Specifications include, but are not limited to: The selected proposer should be able to provide the following services: A. ACCOUNTING 1. Use full accrual accounting basis to record all securities and assets (in foreign and US dollars whenever applicable) based on the trade date and generally accepted accounting principles in the United States of America. 2. Accounting for the following: a. Dividends and interest, corporate actions (including but not limited to, mergers, acquisitions, tenders, stock splits and dividends, warrants and spin-offs), as well as expenses b. Domestic and international fixed income and equity portfolios c. Equity and debt real estate and mortgage loan portfolios d. Futures and multi-currency derivatives e. Private placements, including domestic and non-US limited partnerships for Leverage buyouts (LBO’s), venture capital, etc. 3. Use payable date posting for dividends, bond interest and principal, and interest and paydown on mortgage pass-through certificates. 4. Accounting must be on a fiscal year basis (July 1 – June 30). 5. Provide a secondary pricing source for comparison to the primary pricing source forsecurities.