'Currency' as a segment in Chart of Accounts

Hi all,
Please pardon me for posting such a long mail :) If you could help me address these concerns, we would really appreciate it.
This is regarding Financial Accounting Hub implementation for an Investment Company. There is a requirement (details mentioned below) at my client site wherein they wish to evaluate 'Currency' as a segment in their Chart of Accounts structure.
Requirement:-
There are two source systems wherein all transactions are already accounted for; henceforth, we have suggested a 'pass-through' approach to the client. The scenario is that, these source systems have transactions (in different Quotation currencies for each Investment they make) which needs to be captured in Corporate General Ledger financial reports (in Balance Sheet, the client wishes to have columns for Currencies to which the Investment has been exposed, along with functional currency, USD balances).
Am seeking your help/insights on the following points:-
- What could be repercussions of having 'Currency' as a segment in Chart of Accounts.
- Can we capture static*** (additional) information from these source systems in 'Supporting References' and could we generate reports for the same (I mean, there is standard functionality in FAH to attach supporting reference to the journal lines; having said that, could we capture the balances of 'Supp. Refs.' in any report).
- What are the pros and cons of having Multiple General Ledgers and finally consolidating them into one ledger. What is the best practice followed in the industry?
- Pros and cons of having single Chart of Accounts and Multiple Chart of Accounts.
- Which reporting tool could be used for developing Financial Reports (like B/S, P&L, Cash Flows) and monthly reports (like reports as per static/additional data)?
I would appreciate if any document/insights pertaining to the same could be shared. Also, if any requirement definition document (RD50) , for a Financial/Investment Company (*which invests its Govt.'s surpluses into asset classes across the world).
***Statics Data in our case, for instance, there is an accounting entry Marketable Securities Dr 1000, To Bank Cr 1000. Other than that, there is static information, like Portfolio Region, Portfolio Currency, Portfolio Dept., etc. linked to this accounting entry.
Thanks in advance.
Pranay Sharma.

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