Abstract: A computer system and method evaluates reports financial data pertaining to real estate investments via an investor access portal. The investor access portal may be accessed over the Internet. Real estate investors, having a financial investment in each of a plurality of properties, may review accounts payable and accounts receivable data from each of the plurality of properties, managed by a plurality of property managers. Accounts receivable and accounts payable funds may be managed via the investor access portal, so that funds are centrally received and transmitted, and that data about said transmissions and receptions may be maintained and accessed by real estate investors via the investor access portal. The real estate investors may compare the data against other properties, including those managed by the same property manager, those managed by other property managers, or both, so as to reduce operating and utility costs for the properties.

Abstract: A data processing system manages collateral risk associated with a trade of a financial instrument includes a processor and a memory that contains a database configured to store a ruleset relating to determining eligibility of collateral to be considered for a desired trade. A search module searches for accounts that could potentially accept a security position based upon established search criteria. Search results are stored in the memory, and are used to identify one or more security positions eligible for use as collateral for the trade. A collateral analysis module determines a collateral preference ranking by at least applying the ruleset via an algorithm executed by the processor so as to confirm an eligibility of security positions eligible for use as collateral for the trade by testing in accordance with the ruleset. The processor outputs a relative collateral preference indication via a user interface.

Abstract: A computer-implemented method for managing collateral risk associated with financial instrument trading and a data processing system includes a processor and memory/database configured to store user-definable rulesets relating to a desired trade. A search module identifies and stores accounts that could accept potentially eligible security positions based upon user-selectable search criteria, and identifies potentially eligible security positions for consideration as collateral for the trade. A user configurable collateral analysis module determines eligibility of security positions as collateral for the trade by applying one or more user-definable rulesets in an algorithm that operates in a processor to determine collateral position eligibility of security positions for the trade by testing eligibility along one or more logical paths defined by user-definable rulesets.

Abstract: Systems and methods are provided for encouraging for deposit account stability. The systems and methods may include defining rules relating to a defined account balance incentive band for a given deposit account, monitoring and store balance information in the at least one storage device, determining whether the stored balance information indicates that a balance of the at least one deposit account falls within the account balance incentive band, and determining whether to assess a penalty to a depositor associated with the deposit account based on the determination of whether the balance of the deposit account fell within the account balance incentive band.

Abstract: A computer-implemented method for managing collateral risk associated with financial instrument trading and a data processing system includes a processor and memory/database configured to store user-definable rulesets relating to a desired trade. A search module identifies and stores accounts that could accept potentially eligible security positions based upon user-selectable search criteria, and identifies potentially eligible security positions for consideration as collateral for the trade. A user configurable collateral analysis module determines eligibility of security positions as collateral for the trade by applying one or more user-definable rulesets in an algorithm that operates in a processor to determine collateral position eligibility of security positions for the trade by testing eligibility along one or more logical paths defined by user-definable rulesets.

Abstract: A system and method for providing a tradable (e.g., exchange-listed) instrument by securitizing a commodity using a commodity trust or other special-purpose vehicle that is established to hold one or more physical commodities and to issue commodity trust shares and/or receipts corresponding to the value of the physical commodity held by the Trust. The commodity trust shares may represent a proportional interest in the Trust and/or the physical commodity held by the trust, e.g., precious metals such as gold, or base metals such as copper. The Trust may include one or more Trust accounts to receive and store the physical commodity deposited with the Trust. The shares or receipts of the trust can be listed, quoted, and traded on a trading system, e.g., an Electronics Communication Network (ECN), and may be traded as Exchange Traded Fund (ETF) shares on a securities exchange.

Abstract: Tools are provided for identifying outliers or variations in trade data derived from financial asset transactions, such as securities lending transactions, foreign exchange transactions, over the counter and exchange traded derivative transactions, and equity and fixed income transactions. Such outliers may provide an indication that a given trade is suspicious or potentially inappropriate from a customer relationship point of view, a regulatory perspective, or a legal standpoint. Trades identified as outliers can be utilized in regression analyses to analyze specific trades, trader-broker relationships, or other trading activity.

Abstract: In one embodiment, a securities financing system integrates processing of both securities lending and repurchase (repo) agreement transactions conducted over a network. A securities financing platform has multiple modules and a management interface module through which input and output functions are provided to a system manager. Network communications are configured to manage respective data interfaces over the network with a first party borrower to the collateralized financial transaction, a second party lender to the collateralized financial transaction, and a central counterparty configured to provide trade netting and novation services to each of the first and second parties. A central counterparty interface is configured such that the central counterparty becomes a counterparty to each of the first party borrower and the second party lender through the securities financing system.

Abstract: An electronic trading platform for cash and cash futures (options) is provided in which the cash and cash futures (options) markets are combined together in a single platform. The cash and cash futures (options) markets can be traded on the same screen. The electronic trading platform also brings the cash futures (options) in line with the cash markets. In another aspect, the electronic trading platform for cash and cash futures (options) enables the automatic matching of bids and offers. In another aspect, an OTC cash future (option) can be provided.

Abstract: In accordance with at least one embodiment, a system configured to provide a collateral management service for tri-party hybrid repo transactions includes hardware and/or software for receiving, at a repo service provider, instructions specifying a tri-party hybrid repo transaction as well as a payable date for the tri-party hybrid repo transaction; hardware and/or software for transferring collateral that is the subject of the tri-party hybrid repo transaction on or prior to the payable date to a buyer/investor for the tri-party hybrid repo transaction in the buyer/investor's Securities Account at the Federal Reserve Bank via the Fedwire Securities Service and free of payment or versus payment; and hardware and/or software for returning collateral on or prior to the payable date to the broker/dealer/seller for the tri-party hybrid repo transaction via the repo service provider versus payment via the Fedwire Securities Service.

Abstract: In accordance with at least one embodiment of the invention, a DVP repo and tri-party repo hybrid transaction is provided as well as a process for facilitating and processing such a hybrid transaction, referred to herein as a “tri-party hybrid repo” transaction.

Abstract: A computer-implemented system, method, and computer-readable medium for creating and trading securitized environmental offset credits in a registered securities exchange includes providing a processor, memory device, at least one user interface, and a network connection arranged in an online trading platform; registering, in a database in the memory device and via the network connection, one or more environmental offset credits to respective owners thereof; requesting, via the network, equitization of at least a portion of the one or more environmental offset credits by a securities regulator; applying a unique identifier supplied by the securities regulator to the equitized one or more environmental offset credits; and assigning custody of each of the equitized one or more environmental offset credits to a custodian and storing the custodian assignment in the database.

Abstract: In various embodiments, a computerized system and method manages custody and mitigates counterparty credit risk exposure associated with a trade of a financial instrument. A custodian computer system is established that receives an initial margin payment from a pledgor and electronically posts the initial margin payment in a custody account record maintained in the database. A control agreement is established between the pledgor and a secured party with agreement details stored in the database. The dual-custody control agreement gives control of the custody account to the pledgor if the secured party defaults on trade obligations, and gives control of the custody account to the secured party if the pledgor defaults on trade obligations. During the life of the trade, the custodian may invest a current margin deposit in the custody account directly through the network into one or more investment vehicles to achieve a greater return.

Abstract: A financial instrument is provided that enables investors to invest in depositary receipts based on underlying non-domestic shares of a foreign business entity through a domestic stock exchange even though the underlying non-domestic shares are traded only on a stock exchange with a settlement day that has no substantial temporal overlap with the investor's domestic stock exchange's settlement day. In accordance with at least one embodiment of the invention, an international trading transaction structure and corresponding methodology is provided that enables investment in such financial instruments while guarding against currency market fluctuations during the trade period prior to settlement.

Abstract: A system provides automation or semi-automation of trade execution and recordkeeping services for a fund of funds, in particular, a fund of hedge funds. In providing such features for trade execution and recordkeeping, various transaction processes may be automated or semi-automated, thus, reducing an amount of human operator action and introduction of associated delay and possibility of error. Moreover, such a system may have further utility in providing access to lot-level records.

Abstract: In various embodiments, a computer-implemented method and system of managing and indemnifying commercial paper by a trustee over a computer network includes receiving, in a processor and over the network, an indication of a proposed short-term secured investment transaction from one or more parties to the transaction, said indication including one or more illiquid and non-current assets proposed as collateral for the investment transaction; evaluating, by the processor, an asset value of the one or more illiquid and non-current assets; applying, by the processor, a discount factor to the asset value in response to either an operator input or a predetermined discount factor stored in a database, or a combination thereof; determining, by the processor, whether the applied discount factor and a resulting discounted asset value is acceptable to the trustee and at least one party to the proposed secured investment transaction that is considering providing investment funds for the transaction; if the resulting disc

Abstract: Systems and methods are provided for a CDS trustee and collateral manager. In some embodiments, the systems and methods of the invention may provide a holistic approach to CDS transactions which facilitates such transactions, enables the management of such transactions, streamlines the resolution of these transactions, improves market information relating to these transactions, and provides other advantages. In some embodiments, a CDS trustee is provided that manages CDS documentation throughout the CDS transaction market and therefore can determine the positions and exposure of all market players. In some embodiments, the CDS trustee may also monitor for and process credit events of a reference entity to a CDS transaction. Furthermore the CDS trustee may facilitate payments to and from counterparties to CDS transactions, facilitate unwinding of CDS transactions, facilitate settlement of CDS transaction in the event of a credit default, and/or provide other features and functions.

Abstract: A computer system and method evaluates and auctions financial instruments on a networked auction platform. The auction platform may be accessed via the Internet. Auction participants that have provided required participant information are registered in a database, and may include one or more registered sellers and registered buyers. An inventory of a registered seller's financial instruments is received and stored via the auction platform. An auction event is initiated the inventoried financial instruments in response to an auction request. Direct, integrated access is provided to a data and analytics tool that provides cash flow modeling that allows investment cash flow analysis and assessment of underlying risk of default based upon assumptions input by a registered buyer and past performance data. The cash flow analysis and risk assessment may be used by the registered buyer to determine a bid price or bid range for the financial instrument, or a decision not to bid may be made.

Abstract: A method of accounting for environmental offset credits from multiple offset markets includes registering the offset credit; assigning a unique identifier; receiving notification of a pending trade between a buyer/seller of an offset in one of the multiple offset markets. If the seller has an amount of environmental offsets sufficient for the trade and the trade is consummated, buyer and seller accounts are adjusted with corresponding credits and debits. Otherwise, a notification of insufficient environmental offsets to carry out the trade is provided. In a further aspect, instead of receiving a notification of a pending trade, the trade may be executed. In another embodiment, a computer-implemented trading platform includes a processor; a memory with a structured database that stores information relating to two or more environmental offset credits established in the two or more different offset markets.

Abstract: A computer-implemented, web-interfaced method of trading and settlement of unregistered securities issued under an exception outlined in Rule 144A includes providing access to a website in communication with a network. A data structure is established and stored in a memory and includes information relating to one or more unregistered securities and entities involved with the trade. A trade request is received via the network from an interested investor, and a QIB eligibility status is determined for each of the interested investors. Eligible QIBs are allocated an investment slot if a number of allocated investment slots is less than a regulated value. Otherwise, an investment slot is denied to any remaining QIBs. A related system and computer-readable medium are also disclosed.