Investment services

Investment services

Investment services
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We offer investment services that can be tailored to your investment concerns and objectives.
Within the scope of investment services HSBC Bank Armenia provides.

Brokerage services

Acting as a broker, we accept transfers and/or executes buy/sell orders of securities, conclude deals with securities on behalf and at the expense of the customer.

Within the scope of brokerage services the Bank trades securities on behalf of the Bank and at the customer’s expense or on behalf of the customer and at the customer’s expense based on the customer’s orders as well as realizes other operations and activities related to the implementation of brokerage services.

The Bank provides Investment services according to the Rules for the Government securities issued by Republic of Armenia that are freely circulating within the territory of Armenia.

HSBC Bank Armenia is a member of securities clearing system in the Central Depositary of Armenia. Please follow to the below link to find the rules of the Central Depositary of Armenia.

NASDAQ OMX Armenia - Depository Rules

Important note

The risk of investments on behalf and name of the Customer are fully carried by the Customer. The Bank is not responsible for covering the losses of the Customer if the losses are not resulting from the Bank’s inappropriate behaviour. The risk depends on the type of the investment that Customer decided to make, the investment country’s and company’s rating, currency, investment term, etc.

Rules on Brokerage Services in Securities Market (PDF, 4.17MB).

The tariffs on brokerage services are presented below and in the Investment Services_ Information booklet for legal entities (PDF, 2.18MB).

Custody services

Any activity associated with safekeeping and custody of securities as well as with registration and transfer of the rights on securities is considered to be Custody activity.

Within the scope of Custody activity the Bank provides to its customers the following services:

  • Registration of the rights and obligations arising from the customer’s holding of securities.
  • Acting as a nominee holder of the customer’s securities.
  • Opening and maintaining of a segregated custody account for the customer.
  • Delivering the complete information concerning his/her securities to the customer received from the issuer, Central Depositary.
  • Other services permitted by the legislation and related to the Custody activity.
  • On 16 April 2013 HSBC Bank Armenia cjsc was granted the status of “Regulating Market System Member” by Central Depository of Armenia.

Important note

The risk of investments on behalf and name of the Customer are fully carried by the Customer. The Bank is not responsible for covering the losses of the Customer if the losses are not resulting from the Bank’s inappropriate behaviour.

Rules on Custody Services in Securities Market (PDF, 302KB)

The tariffs on custody services are presented below, as well as in the Investment Services_ Information booklet for legal entities (PDF, 2.18MB).

Investment products

Republic of Armenia Government Treasury Bills and Bonds

Treasury Bills and Bonds are issued by RA Ministry of Finance and are secured by all the property of RA.

Treasury Bills

Treasury Bills are short-term up to 1-year government debt issued by the Ministry of Finance of RA at a discount to their nominal value. Investors in Treasury Bills may hold them to maturity date and then receive 100% of nominal value; their rate of return is determined by the difference between purchase price and par redemption. If the securities are sold in the secondary market, investor’s return will be determined by the difference between purchase price and the sale price.

The Government Treasury Bills (Bonds) are considered to be the safest among investment tools in local market as they are secured by all the property of Republic of Armenia.

Key features and benefits:

  • Short-term investment in debt issued by the Government of Armenia
  • Maturity dates from 13 to 52 weeks
  • Sold at a discount to the face value

Treasury Bonds

Treasury Bonds are medium and long-term government debt issued by the Ministry of Finance of RA at a discount or with a premium to their nominal value depending on the market conditions earning fixed rate coupons. Investors in Treasury Bonds may hold them to maturity date and then receive 100% of nominal value plus coupon values (coupons are paid to the customer account twice in the year): their rate of return is determined by the purchase price and the value of coupons paid. If the securities are sold in the secondary market, investor’s return will be determined by the accrued interest plus the difference between purchase price and sale price.

Key features and benefits:

  • Medium and Long-term Investment in debt issued by the Government of Armenia
  • Maturity dates from 12 months to 30 years

Important note

The risk of investments on behalf and name of the Customer are fully carried by the Customer. The Bank is not responsible for covering the losses of the Customer if the losses are not resulting from the Bank’s inappropriate behaviour. The risk depends on the type of the investment that Customer decided to make, the investment country’s and company’s rating, currency, investment term, etc.

The tariffs for investments in RA securities market are available in the Information booklet for legal entities. Please follow to the below link to find the tariffs on brokerage services.

Investment services tariffs _ Information booklet for legal entities (PDF, 2.18MB)

Information on bonds previously issued by HSBC Bank Armenia

10,000 coupon bonds issued by the Bank (nominal value - AMD 100,000, annual coupon - 9% per annum, maturity period - 365 days, Depository code - AMHSBCB11ER8, Stock Exchange code - HSBCB1) matured on 13 January 2010.

In accordance with the terms defined in the Prospectus, the nominal amount and accrued interest with total value of AMD 1,090,000,000 (one billion ninety million) were successfully paid to investors' accounts on 14 January 2010.

Required documents

Before providing Markets and Securities Services products, the customer data should be up to date and the provided information by the customer must be trustworthy and comprehensive.

The Bank relies on the information provided by a Customer wishing to the services and products provided by Markets and Securities Services department except the cases when the Bank knows that the information is obviously obsolete, inaccurate or incomplete. Afterwards it is followed the steps of signing agreements and or other actions according to procedural requirements for each products. Depending on case, Customer may be required to provide additional documents or information.

Please, follow the link to learn more about list of documents required for opening a bank account.

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