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  How do I get advice for company formation?
Contact our Estate Planning desk with your details, our experts would contact you for further discussion to understand details of your requirements and would recommend you with the most suitable structure which would cover all your Assets, taking care of your legacy.
  How do I open a Private Banking account through External Asset Management Desk?
In order to open a private banking account with our partnering Banks you need to get in touch with our EAM Desk, who would assess the client requirements along with KYC which is given for clearance and once the KYC is cleared, the team would recommend the client the appropriate booking centers and the recommended platform based on their specific Investment objectives.
  Which countries are covered under the International Mortgage segment?
We have coverage in Mainland Europe, UK, U.A.E, Singapore, Australia and New Zealand for International Mortgages.
  What are the Booking centers covered by the External Asset Management (EAM) Desk?
Below are the list of booking centers covered by our EAM desk:
Swiss Singapore Liechtenstein Hong Kong
Mauritius Cayman Island US BVI
Partnering custody banks are selected with a strict criteria of minimum BBB+ ratings.
  Can the clients choose the issuer for investing into structured Notes?
The client would be given an option to choose between three best priced issuers after the investment idea has been discussed. The issuers are already filtered based on a minimum rating criteria by Devenir.
  What are the Retirement Plan and Education planning services?
At Devenir, our team of experts advises clients on plans to help Integrate retirement plans and Education plan for Children into their regular planning through various tax advantaged accounts from our partners, helping our clients to have a tax sheltered growth and to take advantage of Bonuses, Grant Deposits available in various platforms.
  How can you open a Devenir Trading account?
The account application is initiated by contacting the trading Desk in Devenir. We are required, by regulation, to verify the identity and address of all applicants and if copies of documents evidencing this information are required for your application, you will be provided with notice of this requirement and once all the KYC requirements are fulfilled, we send you a completed application form for your signature or a link for you to fill which can be signed and send to Devenir trading Desk. We would provide the instructions for submitting the documents once the online portion of the application is complete. Your application will then be reviewed for approval by our Compliance Officer which typically takes 1-2 business days assuming everything is in order. Once your account has been approved you may send funds, with the quickest being wire transfer from your bank although you may transfer assets from another brokerage account.  The funding options and instructions are provided at the end of the application. There is a minimum required deposit of $20000/- to activate your account.
  How do I open a Margin Account?
In order to open a margin account, you must choose Margin Account as your Account Type during the application process. If you open a cash account, you may also at a later date through Client Portal.
  How do I get CFDs trading account?
Trade CFDs Alongside the Underlying Shares - Our Universal account lets you view and trade multiple asset types from the same screen. View the CFD ticker on one line and the underlying share ticker on the next. Trader Workstation, our desktop trading platform, supports stocks, options, futures, forex, metals, funds, CFDs and bonds all from the same account statement and same trading window.
  Document Category Acceptable Documents (only one document per category is needed)?

Proof of Identity of the Account Holder

Please provide a current and valid document (or documents) that contains the following: full name, date and place of birth, clear photograph, signature of the holder, document number, expiration date, and country of issue. If the information required is on multiple pages, please provide copies of all of those pages.

  • Passport
  • National Identity Card
  • Driver’s License

Proof of Residential Address of the Account Holder

The document must clearly list the applicant's name and the relevant address and must be less than six months old unless otherwise specified. Please provide a scanned version of a hard copy bill.

  • Utility Bill

    For example, a bill for electricity, gas, water, landline telephone, home broadband, or TV. Mobile phone bills are not acceptable forms of proof of address.

  • Council tax bill
  • Home insurance bill
  • Bank, mortgage or brokerage statement
  • Signed and stamped letter from your bank on the bank’s letterhead confirming address
  • Credit card statement (not older than six weeks)
  • Government issued letters or statements

For example, we would accept a property tax bill, confirmation of residential address from the local authorities or a pension statement. Must be on official government letter headed paper.

  • Resident permit
  • Driver’s license or national identity card

If you use your driver's license or national identification card as proof of identity, it cannot also be used as proof of address.

  • For HUNGARY only: ADDRESS CARD which shows the current residential address.
  What are the list of countries covered by Devenir Trading platform?
Available Countries
Norway Aland Islands Botswana Haiti Occupied Palestinian Territory Albania Brazil Holy See Oman Algeria
British Indian Ocean Territory Honduras Pakistan American Samoa British Virgin Islands Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of China Palau Andorra Brunei Darussalam
Hungary Panama Anguilla Bulgaria Iceland Papua New Guinea Antarctica Burkina Faso India Paraguay Antigua and Barbuda
Burundi Indonesia Peru Argentina Cambodia Ireland Philippines Armenia Cameroon Isle of Man Pitcairn
Aruba Canada Israel Poland Australia Cape Verde Italy Portugal Austria Cayman Islands Jamaica
Puerto Rico Azerbaijan Chad Japan Qatar Bahamas Channel Islands and Jersey Jordan Republic of Moldova Bahrain Chile
Kazakhstan Reunion Bangladesh China Kenya Romania Barbados Colombia Kiribati Russian Federation Belgium
Comoros Korea Rwanda Belize Cook Islands Kuwait Saint Helena Benin Kyrgyzstan Costa Rica
Saint Kitts and Nevis Bermuda Croatia Lao People`s Democratic Republic Saint Lucia Bhutan Curacao Latvia Saint Pierre and Miquelon Bolivia Cyprus Lebanon
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines Bosnia and Herzegovina Czech Republic Lesotho Samoa Denmark Liberia San Marino Djibouti Liechtenstein Sao Tome and Principe Dominica
Lithuania Saudi Arabia Dominican Republic Luxembourg Senegal East Timor Macao Special Administrative Region of China Serbia Ecuador Madagascar Seychelles
Egypt Malawi Singapore El Salvador Malaysia Slovakia Equatorial Guinea Maldives Slovenia Eritrea Mali
Solomon Islands Estonia Malta South Africa Ethiopia Marshall Islands Spain Faeroe Islands Martinique Sri Lanka Falkland Islands (Malvinas)
Mauritania Suriname Fiji Mauritius Svalbard and Jan Mayen Islands Finland Mayotte Swaziland France Mexico
Sweden French Guiana Micronesia Federated States of Switzerland French Polynesia Monaco Taiwan (Republic of China) Gabon Mongolia
Tajikistan Gambia Montenegro Thailand Georgia Montserrat The former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia Germany Morocco Togo
Ghana Mozambique Tokelau Gibraltar Namibia Tonga Greece Nepal Trinidad and Tobago Greenland Netherlands
Tunisia Grenada Netherlands Antilles Turkey Guadeloupe New Caledonia Turkmenistan Guam New Zealand Turks and Caicos Islands Guatemala
Nicaragua Tuvalu Guernsey Niger Uganda Guinea Niue Ukraine Guinea-Bissau Norfolk Island United Arab Emirates
Guyana Northern Mariana Islands United Kingdom United Republic of Tanzania United States United States Virgin Islands Uruguay Uzbekistan Vanuatu Venezuela
Viet Nam Wallis and Futuna Islands Western Sahara Zambia
  What are the acceptable funding methods for Direct and Asset transfer into Devenir trading account?
Fund Transfer Asset Transfer
Wire Transfer Automatic Bank ACH Transfer
Bank ACH Transfer from Your Bank Automated Customer Account Transfer Service
Check Account Transfer on Notification (ATON)
Online Bill Payment US Futures Asset Transfer
Free of Payment (FOP) European Asset Transfer
Asian Asset Transfer
  What are the Lending Margins for Share CFD programs?
Retail Clients
Share CFDs Initial Margin Maintenance Margin
Standard IBKR Margin 2 x Maintenance Margin Risk-based calculation
described below (minimum 10%)
ESMA Minimum 20% 50% of Initial
Applied Margin Max (IBKR Initial, ESMA Initial) Max (IBKR Maintenance, ESMA Maintenance)
Professional Clients
Initial Margin Maintenance Margin
Share CFDs 1.25 x Maintenance Margin Risk-based calculation
described below (minimum 10%)
  What is model portfolio structuring?
Client investments are allocated among instruments in the Model based on the Model's allocation ratios as defined by the account manager using the clients Risk profile.
  How do I customize my reporting?
Our wide range of activity and risk reports, in conjunction with our advanced portfolio analysis, can help you easily track your account’s overall performance and monitor your trading activity to any level of detail. Configure our customizable, reusable reports to include the vital data you need for your unique approach to trading and investing.
  What activities come under the SME merchant Banking activities?

Our merchant banking desk, covers the below activities under Merchant Banking and Corporate Finance.

Merchant Banking - Corporate Finance -
Public Issues – Initial and Follow on Public Issues- Main Board/SME. Debt Syndication
Preferential Allotment, Rights, and Bonus Issues. Private Equity
Qualified Institutional Placements External Commercial Borrowings
Open offer, Buy Back and delisting offer management. Working Capital Loan
FCCB’s/ ADRs/ GDRs Structured Finance
Direct Listing Equity Placement/sale
SME Listing MSME Financing
Institutional Trading Platform Joint Venture/ Outright Sale
Underwriting Corporate Deals
  Which exchanges are used for the SME corporate listing program?
Majority of our Debt listing is done in Frankfurt on all segments of the exchange (the Entry Standard, General Standard and Prime Standard segments) as well as Vienna Stock exchange. We also have listing facilities with other recognized stock exchanges.
  How do I subscribe to Devenir Management Managed account service?
A managed account is an investment account that is owned by an individual investor and overseen by a hired professional money manager. After understanding the objective to our team if Expert Money Managers. Managed accounts are personalized investment portfolios tailored to the specific needs of the account holder.
  How do I tie-up for Institutional Products?
We distribute a broad array of Alternative Investment products as direct distributors, which Includes ETFs, Hedge Funds, Structured Notes, Fund, REITS.Inorder to initiate a tie-up directly contact our Institutional desk.
  How do I view the components of my Managed Portfolio?
By clicking on Managed Portfolio you can display the underlying components and their value. A Managed portfolio can invest across asset classes, including stocks, options, futures, forex, bonds and funds according to mandate. The client can choose to establish target percentage allocations or to keep them dynamic
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Knowledge Center

Knowledge Center
Welcome to Devenir Capital Ltd. Knowledge center.

Broad classifications of Trusts

A trust can be created during a person's lifetime and survive the person's death. A trust can also be created by a will and formed after death. Once assets are put into the trust they belong to the trust itself, not the trustee, and remain subject to the rules and instructions of the trust contract. Atrust is a right in property, which is held in a fiduciary relationship by one party for the benefit of another. The trustee is the one who holds title to the trust property, and the beneficiary is the person who receives the benefits of the trust. The Different types of Trusts can be broadly classified as below:

  • Revocable Trusts
  • Irrevocable Trusts
  • Asset Protection Trust
  • Charitable Trust
  • Special Needs Trust
  • Spendthrift Trust
  • Tax By-Pass Trust
  • Totten Trust

Who is an External Asset Manager?

An external asset manager (EAM) is a wealth manager who works outside of a bank. It can be a stand-alone company which is independent of banks. This term is often used synonymously with the term “independent asset manager” although not all external asset managers are completely independent in the stricter sense of the word. Services offered are numerous and vary between service providers, depending on their level of specialization. Tax consultation, cash management, trading, estate planning and inheritance management are among the services offered by EAMs.Some external wealth managers focus on specific areas or investments. Examples of which are: Real estate, commodities, dividends, derivatives or structured products, fixed-term deposits, specific categories of stocks, private equity,VCs and hedge funds.

What is integrated wealth planning?

A financial plan that speak about all facets of life of an individual that changes the focus from savings for your money to planning for you. Traditional planning often falls short of expectations because ideal financial planning outcomes never considers the various scenarios defined, leaving the client feeling disappointed when they are unable to achieve their desired lifestyle. We approach the task with four step process.

  • Identify the goals.
  • Strategize to reach the goals.
  • Execute your strategy.
  • Regular reviews, to adjust and keep on track.

Model Portfolios

Model portfolio provide an efficient method for clients to participate in multiple trading strategies without requiring to open multiple accounts. Client investments are allocated among instruments in the Model based on the Model's allocation ratios as defined by the advisor in consultation with the client.

Advisors and their clients can view Model Statements and review it regularly and readjust the underlying based on the goals.

Portfolio Rebalancing

Rebalance Portfolio helps to redistribute the current position weighting in your portfolio. Specify a new "Target Percentage" for your positions which would automatically create orders that, when submitted, will attempt to execute trades to keep your portfolio in line with your investment strategy.

What are CFDs?

A contract for difference (CFD) is a popular form of derivative trading. CFD trading enables you to speculate on the rising or falling prices of fast-moving global financial markets (or instruments) such as shares, indices, commodities, currencies and treasuries.

Forex Margin Cash Positions

Margin for Cash Forex positions is calculated as follows:

  • For each currency with a negative cash balance, offset with positive non-cash asset value in the same currency.
  • For each currency with remaining positive non-cash asset value, use it to offset remaining negative cash balance in other currencies. Offset the currency with the highest margin rate first.
  • Use total net liquidation value to offset remaining negative cash balances. Offset the currency with the highest margin rate first.
  • If there are negative cash balances left, they are paired up with positive cash balances to calculate margin.

Alternative Investments

Alternative investment is an investment in asset classes other than stocks, bonds, and cash. The term covers different asset classes that includes tangible assets such as precious metals, art, wine, antiques, coins, or stamps and some financial assets such as real estate, commodities, private equity, distressed securities, hedge funds, carbon credits, venture capital, film production, financial derivatives, and cryptocurrencies. Investments in real estate, forestry and shipping are also often termed "alternative" despite the ancient use of such real assets to enhance and preserve wealth. An alternative asset is any non-traditional asset with potential economic value that would not be found in a standard investment portfolio.

Structured Products

A structured product, is a market-linked investment, which is pre-packaged investment strategy based on a single security, a basket of securities, options, indices, commodities, debt issuance or foreign currencies, and to a lesser extent, derivatives. Structured products were created to meet specific needs that cannot be met from the standardized financial instruments available in the markets. Structured products can be used as an alternative to a direct investment, as part of the asset allocation process to reduce risk exposure of a portfolio, or to utilize the current market trend.

ETFs

An ETF is a type of fund. It owns assets (bonds, stocks, gold bars, etc.) and divides ownership of itself into shares that are held by shareholders. The details of the structure (such as a corporation or trust) will vary by country, and even within one country there may be multiple possible structures. The shareholders indirectly own the assets of the fund, and they will get an annual report. Shareholders are entitled to a share of the profits, such as interest or dividends, and they may get a residual value in case the fund is liquidated. Their ownership interest in the fund can easily be bought and sold.

ETFs are similar in many ways to traditional mutual funds, except that shares in an ETFs can be bought and sold throughout the day like stocks on a stock exchange through a broker-dealer. Unlike traditional mutual funds, ETFs do not sell or redeem their individual shares at net asset value (NAVs). Instead, financial institutions purchase and redeem ETFs shares directly from the ETFs, but only in large blocks (such as 50,000 shares), called creation units

REITS

REITs allow individual investors to buy shares in commercial real estate portfolios that receive income from a variety of properties, including apartment complexes, data centers, healthcare facilities, hotels, infrastructure (e.g., fiber cables, cell towers and energy pipelines), office buildings, retail centers, self-storage, timberland and warehouses.
Most REITs specialize in a specific real estate sector – for example, office REITs and healthcare REITs – but diversified and specialty REITs may hold various types of properties in their portfolios. For example, a diversified REIT may hold a portfolio comprising both office and retail properties. Most REITs have a straightforward business model: The REIT leases space and collects rents on the properties, then distributes that income as dividends to shareholders.

Hedge Funds

A hedge fund is an investment fund that pools capital from accredited individuals or institutional investors and invests in a variety of assets, often with complex portfolio-construction and risk-management techniques. It is administered by a professional investment management firm, and often structured as a limited partnership, limited liability company, or similar vehicle. Hedge funds are generally distinct from mutual funds, as their use of leverage is not capped by regulators, and distinct from private equity funds, as the majority of hedge funds invest in relatively liquid assets.

Managed Accounts

A managed account is a fee-based investment management product for high-net-worth individuals. The main appeal for wealthy individuals is the access to professional money managers, a high degree of customization and greater tax efficiencies in a fee-based product. Managed accounts started as separately managed accounts (SMAs) and have since evolved into multiple strategy accounts (MSAs) and the rapidly emerging unified managed accounts (UMAs). There is broad agreement that managed accounts provide the added benefits of greater transparency, liquidity and control.

Merchant Banking

Any person, indulged in issue management business by making arrangements with respect to trade and subscription of securities by playing the role of manager is known as a merchant banker. The activities carried out by merchant bankers are:

  • Private placement of securities.
  • Managing public issue of securities.
  • Satellite dealership of government securities.
  • Management of international offerings like Depository Receipts, bonds, etc.
  • Syndication of rupee term loans.
  • Stock broking.
  • International financial advisory services.

SME Rating

The definition of SMEs may vary per jurisdiction but in line with the European Union definition, an SME may also include self-employed individuals, including artisans, sole traders and entrepreneurs, as well as small, medium sized enterprises and micro business. All these types of entities are considered as SMEs for rating analysis.

Technical Indicators

Technical indicators are mathematical calculations based on the price, volume, or open interest of a security or contract.

There are two basic types of technical indicators:

Overlays - Technical indicators that use the same scale as prices are plotted over the top of the prices on a stock chart. Examples include moving averages and Bollinger Bands.

Oscillators - Technical indicators that oscillate between a local minimum and maximum are plotted above or below a price chart. Examples include the MACD or RSI.

Forex Indicators

The below two indicators has performed well among all the technical indicators.

Ichimoku Kinko Hyo indicator:

The all-in-one technical indicator is comprised of five lines called the tenkan-sen, kijun-sen, senkou span A, senkou span B and chickou span.

Tenkan-sen: The tenkan-sen is calculated by adding the highest high and the highest low over the past nine periods and then dividing the result by two. The resulting line represents a key support and resistance level, as well as a signal line for reversals.

Kijun-sen: The kijun-sen is calculated by adding the highest high and the lowest low over the past 26 periods and dividing the result by two. The resulting line represents a key support and resistance level, a confirmation of a trend change, and can be used as a trailing stop-loss point.

Senkou Span A: The senkou span A is calculated by adding the tenkan-sen and the kijun-sen, dividing the result by two, and then plotting the result 26 periods ahead. The resulting line forms one edge of the kumo - or cloud - that's used to identify future areas of support and resistance.

Senkou Span B: The senkou span B is calculated by adding the highest high and the lowest low over the past 52 periods, dividing it by two, and then plotting the result 26 periods ahead. The resulting line forms the other edge of the kumo that's used to identify future areas of support and resistance.

Chickou Span: The chickou span is the current period's closing price plotted 26 days back on the chart. This line is used to show possible areas of support and resistance.

MACD(Moving Average Convergence Divergence):

The Moving Average Convergence Divergence (MACD) is a trend-following momentum indicator that shows the relationship between two moving averages of a security’s price. The MACD is calculated by subtracting the 26-period Exponential Moving Average (EMA) from the 12-period EMA. The result of that calculation is the MACD line. A nine-day EMA of the MACD, called the "signal line", is then plotted on top of the MACD line which can function as a trigger for buy and sell signals. Traders may buy the security when the MACD crosses above its signal line and sell, or short, the security when the MACD crosses below the signal line.

Five most popular financial metrics used by value investors

  • Price-to-Earnings Ratio
  • Price-to-Book Ratio
  • Debt-to-Equity
  • Free Cash Flow
  • PEG Ratio