file transfer protocol, and enter a bank node through which to transfer the data.

  • HTTP: Select if you are importing a file using a URL that is included as part of the node configuration. No file path or file name is required.

Integration Node

Enter the node that will be used to relay the equity-quotes files from the external source to your system. This field appears only if FTP or HTTP is selected as the import type.

See Defining Integration Broker Settings for Bank Statements and Payment Acknowledgments.

See PeopleTools PeopleBook: Integration Broker Administration, "Adding and Configuring Nodes," Configuring Nodes

See PeopleTools PeopleBook: Integration Broker Administration, "Using Listening Connectors and Target Connectors," Working With the AS2 Connectors

View Integration Node Details

Click to access the Integration Node Details page and review property details of the selected node. This link appears only if FTP or HTTP is selected in the Import Type field.

File Path

Enter the complete file path location. To select files using the Select File button, the file path must have a trailing backslash (\).

You can also search for files of a specific type by entering an asterisk and the extension suffix. For example, to search all files with an .XML suffix, enter:

\*.XML

Note. Be sure that the application server and the Process Scheduler have access to the directory where the files are stored.

File Selection Help

Click to view help information about specifying file paths and file names.

File Name

Enter the name of the specific file to import or click the Select File button to search for the file. If you want to import multiple files based on extension, leave this field blank.

Layout ID

Select an equity-quote file layout. PeopleSoft delivers the STOCK layout, which is preconfigured for this purpose.

View Layout Details

Click to access the Layout Catalog page to view details of the equity-quote file layout.

Advanced Options

Encryption Profile

Select an encryption profile to decrypt payment acknowledgments. Encryption profiles contain both encryption and decryption information.

Use Integration Broker

Select to format the files and publish the formatted document to PeopleSoft Integration Broker. Integration Broker then processes the formatted file accordingly.

You select this option if you want to use the equity quote information to trigger Integration Broker to perform other processes or integrate with other systems.

Post Process File Action

Select what action, if any, to perform on the equity-quote data files after the data has been processed. The values are:

  • Copy: Copy the file to the directory that is entered in the Post Precess File Directory field.

  • Delete: Delete the file after the data in it is processed.

  • Move: Move the file to the directory that is entered in the Post Precess File Directory field.

  • None: Take no action.

Post Process File Directory

Enter a file path to the directory to which the file will be moved or copied if either option is selected as the post process file action.

Layout Properties

Value

Property codes and values appear by default from values that are defined on the selected layout ID.

If you configure unique code mappings for a layout (on the Code Mappings page) you need to modify the displayed CODE_MAP_GROUP value with the appropriate unique map value.

See Defining Code Mappings for Bank Statements, Payments, and Payment Acknowledgments.

Note. If you are importing multiple files for a single run control ID, you must add requests (by using the Add button) for each file that is being requested. Do not enter a file name and run the import process, and then edit the file name and run the import process again. Doing this can result in duplicate-file-loading errors.

Click to jump to parent topicSelling Equities

This section provides an overview of selling equities and discusses how to sell equities.

Click to jump to top of pageClick to jump to parent topicUnderstanding Selling Equities

Equities that have been invested in can be sold at any time. One sale can contain:

You can elect to sell only a portion of the equities from a single deal by specifying a smaller number of shares in the Shares to Sell field than are listed in the # of Shares field. Be sure that the number of shares in Shares to Sell matches the number of shares that are listed in the Total Shares to Sell field. You can use either the Average Priceor the Specific Price method for calculating the sale price of the equity.

The method that is used to calculate the sale price of equities is specified on the Equity Definition page. The two calculation methods are:

You can sell the equities from several different deals in a single transaction by entering the appropriate number of shares to be sold in the Shares to Sell field for each deal that is a part of the transaction. The total number of shares that are specified must equal the number of shares that are entered in Total Shares to Sell. When a sale contains multiple deals, you should specify that the Average Price is used to calculate the sale price. When a sale contains a single deal, using either the Average Price or the Specific Price method provides the same price for the equities.

When all of the equities in a deal are sold, the deal status changes to Sold. When you sell a portion of the equities in a single deal, the system creates a new deal for the remainder of the equities. A master deal ID links all new deals to the deal ID of the original deal. This is similar to the Sell/Buyback for IRP functionality.

See Also

Defining Equity Information

Capturing Deals and Trade Tickets

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Page Name

Definition Name

Navigation

Usage

Sale Details

TRX_EQTY_SALE_SP

Deal Management, Equities, Equity Definition

Click the Sell link on the Equity Definition page.

Enter stock sale details.

Click to jump to top of pageClick to jump to parent topicSelling Equities

Access the Sale Details page (Deal Management, Equities, Equity Definition. Click the Sell link on the Equity Definition page).

Sale Price

Enter the price that is obtained for the equity by the sale.

Sale Date

Enter the date of the sale.

Deals

# of Shares (number of shares)

Displays the number of shares that are included in the listed deal.

Shares to Sell

Enter the number of shares to sell in this transaction.

Total Shares to Sell

Enter the total number of shares to sell in this transaction. The system verifies that the number of shares that are entered is equal to the total of all of the shares that are entered at the individual deal level.

Commission / Fee

Enter the fee that is charged by a broker or agent for facilitating a transaction.

Calculate Sale Proceeds

Click to calculate the value of selling the selected shares for the entered sale price. The proceeds are calculated as the total of shares multiplied by the sale price minus the commission or fee for the transaction.

Sale Settlement

Settlement Instructions

Enter the settlement instructions. The default value is specified on the Settlement Instructions page.

See Also

Defining Counterparty Information

Understanding the Deal Capture Process