Patent ID: 8645247

Claim:
An apparatus comprising: at least one processor; and at least one memory storing computer executable instructions that, when executed, cause the apparatus at least to: provide structured finance products under one or more potential seeding structures, the one or more potential seeding structures including: a seeding investment agreement between an asset manager and a financial institution for establishing a mutual investment fund by the asset manager; a prepayment amount invested by the financial institution into the mutual investment fund; and a return on the seeding investment agreement based on a cash flow from the mutual investment fund, wherein the cash flow is a sum of a price differential and the prepayment amount and wherein the price differential is defined as N×[(Pt−Pt−1)/Pt−1] with N equal to the prepayment amount and added capital, Pt equal to a closing level of an index at a relevant valuation date, and Pt−1 equal the closing level of the index at a pre-determined valuation date; and monitor one or more a plurality of transactions or investments under the one or more potential seeding structures, generate reports for the one or more potential seeding structures, and track and analyze trading risks associated with the one or more potential seeding structures to monitor trading risk over time.