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In the SAP system, a security is a class. The class data includes all the structure characteristics of a security.

You can portray the following security types using the product categories delivered with the system:

  • Bonds:

    • We differentiate here according to the interest calculation type:

      • Fixed-interest bonds

      • Variable-rate bonds (floating rate notes)

      • Non-interest bearing bonds

    • We differentiate here according to the currency:

      • Local currency bonds

      • Foreign currency bonds

      • Dual currency bonds

    • We differentiate here according to the repayment type:

    • Special bonds:

  • Warrants

  • Equity warrants

  • Bond warrants

  • Index warrants

  • Currency warrants

  • Stocks

    • Fully and partially paid stocks

    • Common stocks and preference stocks

  • Subscription rights

  • Investment certificates

  • Shareholdings

  • Participation certificates

  • Futures

    • Securities futures

    • Interest futures

    • Index futures

    • Commodity futures

  • Listed options

 

Customizing

  • Product Types

    Since you create financial transactions and manage your positions in the Transaction Manager on the basis of product types, you must assign each class to a product type. To create product types and assign the product categories defined by SAP, go to the Implementation Guide (IMG) and choose   Financial Supply Chain Management   Treasury and Risk Management   Securities or Listed Derivatives   Transaction Management   Product Types   Define Product Types  . You can define more than one product type for a product category.

    The various product types are indicated by specific characteristics. You enter these characteristics and master data on entry screens for specific product types.

    In the IMG activity Define Product Types, you can use the field selection to define for each product type the entry fields that are displayed and which fields appear as optional, required, or display fields.

  • Under   Financial Supply Chain Management   Treasury and Risk Management   Transaction Manager   Securities or Listed Derivatives   Transaction Management   Product Types   and under   Financial Supply Chain Management   Treasury and Risk Management   Transaction Manager   Securities or Listed Derivatives   Transaction Management   Specific Class Data  , you make many settings for the securities, such as defining a general security classification, defining the connection to the classification tool, or creating a secondary index and custody types. For some securities, such as redemption bonds and drawable bonds, you can access specific IMG activities under Settings for Special Types of Securities.

  • Additional Tab Pages in Class Data

    • Predefined Tab Page

      In Customizing, you can activate an additional tab page. Although the standard delivery contains the tab page and the fields, you need to configure the tab page.

      In Customizing under   Transaction Manager   Securities   Master Data   Specific Class Data   Additional Tab Pages in Class Data   Predefined Tab Page  , enter the heading, the names of the fields, and - in the case of some of the fields - the values for input help.

      • Define Heading for Tab Page

      • Define Names for Currency Attributes (here you find two currency fields)

      • Define Names for Date Attributes (here you find two date fields and one field for a period)

      • Define Names for Free Text Attributes (here you find five user-defined text fields)

      • Define Names and Values for Short Attributes (here you find ten short attribute fields with input help)

      • Define Names and Values for Long Attributes (here you find ten long attribute fields with input help)

      Under   Transaction Manager   Securities   Master Data   Product Types   Define Product Types  , you use the function Field Selection (in the "Customer Data" area) to decide for each product type which of these fields are displayed.

      If you do not select a field here, the tab page for this product type does not appear in the class data.

    • User-Defined Tab Page

      Using the user-defined tab page, you can create your own tab page in the class data. For this, you use the BAdI: Additional Tab Page in Class Data TPM_SEC_CUST_DATA

Structure

  • Class data is entered on different tab pages. The product categories dictate which tab pages are used.

    • Search Criteria (general)

      Short and Long Description, Secondary Indexes, Rating, Classification

    • Basic Data (available for all product categories, but specific to certain categories)

      Issue Details, Structure

    • Exchanges (general)

    • Conditions (general)

    • Stock Swap (only for stocks)

    • Notice (only for bonds)

    • Regulatory Reporting (general)

      Custody Type, Securities Account Statistics, Tax Treatment, and so on

    • User Data (general)

  • You can branch from the class data to the Issuer data of each business partner. For this, choose   Environment   Display Issuer  .

  • A class can have the status Active, Inactive, or Obsolete. When you first enter the master data for a class, you can only choose the status Inactive until you have finished entering all the data. Note: Inactive classes cannot be purchased. You select the status Obsolete for classes that are no longer used and that should no longer be selected for evaluation reports.

  • In the class data, you can display the cash flow for a class produced from the conditions entered for a fictitious purchase of 100,000 nominal value or 100,000 pieces.

Integration

  • Before you can process a securities financial transaction in transaction management, you must first enter the following master data:

    • Business partner data (issuer, counterparty)

    • Class data

    • Securities account data / futures account data

    • Position Indicator

  • When you create an order, the system copies the data stored. You add the specific transaction data (such as the amount or price of a stock purchased) to this data.

  • The system uses the class data, details for the class conditions, and specific transaction details (such as the nominal value and price) to calculate the cash flow of the transaction.

  • You can also use class data for evaluation purposes (for example, when you create lists or when you determine an account assignment reference) automatically).

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