PURPOSE
This document is a quick start guide to help users get started with CS Lucas’s Investment module.
TABLE OF CONTENT
Section 1 Background
Section 2 Overview
Section 3 Master Data Set Up
Currency
Accounting Centre
Accounting Centre Group
Counterparty
User Group
User and Assign User Group
Portfolio
Securities
Section 4 Fund Management
Investment
Dividend
Coupon/Redeem
MMF Interest
Section 5 Tips and Tricks
SECTION 1 BACKGROUND
This quick start guide explains the steps required for booking investment trades in CS Lucas system.
We strongly recommend you spend a few minutes to familiarize yourself with the content of this quick start guide as it links to more details information as you progress.
We suggest that you navigate around the system and read the context guide for details of use; click on the icon 
on the top right corner to access help specific to the feature of that page.
SECTION 2 OVERVIEW
This flow chart illustrates an overview of some pre-requisites set ups and dependencies between the modules in CS Lucas system for a first-time-through set up to use the investment module.
Each of these modules is explained in section 3 and 4 below.
SECTION 3 MASTER DATA SET UP
Currency
Purpose: To have a new currency for creating investment portfolios and securities.
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Accounting Centre
Purpose: To have a new accounting centre to trade with.
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To enable/ use the newly created accounting centre in the system, ensure the accounting centre is approved and is assigned to accounting centre group that is tagged to your assigned user access group. Please see below step to assign to accounting centre group.
Accounting Centre Group
Purpose: To facilitate the control of access rights of accounting centres that users can access/view and for reporting purposes.
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Create Accounting Centre Groups and Assign Members
Note: This is required for creating user group.
Counterparty
Purpose: To have a new counterparty for creating new broker or custodian.
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User Group
Purpose: Define user roles by assigning permissions to user group.
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Maintaining User Groups and Assigning Permissions
Note: There is no pre-defined user roles in the system.
User and Assign User Group
Purpose: To create a new user and assign user group.
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Maintaining Users and Assigned Groups
Portfolio
Purpose: To have an investment portfolio used to track cost of investments bought/sold and for investment revaluation purposes.
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Securities
Purpose: To have new investment securities that user can buy/sell.
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SECTION 4 FUND MANAGEMENT
Pre-requisites: Ensure all the master data in Section 3 are set up before proceeding to book investment transaction.
Investment
Purpose: The CS Lucas Investment module is used for booking investment in securities such as equity or bond.
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Booking and Amending Transactions
Dividend
Purpose: The CS Lucas Dividend module is used for maintaining dividends earned from investment in equities booked in the system.
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Book and Maintaining Dividends
Coupon/Redeem
Purpose: The CS Lucas Coupon/Redeem module is used for booking investment bond coupon and principal redemptions.
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Redemptions of bond coupon/principal
MMF Interest
Purpose: The CS Lucas Money Market Fund Interest module is used for booking investment in money market funds.
Please check out the following guides regarding
SECTION 5 TIPS AND TRICKS
User Guides
Click to access user guide on any page in the system. This help icon is at the top right of the page. See Accessing User Guides.
Document Handling
This button launches the document handler pertaining to the page where it is found. See Documents and Notes.
Saving query parameters
These two buttons are for saving and applying user favourite parameters. Click for guide.
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