Position Indicator

Definition

  • Securities account position indicator

    Here information, such as the custody type, is specified at the level of the company code, ID number and securities account.

  • Subledger position indicator

    For the subledger positions , it contains the position management procedure and the account assignment reference, along with some indicators for the position, such as the balance sheet indicator and the asset grouping (§14 German Banking Act).

Structure

Securities account position indicator:

  • Custody type

    These are defined in Customizing for Transaction Manager . Choose Start of the navigation path Securities Next navigation step Master Data Next navigation step Specific Class Data Next navigation step Define Custody Types. End of the navigation path

  • Asset grouping

    These are defined in Customizing for Transaction Manager . Choose Start of the navigation path Securities Next navigation step Position Management Next navigation step Asset Groups Next navigation step Define Indicators for Balance Sheet Grouping. End of the navigation path

  • Right/duty to deliver

    Information fields stating the date by which a security can or must be delivered to the contract partner

  • Holding

    Information field stating the percentage of its own stock held by an enterprise

  • Shareholding

    Note Note

    There is a relationship between holding and shareholding that you can set up in Customizing. There you can specify for each holding if it is a shareholding. If the shareholding indicator is set, there is a check when you create or change a securities account position indicator. In that case, the system checks to make sure an appropriate holding was also selected.

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  • Intercorporate privilege

  • Investment Group - State Central Bank

If BAV regulatory reporting is active, you can access it by choosing Start of the navigation path Goto Next navigation step Regulatory Reporting. End of the navigation path

Subledger position indicator

  • Position Management Procedure

  • Balance sheet indicator

  • § 14 GBA Grouping

  • Account assignment reference

  • Business place

  • Section code

Integration

  • To create, change or display the position indicator, you need authorization for authorization object FW_BES_BUK of object class IS.

  • You can enter position indicators manually or you can generate them automatically.

    You can make various settings for the position indicator in Customizing for Transaction Manager. Choose Start of the navigation path Master Data Next navigation step Position Indicator Next navigation step Define Generation of Securities Account Position Indicator End of the navigation path and Define Generation of Subledger Position Indicator. These settings include whether the securities account position indicator and subledger position indicator are created manually or automatically. Another determines whether, as soon as creating a new position indicator becomes necessary, a dialog screen appears where you can choose either manual creation of the securities account position indicator, or choose to have the system generate the securities account position indicator automatically. [POPUP (manual/automatic)]

    If you want the system to determine the position indicator automatically , you have to define the following default values in Customizing:

    1. Default values for determining the account assignment reference automatically

      You enter these values in Customizing for Transaction Manager. Choose Start of the navigation path General Settings Next navigation step Accounting Next navigation step Link to Other Accounting Components Next navigation step Define Account Assignment Reference Determination. End of the navigation path

    2. Assign the position management procedure .

      In Customizing for Transaction Manager, choose Start of the navigation path General Settings Next navigation step Accounting Next navigation step Settings for Position Management Next navigation step Assign Position Management Procedure. End of the navigation path Here you define the rules based on which position management procedures are assigned to the positions.

  • As long as there are no posted flows for a position, you can change the assignment of the position management procedure in the position indicator. However, as soon as there is a posted flow, it is no longer possible to change the position management procedure there. To change the position management procedure in that case, you need to perform a value class transfer .

    Note Note

    If you want to change the valuation parameters, even if the above requirements are not met, you can proceed as follows:

    Create a new securities account. Maintain the valuation parameters in the position indicator according to your requirements, and perform a securities account transfer . The change you make to the valuation parameters is effective for the position of the securities account transfer as of the key date of the transfer.

    You cannot change the valuation parameters for positions that already exist.

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