The Total Cash Movements are the sum of cash movements within a given investment period, excluding cash balance currency movements. The Total Cash Movements are thus affected by:
- Other bookings which affect the Account Value and are costs which are unrelated to securities. It therefore include interest payments, fees for price subscriptions, service fees and accruals.
- Position Bookings which takes into account the sum of security-related cash movements, over a specified period of time. This includes transaction costs such as the cost to buy or sell a security and its related costs (e.g. commissions, stamp duty paid, exchange fees) and corporate actions and their related costs (e.g. cash dividends, withholding tax).
Whereas, cash balance currency movements are not actual cash inflows or outflows. They result from a client having a default/ Client Currency that is different from an Account Currency. Any changes in cash balance currency movements are the result of foreign exchange movements between the Client Currency and the Account Currency rather than actual cash inflows or outflows. Total Cash Movements are calculated as:
The screenshot below shows an example of Total Cash Movements on an Account:
Using the figures shown in the screenshot above, the Total Cash Movements are calculated as: