Patent ID: 7953652

Claim:
A computer-implemented method of determining the profitability of a non-execution service provider unit of a non-execution service provider division of a firm, the firm comprising an execution service provider division and the a non-execution service provider division, the method comprising: receiving, by a computer device, an indication of a payment for execution and non-execution services from an external client, wherein the computer device comprises at least one processor and operatively associated memory; receiving, by the computer device, an indication of an allocation of a first portion of the payment to the execution service provider division and an allocation of a second portion of the payment to the non-execution service provider division; receiving, by the computer device, an indication of an allocation of a portion of the second portion of the payment to the non-execution service provider unit; calculating, by the computer device, a cost of providing the non-execution services of the non-execution service provider unit to the external client; and calculating, by the computer device, a profit of the non-execution service provider unit to service the external client considering the cost of providing the non-execution services to the external client and the portion of the second portion of the payment allocated to the non-execution service provider unit.