Amtd Idea Group's Suppliers Performance

Our technological capabilities and systems are central to our business and are critical to our goal of providing the best execution at the best value to our clients. Our operations require reliable, scalable systems that can handle complex financial transactions for our clients with speed and accuracy. We maintain sophisticated and proprietary technology that automates traditionally labor-intensive securities transactions. Our ability to effectively leverage and adopt new technology to improve our services is a key component of our success.
We continue to make investments in technology and information systems. We have spent a significant amount of resources to increase capacity and improve speed, reliability and security. To provide for system continuity during potential power outages, we have equipped our data centers with uninterruptible power supply units and back-up generators.

Our subsidiary, TD Ameritrade Clearing, Inc. ("TDAC"), provides clearing and execution services to TD Ameritrade, Inc., our introducing broker-dealer subsidiary. Clearing services include the confirmation, receipt, settlement, delivery and record-keeping functions involved in processing securities transactions. Our clearing broker-dealer subsidiary provides the following back office functions:

Maintaining client accounts;

Extending credit in a margin account to the client;

Engaging in securities lending and borrowing transactions;

Settling securities transactions with clearinghouses such as The Depository Trust & Clearing Corporation and The Options Clearing Corporation;

Settling commissions and transaction fees;

Preparing client trade confirmations and statements;

Performing designated cashiering functions, including the delivery and receipt of funds and securities to or from the client;

Possession, control and safeguarding of funds and securities in client accounts;

Processing cash sweep transactions to and from insured deposit accounts and money market mutual funds;

Transmitting tax accounting information to the client and to the applicable tax authority; and

Forwarding prospectuses, proxy materials and other shareholder information to clients.
We contract with external providers for futures clearing. We also contract with an external provider to facilitate foreign exchange trading for our clients.

Our technological capabilities and systems are central to our business and are critical to our goal of providing the best execution at the best value to our clients. Our operations require reliable, scalable systems that can handle complex financial transactions for our clients with speed and accuracy. We maintain sophisticated and proprietary technology that automates traditionally labor-intensive securities transactions. Our ability to effectively leverage and adopt new technology to improve our services is a key component of our success.
We continue to make investments in technology and information systems. We have spent a significant amount of resources to increase capacity and improve speed, reliability and security. To provide for system continuity during potential power outages, we have equipped our data centers with uninterruptible power supply units and back-up generators.

Our subsidiary, TD Ameritrade Clearing, Inc. ("TDAC"), provides clearing and execution services to TD Ameritrade, Inc., our introducing broker-dealer subsidiary. Clearing services include the confirmation, receipt, settlement, delivery and record-keeping functions involved in processing securities transactions. Our clearing broker-dealer subsidiary provides the following back office functions:

Maintaining client accounts;

Extending credit in a margin account to the client;

Engaging in securities lending and borrowing transactions;

Settling securities transactions with clearinghouses such as The Depository Trust & Clearing Corporation and The Options Clearing Corporation;

Settling commissions and transaction fees;

Preparing client trade confirmations and statements;

Performing designated cashiering functions, including the delivery and receipt of funds and securities to or from the client;

Possession, control and safeguarding of funds and securities in client accounts;

Processing cash sweep transactions to and from insured deposit accounts and money market mutual funds;

Transmitting tax accounting information to the client and to the applicable tax authority; and

Forwarding prospectuses, proxy materials and other shareholder information to clients.
We contract with external providers for futures clearing. We also contract with an external provider to facilitate foreign exchange trading for our clients.