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Fund Services
HSBC Securities Services (HSS) is one of the world's leading providers of securities and fund services and has teams in more than 50 markets. Customers can access one of the largest fund services networks in the world and a custodian network in 92 markets (42 of which are HSBC entities). Customers get the advice and assistance they need, whatever the time zone, currency or language in which they operate.
HSS can provide a complete range of solutions from fund accounting and valuation, global custody and transfer agency through to securities lending, foreign currency exchange, cash management and more. And being part of the HSBC Group, clients have access to its complete range of banking products and services.
With over 100 years' experience in the fund services business, let HSBC's global network open up a world of opportunity for your business.
Products
- Global Custody
Investment managers of all types, including sovereign wealth managers, asset managers, pension funds and insurance companies, look to HSBC Securities Services (HSS) to provide a highly professional service with a strong focus on accuracy and transparency of assets and reporting worldwide. HSS helps these firms to reduce their risk and provide a better service to their clients and investors, maintaining their own competitive position. HSS has a custodian network in 92 markets, 41 of which are HSBC entities.
- Fund Administration
- Global Tax Services
Globally, fund managers are expanding their distribution channels in new regions and jurisdictions. An understanding of requirements and providing efficient solutions to tax reporting needs in these jurisdictions is essential. Using integration with HSS' accounting and valuation platforms and having technically strong, knowledgeable global teams, the Global Tax Services team includes efficiently produced, robust reporting tax services for US (K-1, PFIC, etc.), UK (AUTs, OEICs, Investment Trusts and Life Companies), Germany (Year-end, Aktiengewinn, Zwischengewinn), Australia, EU Savings Directive, and Austria. The Global Tax Services team additionally lends its support on new offshore fund regimes that exist in the UK and Switzerland. HSS tax teams also meet the demands of local tax reporting requirements for traditional funds in many jurisdictions.
- Direct Execution and Custody Services (DECS)
HSBC Securities Services (HSS) is able to offer its institutional clients the opportunity to link high speed equity and mutual fund execution with its seamless settlement, clearing and custody services in an unparalleled range of world markets. DECS allows clients to trade and settle with a single instruction to HSBC Global Banking and Markets. Supporting more than 60 markets (through HSBC’s custodian network, consisting of 42 HSBC Group and a number of non-Group entities) DECS offers a full suite of global equity services, fully integrated with trade execution. DECS is a full service, one-stop shop solution and can be tailored to clients needs, leveraging high level STP. Bundled competitive pricing helps to reduce clients’ costs over the trading and operational areas. Flexible front end connectivity options are available together with comprehensive reporting and client service.
- Credit
HSBC Securities Services (HSS) understands the nature of its clients' business and the importance of hedging and liquidity management. A great emphasis is placed on building long term relationships. During the volatility experienced in 2008, the Bank evidenced this stance by working closely with its clients to ensure continuity of hedging and liquidity. HSS offers its custody clients forward FX facilities and financing in the form of a multi-currency overdraft*. Generally, all HSS facilities are secured by assets held in HSS' custody with no separate requirement for cash margin.
* Subject to credit approval - Securities Lending
HSBC Securities Services (HSS) is a long standing provider of a competitive and flexible range of products where the key focus points are performance, capital preservation, transparency and seamlessness of operation. Servicing a diverse range of both domestic and global customers and providing a level of borrower default indemnification to agency clients, HSS considers this service to be second to none. Product range on a custody or third-party basis includes indemnified agency, principal, exclusives and auctions. For clients that wish to manage their own programmes, HSS additionally offers a competitive range of support services including items such as settlement, collateral management, asset servicing and reporting.
- Performance Measurement and Risk
HSBC Securities Services (HSS) dedicated team of highly experienced performance measurement professionals provide performance products as part of a wider proposition or on a stand-alone basis. The Analytics product can measure any asset in any currency and features return, attribution and risk information down to asset level where appropriate. HSS' GIPS Verification product helps fund management firms become compliant with the standards and verifies their claim of compliance on an annual basis.
- Private Equity
As a leader in alternative fund administration, HSBC Securities Services (HSS) understands the requirements and complexities of Private Equity fund structures and investment strategies. With a strong team of dedicated and skilled professionals, the business can meet the individual requirements of its clients and their investors. HSS has regional service teams located in New York, Luxemburg, Guernsey and Hong Kong providing global reach. A comprehensive Private Equity servicing solution is delivered by HSS including accounting and valuation services, financial reporting, call and distribution management, waterfall and fee calculations, investor services, custody services, company secretarial services and US tax reporting and credit services with experience in servicing Venture Capital, Fund of Private Equity Funds, Mezzanine Funds, Real Estate Funds, Leverage Buy-Out and Co-invest Funds.
- Treasury Services
HSBC Securities Services (HSS) Treasury combines the energy and enthusiasm of our local experts with the strengths of the HSBC Global Treasury business to provide a first class service to our global custody and fund administration clients.
- Trustee and Depositary Services
HSBC Securities Services (HSS) has been providing Trustee and Depositary Services to providers of collective investment schemes, since the 1930s*. A client focussed, rapid response time and proactive value added service has resulted in positive client feedback and high levels of client retention. The Trustee and Depositary Services team comprises experienced technical, compliance, operational and relationship management experts, whose aim is to provide an exceptional service to clients and deliver value for money.
* available in certain locations only
Services
- Prime Services
HSBC Prime Services in conjunction with HSS can deliver fully integrated services for hedge funds and institutional asset managers: safe custody and clearing, securities lending, cross asset margining and dedicated client service with transparent reporting. HSBC Prime Services is differentiated in the market through its use of HSBC's global custody platform that provides safekeeping and segregation of clients' assets.
- Exchange Traded Fund
HSBC's Exchange Traded Fund (ETF) securities servicing offering utilises the global capability of HSBC in delivering best-in-class solutions to ETF fund promoters. Fund administration, investment operations, global custody and securities lending services are available to ETF products domiciled, registered and listed in multiple jurisdictions/markets. HSBC's offering is tailored to meet the service requirements of ETFs and is underpinned by the brand and balance sheet strength of HSBC.
- Fund Solutions
HSBC Securities Services (HSS) offers Fund Solutions in response to the increasingly complex needs of clients who cross multiple jurisdictions, services and business lines within HSS and the HSBC Group. Fund Solutions provides expert guidance and advice on areas such as domiciliation and re-domiciliation, structuring and re-structuring, service delivery locations, complex operating models, tax and regulatory implications, market innovation and the broader range of the HSBC Group's financial services. All deals that the team is involved in are led by a sales, business development or relationship manager who remains the main client contact throughout the process and beyond.
- HSBCnet
In order to support a wide range of Investor and Intermediary customers, HSBCnet enables a truly global, single sign-on, real time, on-line access to information on securities portfolios, fund and investor summaries and cash balances and HSBC Group wide services. It supports a full range of investment activities covering transacting to reporting and can be fully tailored to the specific needs of the user and customer segments. Local market information is also a key attribute of the features available, given the global presence of the HSBC Group.
