Case Studies
Project Profile for the Commission Settlement System
Executive Summary
Company
The League Corporation, based in Chicago, Illinois, has been a member of the CBOT since 1973.
Solution Description
The Access Database application enables the import of transactions on a daily basis to compute commission payments.
Benefits
Efficient Analysis
The back office can efficiently generate detail reporting for an individual trader or statistical details against all traders.
Risk Management
Managers can now track traders against individual threshold parameters. For instance, each trader can be configured for a maximum loss limit.
Software and Services
- Microsoft Windows XP
- Microsoft Access 2003
- Windows 2003 Server
Customer Profile
Sector: Financial Services
Industry: Securities Brokers & Traders
The League Corporation, a proprietary trading firm, deals in interest rate, agricultural, equity index and metals, energy and other futures contracts.
Business Situation
The firm required a solution to reconcile and settle trading commissions on a daily basis. These commissions are based on daily trading activity and are computed at the end of each day. The firm uses a sliding scale to compute commissions and allocate funds to traders and their managers with the remaining allocated to the brokerage house.
Solution
Commission Settlement System
The alligatortek team was selected to develop a customized solution for The League Corporation. The Commission Settlement System allows the import of daily transactions from the Trade Settlement System and reconciles commission payments. Users can also generate a variety of trading summary reports.