System for and method of international pooling

• US 8,380,601 B2
• Filed: 04/16/2010
• Issued: 02/19/2013
• Est. Priority Date: 08/29/2008
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: JP Morgan Chase Bank, N.A. (JP Morgan Chase & Co)
• Original Assignee: JP Morgan Chase Bank, N.A. (JP Morgan Chase & Co)
• Inventors: Bax, Matthew, Plummer, Gary, Babbar, Nitin, Rumore, Danielle
• Primary Examiner(s): VEZERIS, JAMES A
• Application Number:
  US12/761,897
• Publication Number:
  US 20110060699A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,040 Days
• Field of Search: 705/36.R, 705/36.T
• US Class Current: 705/36.T
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 40/06 Asset management; Financial planning or analysis
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 40/10 Tax strategies

Abstract

A system for and method of tracking a loan from a pool of assets is presented. The pool of assets may be legally owned by a single entity, but with separate individual investors owning an economic beneficial interest in a portion of the pool. The system and method provide a technique that allows for tax transparency for income generated by loans of such individual investor'"'"'s associated assets. Moreover, the system and method allow for the separate individual investors to be domiciled in different tax jurisdictions.

Claims

1. A method for electronically tracking securities lending from a pool of assets, wherein the pool of assets is owned by a plurality of investors each having a separate economic beneficial interest in a portion of the pool of assets, the plurality of investors comprising at least two investor each domiciled in different countries, the method capable of accounting for tax consequences of securities lending by an investor in the pool of assets according to the investor'"'"'s country of domicile, the method comprising:

using at least one of a plurality of computer processors, electronically calculating a net asset value of the asset pool at least daily;

using at least one of the plurality of computer processors, electronically maintaining records, at least daily, of percentage ownership in a net asset value of the asset pool according to investor;

using at least one of the plurality of computer processors, electronically maintaining records, at least daily, of economic beneficial ownership in the pool of assets according to investor for each of a plurality of days into the future, wherein each economic beneficial ownership comprises a discrete set of assets in the pool of assets associated with a different investor, and wherein each economic beneficial ownership is calculating using a net asset value of the pool and a percentage ownership according to investor;

lending to a third party a portion of an economic beneficial ownership in the asset pool associated with an individual investor;

receiving a fee from the third party associated with the lending; and

using at least one of the plurality of computer processors, electronically calculating a tax on the fee, wherein the tax is determined according to a country of domicile of the individual investor.

2. The method of claim 1 wherein the plurality of days is five days.

3. The method of claim 1 wherein the pool of assets comprises a pension fund.

4. The method of claim 1 wherein at least one of the plurality of investors comprises an investment fund.

5. The method of claim 1 wherein the lending is directed lending.

6. The method of claim 1 wherein the lending is discretionary lending.

7. The method of claim 1 wherein a plurality of fund managers manage investment decisions in the pool of assets.

8. A system for electronically tracking securities lending from a pool of assets, wherein the pool of assets is owned by a plurality of investors each having a separate economic beneficial interest in a portion of the pool of assets, the plurality of investors comprising at least two investors each domiciled in different countries, the system capable of accounting for tax consequences of securities lending by an investor in the pool of assets according to the investor'"'"'s country of domicile, the system comprising:

a computer programmed to electronically calculate a net asset value of the asset pool at least daily;

an electronic database maintaining records, at least daily, of percentage ownership in a net asset value of the asset pool according to investor;

an electronic database maintaining records, at least daily, of economic beneficial ownership in the pool of assets according to investor for each of a plurality of days into the future, wherein each economic beneficial ownership comprises a discrete set of assets in the pool of assets associated with a different investor, and wherein each economic beneficial ownership is calculating using a net asset value of the pool and a percentage ownership according to investor;

an electronic database maintaining a record of lending to a third party a portion of an economic beneficial ownership in the asset pool associated with an individual investor;

an electronic database maintaining a record of receiving a fee from the third party associated with the lending; and

a computer programmed to electronically calculate a tax on the fee, wherein the tax is determined according to a country of domicile of the individual investor.

9. The system of claim 8 wherein the plurality of days is five days.

10. The system of claim 8 wherein the pool of assets comprises a pension fund.

11. The system of claim 8 wherein at least one of the plurality of investors comprises an investment fund.

12. The system of claim 8 wherein the lending is directed lending.

13. The system of claim 8 wherein the lending is discretionary lending.

14. The system of claim 8 wherein a plurality of fund managers manage investment decisions in the pool of assets.