Securities

Purpose

The securities component enables you to manage your securities transactions and positions.

Integration

The securities management module is a subcomponent of Transaction Manager and is closely integrated with other SAP components.

It is also closely connected with financial accounting – all the securities data that is relevant for posting is always transferred to the financial accounting system.

You can maintain current market data (exchange rates, securities prices, reference interest rates, indexes etc.) in a number of ways:

Manually
Using a Market data file interface: You maintain the relevant data in an external application (such as Microsoft Excel), either manually or via a data provider, and then import the data into the system in an SAP-compatible format.
By transferring the market data to the system from a spreadsheet
Datafeed: You can use the datafeed connection to make real-time market data available in the system.

To access the market data management functions, on the SAP Easy Access screen choose Start of the navigation path Accounting Next navigation step Financial Supply Chain Management Treasury and Risk Management Basic Functions Market Data Management End of the navigation path . Alternatively, you can access them in the Securities area under Environment Market Data .

You access the Securities component by choosing on the SAP Easy Access screen, Start of the navigation path Accounting Next navigation step Financial Supply Chain Management Treasury and Risk Management Transaction Manager Securities. End of the navigation path

Features

Securities Management: Overview

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Transaction and Position Management

There are three main areas in the securities area for managing transactions and positions: trading, back office and accounting.

Trading

The trading area groups together the functions for entering Security Transactions . It also enables you to call up information on transactions or make changes at a later date. Collective processing functions are available to help you manage your transactions efficiently.

The functions for Exercising Security Rights are also assigned to this area.

Other utilities, such as the cash flow for a class in a securities account and the date check are available to support traders .

With the Impairment function you can record impairments such as required by US GAAP and IAS 39 for securities positions.

Back office

Once you have entered financial transactions in the trading area, you settle them in the back office. The back office area also contains functions for checking and changing the transactions. The key aspects of postprocessing are:

Entering additional transaction data, in other words, adding information that is relevant for back-office processing
Preparing for posting and payment (for example, by checking the accounts used)
Generating correspondence in the form of internal or external confirmations.

The collective processing functions are also available in the back office. The back-office also includes functions for netting transactions and for entering or editing references .

Securities account management also falls under the back office. This includes the functions Securities Account Transfer , Planned Record Update , External Securities Account Statements , Restraints on Disposal , automatic and manual debit positions and manual posting, the EMU additional functions, and deadline monitoring .

You can also map changes to the capital using the corporate action function .

Accounting

Once you have entered the transactions in the Trading area and checked and completed them in the Back Office area, you then submit them to accounting. On the one hand, the accounting area includes functions for transferring the data to Financial Accounting, such as posting programs, or postings as part of position management. On the other hand, it contains the functions for closing operations in both the operative and parallel valuation areas.

Note Note

For Release CFM 1.0 in the Securities area, Securities Account Management , Corporate Actions and Security Rights have been switched to update types: Update types were introduced when the functions for parallel position management were developed; they correspond to the flow types in the operative valuation area. In the long term, update types will replace flow types entirely.

In addition, other functions in the securities area have been revised (for example, the restraints on disposal).

Reports are available to assist you when you convert to CFM 1.0 (IMG path: Start of the navigation path Transaction Manager Next navigation step General Settings Tools Conversion Programs for Release CFM1.0 End of the navigation path ). These reports also convert the application data.

For more information, see the documentation for the conversion programs.

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Master Data Management

Financial transaction processing in the Transaction Manager is based on master data. In the Securities area, you have to enter class data, securities account master data, and position indicators for the operative valuation area. You also have to maintain security prices.

See also:

Process Flow for Entering Master Data

Information System

The information system provides a range of reports for analyzing your security positions and position trends. The Securities Information System is part of the Transaction Manager Information System, which offers analyses and evaluations across the whole of the Treasury and Risk Management dataset.

The link to the SAP drilldown reporting tool and SAP Query also allows you to define your own reports in addition to those provided by SAP.

See also:

Information System