Success Stories

Biotest AG implementing SAP Treasury: More efficient integration of accounting and bank partners

„We decided to roll out TMS in order to meet increasing statutory requirements and to improve the efficiency of our treasury processes. With the professional support provided by COMPIRICUS and its tailored fair-value measurement solutions, we were able to achieve this goal.“ (Martin Möller, VP Group Finance and Treasury)

Initial Situation

After a comprehensive selection process, Biotest AG decided to roll out SAP Treasury. This was followed by an analysis, development and implementation process lasting several months. Working with its advisor COMPIRICUS, Biotest AG was able to map the treasury processes used by the group‘s domestic companies optimally within the SAP software.

Challenge

Particular attention was paid to automating data entries, monitoring international payment flows and tracking the group‘s various hedging and financing instruments in accordance with IFRS and German GAAP requirements. With the roll-out of SAP Treasury, Biotest AG has now taken a decisive step forward in the implementation of a consistent finance system and process landscape, successfully executing this in its IT processes.

Solution

In particular, an SAP add-on was implemented to calculate and evaluate DVA and CVA for all derivative financial instruments (foreign-currency forwards and interest-rate swaps) as of the reporting date in accordance with IFRS 13 „Fair Value Measurement“.

Benefits

• Consistent treasury system landscape
• Closer interlinking of internal units and external partners
• Lower costs and resource requirements thanks to increased level of automation

Consideration of the BGB right of termination (§ 489 BGB) in the valuation of mortgage loans

“COMPIRICUS implemented the legal and customer-specific requirements to our complete satisfaction and supported us with their know-how during the project. The cooperation was professional and solution-oriented at all times.“ (Michael Sprößig, IT Coordination, ERGO Versicherungsgruppe AG)

Initial situation

The SAP CML standard does not offer the possibility to take into account the legal right of termination (§489 BGB) when valuing the mortgage portfolio. As ERGO manages the mortgage portfolio in SAP CML, the insurance group had no possibility to include the BGB termination options in the monthly mortgage valuation.

Challenge

A program was needed for SAP CML that would accurately determine the value of the BGB termination right for each contract and include this in the SAP standard valuation of the respective mortgage contract.

Solution

In cooperation with ERGO, COMPIRICUS completed the development of the solution for SAP CML in November 2015, which offers the valuation of mortgage loans with a BGB termination option. After the implementation of the COMPIRICUS solution, ERGO Insurance Group has the possibility to consider the BGB termination right in the mortgage valuation. In addition, the solution allows the new cash values to be included in the calculation of convexity and duration.

Client benefits

• The statutory right of termination (§ 489 BGB) can be included in the valuation of the mortgage portfolio
• Transparent, comprehensible solution: After the valuation, a detailed protocol with intermediate and final results of the product’s own valuation can be displayed
• Fulfillment of auditors’ requirements
• Results of the product’s own calculation flow seamlessly into SAP evaluation

Provinzial Holding AG, headquartered in Münster, Germany, is a public insurance group that also grants loans for residential real estate in addition to its insurance business.

With the data collection on residential real estate financing (WIFSta) as of January 1, 2023, the Bundesbank stipulates that data to measure overall market risk in residential real estate loan portfolios must be collected by lenders and regularly reported to the Bundesbank.

With the help of the FinStabDev solution from COMPIRICUS GmbH, Provinzial Holding AG can extract data on relevant loan agreements and real estate collateral from SAP CML and CMS, satisfying Bundesbank’s reporting requirements. Our solution supports the entire process of report creation and submission, technical feedback review and interpretation, enabling accurate compliance using the rules specified by the Bundesbank.

Once the solution has been configured, the documents for future reporting periods can be created with just a few clicks. The transparency provided by the solution is also very helpful when it comes to analyzing, assessing and correcting errors.

Advantages

• Simple and fast operation
• Direct extraction from CML or CMS without middleware
• High transparency and a wide range of analysis options

EMIR (European Market Infrastructure Regulation):
Schaeffler Group Starts Reporting on Time and in a Fully Automated Way

As one of the first companies, and just in time prior to the due date, the Schaeffler Group reports – all existing derivatives – fully system-supported via SAP to REGIS TR.

The platform used for this purpose has been created in collaboration with the Düsseldorf-based IT consulting firm COMPIRICUS.

Schaeffler’s corporate treasury had insisted on meeting the regulatory requirements without compromise. Regardless, it was a pleasant surprise for all project participants that an error-free, stable application including backloading was implemented in due time even prior to go-live (February 10, 2014).

In order to realize the goal within this short period of time, professional expertise regarding the EMIR requirements was needed along with prior knowledge of the specific SAP solution for EMIR still in the process of maturing at that time.

SAP is offering EMIR a solution that can be implemented from EHP5 on as an integrated module in SAP TRM. The system produces a message in XML format with the complete required information. Responses from trade repositories can be imported. A monitor is available for the user to track the status of a message. The StepStream adapter is used for transporting messages via middleware.

Consequently, now the Schaeffler Group on the one hand has a professional EMIR solution, while on the other hand Schaeffler is one of the few companies no longer reporting manually, but in a fully system-supported way. This guarantees messages with high-quality content.

Precisely fitting interface between SAP TRM and front office system PMS

„The utilization of the COMPIRICUS Financial Adapter allows us to merge front office and KAG data from separate systems into SAP TRM in a time- und resource-saving manner. The supply of internal and external reporting systems and subsequent controlling systems is therefore assured with high quality.” (Ralf Wehning, SIGNAL IDUNA Group, Application Development for Asset and Controlling Systems)

Initial Situation

SIGNAL IDUNA Group needed an interface solution that connects their front office system PMS with SAP TRM, as well as the opportunity to import all necessary data from externally managed funds into SAP TRM.

Challenge

Aside from the import of market, master and transaction data, these complex integration scenarios also required the export of SAP data. In addition to various checks such as the decision regarding “Creation, Edit or Cancellation of a transaction”, data needed to be transformed and in parts stored temporarily, as supplying systems provided master data which are not needed until the creation of an OTC transaction in SAP TRM.

Solution

In 2007, COMPIRICUS has implemented its multi-talented interface COMPIRICUS Financial Adapter® for the management of several interfaces at SIGNAL IDUNA. Since then, it enables different and partially complex integration scenarios correctly and broadly automated.

Benefits

• Precisely fitting interface between SAP TRM and front office system PMS
• Import of all single owner funds data for internal and external reporting
• High stability and minimal maintenance costs
• Time and cost savings through automation
• Framework with potential for further interfaces

COMPIRICUS maps real estate in the BaFin reporting module FS-SR-DE for “Die Stuttgarter”

„COMPIRICUS has integrated real estate from SAP Asset Accounting (FI-AA) into the SAP regulatory reporting module for Germany FS-SR-DE. In doing so, we have created the conditions for effectively meeting the regulatory reporting requirements for capital investments from a single source.“
(Stuttgarter Lebensversicherung a.G.)

Initial Situation

Insurance companies are required to report their capital investments to the German Federal Financial Supervisory Agency (BaFin) in order to meet regulatory requirements. Stuttgarter Lebensversicherung a.G. creates BaFin reports for capital investments using the SAP reporting module FS-SR-DE and the SAP Financial Asset Management modules TRM and CML.

Challenge

The objective was to integrate real estate investments from Asset Accounting (FI-AA) in the reporting module FS-SR-DE in accordance with the regulatory requirements. SAP offers the RE Classic and REFX modules for this, but these are not used at “Die Stuttgarter”. The FI-AA module therefore needed to be connected via a customer-specific enhancement.

Implementation by COMPIRICUS

SAP Asset Accounting has been integrated into the FS-SR-DE reporting module. To achieve this, the existing interfaces to Real Estate Management (RE) were replaced by a customer-specific connection to Asset Accounting (FI-AA).

Customer Benefits

• Mapping of real estate from SAP FI-AA (without the SAP RE module)
• Modification-free integration into the FS-SR-DE regulatory reporting module
• Excel import for reporting master data and real estate market values

VHV Group connects SimCorp Dimension and SAP TRM with the help of the COMPIRICUS Financial Adapter®

„The COMPIRICUS Financial Adapter® reliably, and fully automatically, transfers our capital investments master data and operations from the front office system to the inventory management system. This provides us with a highly efficient process. We would like to express our thanks to COMPIRICUS for their professional and proficient collaboration.”
(Carsten Böttcher, Back Office Manager at WAVE Management AG, a subsidiary of the VHV Group)

Starting Situation

As asset manager of the VHV Group, WAVE Management AG had the task to introduce SimCorp Dimension as the front office system in asset management. Inventory management, reporting and bookkeeping were, however, to continue to be effected by SAP.

Challenge

To prevent multiple data capture for both systems (different data models) an interface was required enabling fully automatic event-dependent data exchange which is, above all, in validated quality.

COMPIRICUS Solution

As a solution at the VHV Group COMPIRICUS has implemented its tried and tested interface product “COMPIRICUS Financial Adapter®”. To this end, the widespread SimCorp data format was assessed and a mapping was created for SAP TRM. In cooperation with SimCorp, the various import and export interfaces required were created to ensure bidirectional data flow between the systems. Moreover, the data can be automatically adjusted and the required follow-up processes started.

Customer Benefits

• Precise interface between SAP TRM and SimCorp Dimension
• Guaranteed high data quality
• Time and cost savings as the result of minimum expenditure for data capture
• Event-controlled, fully automatic data exchange

Using the COMPIRICUS Financial Adapter®, Statoil combines SAP TRM with Bloomberg AIM

„We are very happy with COMPIRICUS, the Financial Adapter and its implementation, which was done in a very professional and routinely manner.“
(Timm Erbach, former Product Owner Treasury & Payments, Statoil ASA)

Starting Point

It is advisable to connect the front office system AIM to SAP TRM as soon as possible in order to transfer transactions of securities, currencies, money market, and OTC derivatives from Bloomberg AIM to the SAP TRM system.

Challenge

When it comes to complex matters of integration, SAP-PI is missing an SAP TRM adapter to process Bloomberg AIM data and import them to the SAP TRM system. In addition to numerous assessments such as the decision “Creation or Amendment of Transaction,” data must be transformed because Bloomberg AIM delivers two transactions during, for example, SWAP while SAP TRM displays data as one transaction.

Implementation by COMPIRICUS

Use of the COMPIRICUS Financial Adapter® addressed in this SAP-PI instance. Consequently, the use of the existing Bloomberg AIM export page, which was already fairly well-developed at the time, could be continued. The required SAP TRM logic could be correctly adapted.

Customer Benefits

• Timely completion of project
• Customized interface between SAP TRM and Bloomberg AIM
• Time and costs saved through automation
• Convenient troubleshooting with message monitor
• Framework for realization of additional interfaces

The alternative solution for statutory reporting in Italy specifically for SAP FAM: Economical. Convenient. Seamless integration.

“As an insurance company that is required to report to the Italian supervisory authorities, we have been using the Statutory Reporting solution by COMPIRICUS – FS SR-IT for SAP FAM – for some time now. It has been specially developed for the Italian market and meets all our needs. Compared to other statutory solutions for SAP, this was the only one that convinced us” Roberto Fortunato, Responsible Finance Operations & Transformation Projects

Initial Situation

After Helvetia made the decision to implement SAP as a group-wide ERP solution, a special challenge emerged for the Finance department here in Italy: we needed a compatible reporting solution that could be seamlessly integrated into our SAP system landscape and also had comprehensive functions that would meet our individual requirements.

Challenge

So we thoroughly explored the software market and evaluated the various tools in detail. It quickly became clear to us that the COMPIRICUS FS SR-IT solution clearly stood out and met our requirements the best compared to other SAP-compatible statutory solutions. So we decided to go with COMPIRICUS FS SR-IT for SAP FAM.

Solution

Solution Highlights:

• Maintenance of Italy-specific master data with our reporting indicator master data tool
• 12-month simulation of the yield for segregated funds (simplifies the investment decision)
• Monthly yield calculation of segregated funds based on frozen database (Frozen Archiving) according to ISVAP Regolamento 38 and IVASS Provv. 68. This secures already calculated yields without the impact of external changes.
• Integration with customized NAV solutions
• Calculation of coverage values for the local GAAP

Benefits

• COMPIRICUS FS SR-IT is fully integrated with the SAP FAM processes. Since then, we no longer have any errors due to interfaces in the data transfer; the entire reporting can run fully integrated.

• We receive support from experts with many years of SAP Statutory Reporting know-how. This means we always have a system landscape adapted to our needs, which makes our day-to-day work very convenient.

• COMPIRICUS is in contact with the Italian reporting authorities and can react to legal changes in a timely manner.

• For us, this means that we no longer have to worry about the compliance of the solution. COMPIRICUS will take care of that now. We really appreciate this relief.

• All in all, we save a lot of time, reduce costs in the long run and our employees are very happy.