Ramesh Thathakallu

Euroclear Trade Settlement Team:-

-> End to End Trade settlement service for Equities and Fixed income Products for Euroclear Market

->Trade matching, prioritization to get settled with respect to market before cut off.

->Identifying trade discrepancies like incorrect static data, incomplete SSI and Missing SSI from CP.

->Interacting with Middle office,client service team and trade support team.

->Investigation on failing trades.

->Updating NEW SSI details in Alert (DTTC) to settle trades on VD.

->Performing Pre-matching Activity on S-1.

->Reviewing and verifying team numbers Client SSI Set-up.

-> Processing Pre-matching on T+0 for Japan market.

Trade Support Team:-

->Booking trades for various Asset class such FX, F&O, Cash Equities, Bonds and OTC Derivative products such as IRS, TRS, CDS.

->Be the 1st point of contact for all counterparties (clients, brokers, CCPs) with regards to trade allocation/clearing.

->Top day trade monitoring and allocation for involved exchanges to ensure STP trade flow

->Follow up of pending trades closely and ensure all clients trades are booked at T day

->Perform timely reconciliation between internal systems and Exchanges ones.

->Resolving breaks in PB Portal by liaising with FXPB,streets and funds.

->Allocating the trades and confirm the allocation splits to Counter party's at T- days.

->Matching of trades in Markitwire Portal on t+0 bases.

->Reviewing paper long form confirmations and processing for authorized signature and send back signed confirm to ISDA counter parties.

->Exception monitoring and support of trade lifecycle events, e.g. Novation and unwinds.

-> Conducted employee performance evaluations, providing constructive feedback for growth and development.

-> Implemented staff training programs, enhancing product knowledge and improving customer service skills.

-> Oversaw daily cash reconciliations, ensuring accurate financial reporting and minimizing discrepancies.

-> Mentored junior staff members in their professional development by offering guidance/support in their assigned roles.

-> Supervised day-to-day operations to meet performance, quality and service expectations.

Client instruction Trade Capture Team:-

-> Trade Capture

-> Trade Validation

-> Trade Reconciliation

-> Updating the Standard Settlement Instructions (SSI) for each Broker to eliminate the chances of

incorrect payment

-> Configuration and processing of inbound trade files in client system on T+ 1

Responsible for timely trade capture and Reconcile of Equity, FI,FX ,OTC derivatives and ETD in Client system.

-> Mentored junior staff members, helping them develop their leadership potential and advance in their careers.

-> Mentored and guided employees to foster proper completion of assigned duties.

-> Conducted regular reviews of operations and identified areas for improvement.

Equities and Fixed income Settlement Team:-

-> Account Manager for Top Tired clients.

-> End to End settlement service for Equities and Fixed income Products.

-> Trade matching, prioritization to get settled with respect to market before cut off.

-> Acting as Account manager for any settlement related queries irrespective of market.

-> Identifying trade discrepancies like incorrect static data, incomplete SSI and Missing SSI form CP and UBS side

-> Updating NEW SSI details in Alert (DTTC) to settle trades on VD.

-> Investigation on failing trades.

Performing Pre-matching Activity on S-1

SWAPS Trade Capture:-

-> Monitor and reviewing trade tickets from FPML, Secure transport, TLS emails/IMT and Fax/instruct lite.

-> Review trades –How trades are to be posted on OTC hub and accounting tool.

-> IRS and CDS trades booking manually in state street internal applications.

-> Manually Cusip setup for all swaps trades.

-> Manually bookings for FPML trade tickets on OTC hub and internally.

-> Reviewing and posting Swap (TRS, IRS, CDS and cross currency) resets on OTC hub.

- > Calculating interest rates manually and posting on accounting tool.

-> Reviewing/auditing trades processed by other team members to ensure accuracy.

-> Train new employees until they are prepared to handle activities without oversight.

-> Quality control - Be able to audit the accounting / verification data input and establish control over the overall process accuracy within the KPIs agreed.

-> Documentation – Be able to review and correct the process documentation such as process flows, Standard Operating procedures (SOPs) and coach the team.

Listed and OTC Confirmation:-

-> Automated confirmation Ex:- Omgeo and Markitwise.

-> Omgeo Central Trade Manager is the external middle office platform used for the purpose of matching Fixed Income and Equity transactions to streamline trade flows between clients/ administrators and CP's via ETC.

-> MWire- electronic confirmation for Interest rate swaps (IR), swaptions (SO) and cap/floors (CF)

-> Liaison between trading desk, reconciliation and control group, and counterparties to resolve any economic discrepancies on trades in timely and efficient manner.

-> Liaison between trading desk, counterparties and legal department to resolve any legal language discrepancies on OTC trade confirmations.

-> Confirmation team in covering all OTC products such as total return swaps, equity options and credit defaults swaps.

-> Understanding and managing settlement of swap cash flows associated with OTC products, including upfront fee, unwinds, quarterly premium and resets.

-> Process all aspects of periodic resets for IRS, CDS, and TRS products.

-> Efficiently identify transaction discrepancies between the client and swap counterparties.

Ensure timely receipt of OTC confirmations from trading counterparties

Prime Brokerage - Middle Office Team:-

-> Facilitate trade capture for Clearing, between Client, Executing Broker-Dealers and Central Clearing Parties (CCPs)

-> Responsible for timely trade capture and validation of Interest Rate Swaps for all prime brokered trades

-> Support client certification process - upload or manual booking of test portfolios into the client clearing trade capture infrastructure for potential Client Clearing clients, including the use of different Middleware providers i.e. MarkitWire

-> Exception monitoring and support of trade lifecycle events, e.g. novations and unwinds

-> Documentation of processes and implementation of controls in coordination with the control team

-> Build and maintain a strong relationship with the different business areas and the front office to understanding their needs

Cash Equities Middle Office Team:-

-> I have responsibility for managing all post trade date break and Operational risk across all cash Equity trades.

-> Support to Front Office and ensure trades are matched in a timely & accurate manner.

-> Rectify vesting tasks (technical & economic issues on trades feeding from Front Office to Back Officesystems). Clear T+1 breaks on Clients/brokers and internal Bank transactions.

-> Handling of Risk Market (Spain and Greece) Check if the broker trades are booked with correct registration name as per the client trade to avoid re-registration and buy-in costs.

-> Assist/support client in respect of all kind of operational queries.

Responsible for preparing & analyzing volume report of the team on monthly basis and update the higher management.