amleague Trading Platform User Guide

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amLeague – 24, rue du Cendrier – CH 1201 Geneva

Tel : +41 (0)22 839 71 20 – [email protected] – www.am-league.com

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1. Signing in

 Go to our https-certified website: http://www.amlmandatesadmin.com  Enter your credentials as shown below:

To sign in, please enter:

 User ID Insert your amLeague account login email  Passcode Insert your amLeague account password  Insert access code

When you reach the website, you will find the Access code box follow to a two characters cryptogram (i.e: h4). These are representing a four digit-code that you can find at the back of the Access card by merging each cryptogram.

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2. Getting started: New features

Mandate Selection Panel

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Built-in multiple trades execution

You may now execute multiple trades directly from the platform, and review them all at once. To use this functionality, simply click on the “New trade” icon.

The new selection lines appear on screen. You may use this function for as many trades as you need.

Upload template

If you prefer to upload trades using an excel sheet, you may do so by downloading the template from the “Trades” section, at the bottom of your screen.

Simply click on “Trades upload template”, save the file on your computer, and open it.

You only need to fill in the “Buy or Sell”, “Instrument”, and “Quantity” columns; the other information updates automatically. Once you are done, click on the “Export trades” button of the excel template.

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Then, simply go back on amLeague’s trading platform, click on “Upload trades” in the “Trades” section of your home screen, and locate this .csv file before clicking “Load trades”:

A confirmation window pops up to allow you to review your trades before uploading them. Click confirm to upload your orders.

Please review this box carefully: orders sent beyond this point cannot be cancelled. If you choose to cancel the trades, the order is not sent, and you will be redirected to the selection panel.

Data

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Trades

Equities, Futures or ETFs

Please use the dropdown lists to select:

 Asset Type: Depending on the mandate’s guidelines, this dropdown will show the available instruments, excluding Forex.

 Buy/Sell

 Instrument: If the mandate’s guidelines do not allow you to short a specific type of instrument, the sell dropdown list will only be populated with your current portfolio’s positions.

 Quantity: Some stocks trade by lots (e.g. you may only buy multiples on 1’000 stocks on certain Japanese securities). An error pops up if the quantity is invalid.

 Order type: Depending on the mandate’s guidelines, you may choose:

o Limit: Available for futures only. The instrument will be sold/bought when the market reaches a threshold point, which you need to specify. Please note that even if the price is reached, the lack of volume may result in your trade being executed for a fraction of the stated quantity.

o Market: The trades are executed at the current market price, as calculated by ITG.

o Close: The last available price for the instrument will be the execution price.  Confirm/Cancel: Press “Send orders” to review and confirm your trades, or “Cancel” to

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Forex

Please Please use the dropdown lists to select:

 Buy/Sell

 Currency: The first currency is the one you want to buy / sell

 Amount: The amount refers to the first currency. In the example above, we are buying 150’000 CHF with EUR.

 Counter Currency

 Order type: Forex transactions only allow executing trades at market price.

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Tel : +41 (0)22 839 71 20 – [email protected] – www.am-league.com The trade confirmation pops up, allowing you to review your trades before sending them.

Please review this box carefully: orders sent beyond this point cannot be cancelled. If you choose to cancel the trades, the order is not sent, and you will be redirected to the selection panel.

3. Trades Execution

Equity: when the order is confirmed, it is sent to ITG, who sets a fair price given market conditions. The Broker receives the compiled trades to be executed without any information about the asset manager or the mandate. It is our guarantee that all trades sent to the Broker are anonymous, and that the broker uses the same tools and methodology for all notional mandates.

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4. Valuation

 In order to calculate the portfolio valuation, amLeague collects: o the trades from the trading platform

o the corresponding execution prices sent by ITG

o the Corporate Actions and closing prices sent by the data providers

 Based on this information, amLeague calculates each portfolio’s valuation using a fair and transparent process

 The website is updated, historical valuation files are updated, and the reports are sent when requested.

5. Performance calculation

Performance data as well as advanced ratios are calculated on a daily basis, and made available on our website.

Confidentiality is guaranteed: the portfolio lines are never disclosed.

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6. Fees

 Brokerage fees:

Equities 0.15% per transaction ETFs 0.15% per transaction FOREX no brokerage fee Futures : EUR 1€ / Future CHF 2 CHF / Future JPY 100¥ / Future USD 2$ / Future GBP 1 £/Future

 Overdraft fees are set when the Mandate cash account is short:

Temporary cash borrowings are permitted but limited to 10% of the net asset value:

EUR EONIA + 50bp

USD Fed funds Effective Overnight + 50bp

GBP LIBOR GBP Overnight + 50bp

CHF LIBOR CHF Spot-Next + 50bp

JPY LIBOR JPY Spot-Next + 50bp

Cash holdings benefits of a remuneration are set ONLY on the Multi Asset Class mandate with the followings interest rates:

EUR EONIA – 25bp

USD Fed funds Effective Overnight – 25bp

GBP LIBOR GBP Overnight – 25bp

CHF LIBOR CHF Spot-Next – 25bp

JPY LIBOR JPY Spot-Next – 25bp

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7. Corporate Actions process

Corporate actions including optional corporate actions and corporate actions conferring rights to new assets (new shares issues, subscription rights...) are processed in a way that saves time for portfolio managers using automatic rules.

Optional corporate actions

Public offer / Takeover / Issuer bid

These are not available in amLeague Trading Platform.

Corporate actions entitling new securities

Examples: Free allocation of preferential subscription rights, payments of dividends in equities, subscriptions with right to attribution, distributions of new shares.

Non negotiable securities

When non negotiable securities are issued, the cash equivalent is added to the portfolio valuation, in line with the terms of the corporate action.

Negotiable securities

Marketable securities are valid during a limited time and usually have a low value compared to securities. Thus, Negotiable securities are systematically sold at the first available closing price.

8. Helpdesk

For general issues, please send us an email at [email protected]. You will receive an automatically generated response that confirms the email reception. We will then get back to you with a solution as soon as possible.

If you encounter problems with the platform, please contact our hotline: