1. About This Manual

1.1 Introduction

Welcome to Oracle FLEXCUBE Investor Services ™, a comprehensive mutual funds automation software from Oracle Financial Services Software Ltd. ©.

This Oracle FLEXCUBE Investor Services User Manual helps you use the system to achieve optimum automation of all your mutual fund investor services processes. It contains guidelines for specific tasks, descriptions of various features and processes in the system and general information.

1.2 Related Documents

The User Manual is organized in to various parts, each discussing a component of the Oracle FLEXCUBE Investor Services system.

1.3 Audience

This Fund Manager User Manual is intended for the Fund Administrator users and system operators in the AMC.

1.4 Organization

This volume of the Fund Manager User manual is organized under the following chapter sequence:

Chapter 1	About This Manual explains the structure, audience, organization, and related documents of this manual.
Chapter 2	LEP Product Setup – An Overview enables you learn about the LEP Prod­uct Setup.
Chapter 3	LEP Product Setup – Product Class deals with the first step in the work­flow. A reference has been made to a chapter in the Fund Manager User Manual, where the process has been explained.
Chapter 4	LEP Product Setup – Product Type explains the second step in the work­flow. Once you have maintained Product Classes, the next step is to define various Products Types.
Chapter 5	LEP Product Setup – Product explains how to maintain Products under which a customer would buy a Policy.
Chapter 6	LEP Product Setup – Other Product Activities explains the process of set­ting up applicable fee or incentives for a product which in turn impacts the processing of transactions in the product. It also deals with mapping enti­ties to a product.
Chapter 7	LEP Product Setup – Product With-Holding Tax You may refer to this chap­ter if, for a Product, you want to capture the details of tax applicability on annuity payments.
Chapter 8	LEP Product Setup – Periodic Load A reference has been made to a chap­ter in the Fund Manager User Manual, where Periodic Load has been explained. There is a difference in the way periodic load is maintained for UT transactions and Policies. This chapter highlights the same.
Chapter 9	LEP Product Setup – Management Fee Applicability may be referred to only if a Management Fee is to be applied to a Product.
Chapter 10	LEP Product Setup – GL Set Up A reference has been made to a chapter in the Fund Manager User Manual where the General Ledger Set Up has been explained.
Chapter 11	LEP Product Setup – CMA explains more about CMA.
Chapter 12	LEP Product Setup – PIGS explains in detail Prudential Investment Guide­lines and Forex Compliance.

1.5 Conventions Used in this Manual

Before you begin using this User Manual, it is important to understand the typographical conventions used in it.

1.5.1 General Conventions

Convention	Type of Information
Italic type	Functional /foreign terms Validations for fields on a screen References to related Headings/Users Manuals For emphasis
Numbered Bullet	Step by step procedures

1.5.2 Keyboard Conventions

Convention	Type of Information
Keys	All keys of the keyboard are represented in capital letters. For example, <CTRL>.
Shortcut keys	All short cut keys are contained in brackets. For example, <ALT+SHIFT>.

1.6 Glossary of Icons

This User Manual may refer to all or some of the following icons.

Icons	Function
	Exit
	Add Row
	Delete Row
	Option List

1.7 Abbreviations and Acronyms

The following acronyms and abbreviations are adhered to in this User Manual:

Abbreviation/ Acronym	Meaning
ADMIN	User Administrator
AGY	The Agency Branch component of the system
AMC	Asset Management Company
BOD	Beginning of Day
CDSC	Contingent Deferred Sales Charge
CGT	Capital Gains Tax
CIF	Customer Information File
EOD	End of Day
EPU	Earnings per unit
FC-IS	Oracle FLEXCUBE Investor Services
FMG	The Fund Manager component of the system
FPADMIN	Oracle FLEXCUBE Administrator
ID	Identification
IHPP	Inflation Hedged Pension Plan
IPO	Initial Public Offering
LEP	Life and Endowment Products
LOI	Letter of Intent
NAV	Net Asset Value
REG	The Registrar component of the system
ROA	Rights of Accumulation
ROI	Return on Investment
SI	Standing Instructions
SMS	Security Management System
URL	Uniform Resource Locator
VAT	Value Added Tax
WAUC	Weighted Average Unit Cost

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