The Bank undertakes the following actions for the purpose of safekeeping of the funds delivered to the Bank within the scope of investment services:
Procedure on provision of comprehensive services to the customers in the Government securities’ market (in Armenian)
Our brokerage services are focused on buying and selling securities either on behalf - or under the direction - of our clients, or in our own name. We also offer a full range of associated services, including advice on mediation and litigation.
Our brokerage services include:
executing buy/sell orders of securities (including derivatives) and concluding securities deals (including repurchase agreements) on behalf and at the expense of the customer
The Bank provides Brokerage services within the territory of the Republic of Armenia, as well as in the list of foreign countries defined by the Central Bank Regulatory Acts in any State included in the list of public offer (sale) and / or trade permitted or established outside the Republic of Armenia by the Central Bank Regulations Any of the Regulated Markets listed in the Regulated Market, as well as other securities listed in the Orders submitted to the Bank by the Customer. In particular, the Bank provides its clients with the opportunity to invest in securities quoted in the stock exchanges listed below:
Securities Exchange
Rules of brokerage activity till 09.02.2018 (in Armenian)
To use the Bank's Brokerage Services you need to become a Account Holder of the Bank and join the Brokerage Agreement and other relevant legal acts of the Bank.
*The document should be submitted in original or notarized copy and, if necessary, apostille. After copying, the original will be returned.
An additional application is required to open a Depo account.
Account opening procedure and tariffs
The brokerage service contract enters into force and becomes binding upon its conclusion and is valid for an indefinite period.
The Contract may be unilaterally terminated by the Client provided that the Bank is informed at least 10 days in advance. Within 3 banking days after the termination of the Contract, the Bank shall transfer to the Client or his authorized representative the securities and funds owned by the Client.
Brokerage services agreement sample
Exchange of messages between the Bank and the Client as part of the provision of brokerage services may take place in any of the following ways at the client's discretion:
Procedure on transferring messages via means of communication (in Armenian)
The basis for concluding transactions with the Client's Securities and / or Monies is the Order submitted by the Client to the Client accordingly and in paper or electronic form (by fax or e-mail) to the Client. The Order submitted by the Customer is also considered the Electronic Trading System Order placed by the Customer on which a transaction is concluded in that system.
Order implementation procedure (in Armenian)
In case of fulfillment of the order for purchase / sale of securities issued by the Client, the Bank shall charge cash / securities from the Client's accounts in an indecent manner.
The securities purchased on the day of their receipt are subject to deposit to the Customer Depot account maintained with the Bank.
Cash received from the sale of securities shall be credited to the Customer's monetary account at the Bank on the date of their receipt.
The Bank charges commissions on the transaction / transactions performed.:
1. BROKERAGE DEALS
2. TRADING SYSTEMS
3. MARGINAL TRADING
4. MINIMAL SIZE OF THE GUARANTEE AND MARGIN AMOUNTS ARE DEFINED AS FOLLOWS
5. The range of investment instruments is limited within the list of instruments offered by the partners of ARMSWISSBANK.
6. Tariffs do not include any fees charged by third parties (trading systems, stock exchanges, depositories, custodians, registrars etc.), as well as any other expenses resulting from providing brokerage services by ARMSWISSBANK to the Customer (taxes, duties, etc).
7. In case any minimal amount/quantity of securities included in each order is defined by trading systems or partners of ARMSWISSBANK for execution of deals in Russian and other foreign markets the above mentioned limits shall refer to the orders submitted by the Customer.
8. Conversions of currencies under brokerage or marginal operations will be implemented in accordance with the exchange rate of the counterparties of “ARMSWISSBANK” CJSC.
In conducting operations in the securities market, the Bank operates under the principles of impartiality, integrity, punctuality and mandatory reporting of all transactions in securities and monetary instruments to its clients. The Bank operates solely for the protection of the Client's interests when making customer orders.
You can read more about the policy on preventing possible conflicts of interest between the bank and the client here
Report on the transaction based on the order is submitted to the Client until the end of the next business day of conclusion of the transaction.
In order to manage liquidity, the Bank offers its customersto do repo transactions for up to 3 months. The subject of repo transactions may be Government bonds and Corporate bonds quoted by the Bank at the trading session of the Armenian Stock Exchange. Customers can do repo transactions, in case, if their rights as bondholders are not restricted (bonds are registered in the depot account as free securities).
In order to get acquainted with the details of repo transactions you can call the Bank.
Only those Bonds for which their owner rights are not restricted may be subject to repo transactions.
Acceptable securities
Bonds quoted by the Bank within the framework of providing Market Maker's services / list and quotations are available on the Bank's website /
Deadlines
The maximum term of repo / reverse repo transactions with bonds issued by the Government of the Republic of Armenia and the Central Bank of the Republic of Armenia is 92 days.The terms of transactions in other securities are set out in.Table 1:
Interest rates / defined on a daily basis /
Volumes
The maximum volume of repo / reverse repo transactions with bonds issued by the Government of the Republic of Armenia and the Central Bank of Armenia, as well as with foreign securities is set at AMD 50,000,000/ Transactions above the mentioned volume are carried out on a contractual basis /.
Evaluation
The valuation of RA government bonds subject to repo / reverse repo transactions is carried out on the basis of the information included in the document "List of acceptable securities for repo transactions with the Central Bank of the Republic of Armenia, prices and yield until maturity" published by the Central Bank of Armenia the day before the given transaction. Moreover, the evaluation takes place as follows:
Bonds quoted by the Bank as part of the Market Maker's services are subject to Repo / Reverse repo transaction bonds are valued at the Bank's current purchase yield plus the equivalent of 1% of the securities purchased and the repo currency in case of a match and 1.25% of the securities and repurchased currency.
In case of executing transactions in accordance with the terms specified in the order, the client bears the risk of investing in securities. The Bank will not indemnify the Client for damages if they were not caused by the Bank's conduct.
Find out the possible risks of investment instruments here
• The processing of complaints and / or inquiries submitted by clients is conducted by the RA Legislation and the Armswissbank’scomplaints review procedure.
Security operations procedure (in Armenian)
Tariffs on brokerage services 17.02.2020
Tariffs on brokerage services 01.03.2018