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FEDERATION OF EURO-ASIAN STOCK EXCHANGES have started offering various value added services such as registrar services, collateral services, securities lending and borrowing and clearing services for OTC Markets. It is becoming imperative for the CSD systems to be flexible to handle combination of settlement models as well as settlement cycles. Integrated platform across a range of securities and market segments provide a unified view of the risk management and cross margining opportunities. STP compliance and real time linkages with trading systems, payment systems have become the business necessities of CSD systems today. CSD systems are also expected to be scalable, reliable and extendible to cater to such evolving business situations. TCS’ Clearing and Settlement product suite – eClearSettle supports these needs. Leading and growing markets in Europe and Asia such as Russia, Dubai, Kuwait, Saudi Arabia, Philippines and India have opted for eClearSettle solution to upgrade their technology infrastructure. eClearSettle offers various components for clearing, settlement, depository, registrar and risk management services to adapt to the business model you have chosen for offering post-trading services. These components can be deployed independently or as an integrated system. It also offers value added services like securities lending and borrowing, collateral management, central counterparty services and services for OTC settlement. eClearSettle provides an integrated platform for global range of financial instruments that includes equity, fixed income and derivative instruments. It also has multi-market capability and supports linkages to multiple exchanges. You can link up the payment systems, external clearing house or depository on real- time mode. It complies with international practices such as G30, IOSCO recommendations and choice of internationally recognized messaging standards such as SWIFT, XML and ISO15022. eClearSettle works on a user friendly browser based interface which allows CSD participants to conveniently access the system anywhere. The reports module powered using Crystal report features, allows you to customize the information and layout of the report. SEMI ANNUAL REPORT OCTOBER 2006 eClearSettle is based on state-of-the-art technology thus protecting you from obsolescence and cost of technology upgradation. Further, the architecture is layered and component based. 3. Broker-Dealer Operations Large brokerage institutions are offering brokerage services in a multi-market, multi- instrument environment. Additionally, deploying effective internal risk management measures as well as providing multiple access channels and compliance with multiple messaging interfaces are the vital business challenges for these firms. This is being addressed by our eIBS suite of products: 1. eIBS Matrix–the brokerage front office product and 2. eIBS Precision–the clearing & settlement back office product. Today many large brokerage houses in India, including the foreign and Indian institutional brokerages catering to wide cross section of clients, are successfully using eIBS for their operations. eIBS has been recently selected for deployment across multiple Asian Markets for a Global Financial Service firm. eIBS Matrix offers trading facility to both offline and online clients. Offline clients can trade through the Trader Work Station (TWS), while the online clients can trade either through highly secure and reliable internet trading platform or can use the call center facility (Operator Work Station). eIBS Matrix also offers offline order placing facility to Internet clients. eIBS Matrix is a single window order routing platform for a multi-market, multi-instrument environment. It also provides for various business functionalities desired in brokerage operations like arbitrage, basket trading, portfolio management, advanced trading strategies, on-line charting and on-line calculators. Besides acting as a back office desk for standard clearing and settlement operations, eIBS Precision offers integrated modules for client servicing which includes collateral management, corporate actions, billing and accounting. It also offers extensive and configurable MIS reporting facilities for regulatory reporting and internal MIS. The eIBS suite of products are compliant with standard messaging and offer the much needed STP capabilities by providing an on- line interface with the payment systems and CSD organisations. In addition, one can also integrate news, streaming data and important market data into the eIBS Matrix. CONSULTING OFFERINGS The market intermediaries, exchanges, and CSD organizations play a formidable role in shaping up the securities markets policies of the country as well as of the region. While doing so it is becoming imperative to look at the experiences and practices of other markets and adopt the best-in-class models that suit the local needs. Our business consultants can help you in blending the best of both the worlds and arrive at the winning strategy in the areas of exchanges, clearing and settlement organizations, depositories, brokerage firms, mutual funds and others. Our financial services consulting practice is spearheaded by industry specialists having expertise in global capital markets and experience of architecting mission critical solutions for international players. We provide an array of consulting services focused on customers’ business, processes, systems and operations. ABOUT TATA CONSULTANCY SERVICES For over a decade, we have been very closely engaged in the financial markets domain. Besides providing mission-critical and high performance solutions to our global customer base, we have also designed specialized solutions that have transformed the business operations of leading financial powerhouses. Our valued customers include new generation exchanges, CSD organizations, central market surveillance and regulatory bodies, brokerage houses in the both matured markets like North America, Europe, Canada as well as emerging markets like the Middle East, Africa. Established in 1968, TCS, a part of TATA group, is Asia’s largest and one of the world's leading global information technology (IT) services, business process outsourcing and consulting organizations. The pioneer of the flexible global delivery model for IT services, we offer a comprehensive range of technology driven business solutions. For more information, please visit http://www.tcs.com/financialservices CONTACT INFORMATION Contact Name Mr. Jagdish Bhandari E-mail [email protected] Website www.tcs.com PAGE 25