Method and apparatus for selling financial instruments
First Claim
1. A computer-implemented method of processing order data associated with an issue of a debt instrument, the method comprising:
- at a server, receiving a plurality of orders requesting purchase of a debt instrument, at least a first one of the orders comprising size data specifying a non-zero order size that varies over a first range of potential market values of the debt instrument;
establishing a market value of the debt instrument based on the plurality of orders; and
determining an order size for the first order based on the established market value and the size data.
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Abstract
Computer processing of order data received at a computer system in connection with the sale and purchase of debt instruments in a primary market includes automatically adjusting an order size based on a investor-specified demand curve for a debt instrument and a market value that established subsequent to the receipt of the purchase order. The demand quantity can be specified by a collection of discrete data sets, each including a market value and a demand quantity at that market value. A dynamically updated order book that aggregates the received orders to distinguish demand for the debt instrument at different market values can be displayed to an issuer and used to establish the market value of the debt instrument. The order book may be updated upon request during a subscription period for the debt instrument to enable access to an updated status of orders placed for the issue. Purchases may be automatically transacted using swaps to satisfy payment obligations for received allocations of the new issue. Filtered views of available issues can be presented to investors; the filtered views taking into account restrictions that may prevent an investor from participating in particular offers (e.g., geographic and regulatory restrictions).
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38 Claims
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1. A computer-implemented method of processing order data associated with an issue of a debt instrument, the method comprising:
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at a server, receiving a plurality of orders requesting purchase of a debt instrument, at least a first one of the orders comprising size data specifying a non-zero order size that varies over a first range of potential market values of the debt instrument;
establishing a market value of the debt instrument based on the plurality of orders; and
determining an order size for the first order based on the established market value and the size data. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5)
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6. A computer-implemented method of processing order data associated with issue of a debt instrument in a primary market, the method comprising:
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during a subscription period for a debt instrument, receiving at a server a plurality of order request for an issue of the debt instrument;
during the subscription period, forming an order book comprising an aggregate of the plurality of order request received at the server, the aggregate differentiating total purchase demand for different market values of the debt instrument;
displaying the order book to an issuer of the debt instrument;
upon request by the issuer, forming an updated order book; and
displaying the updated order book to the issuer. - View Dependent Claims (7, 8, 9)
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10. A computer-implemented method of processing purchase order data associated with an issue of a debt instrument, the method comprising:
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receiving order data at an server from a purchaser, the order data requesting purchase of a debt instrument to issue in a primary market, the purchase order data further comprising an identification of a first swap instrument;
automatically transacting a purchase for the debt instrument using the first swap instrument to satisfy a payment obligation for the purchase of the debt instrument. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12, 14, 15, 16, 17, 19, 20)
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13. A computer-implemented method of processing data associated with an issue of a financial instrument, the method comprising:
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storing offer data in a first database, the offer data describing a plurality of financial instrument issuance offers and availability restrictions associated with each of the financial instrument issuance offers;
storing investor data in a second database, the investor data comprising data identifying restrictions associated with each of a plurality of investors;
generating a filtered view of the first database based on the offer availability restrictions associated with the financial instrument issuance offers and based on investor data in the second database identifying restrictions associated with a first one of the investors;
presenting the filtered view to the first one of the investors.
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18. A computer-implemented method of processing order data associated with an issue of a debt instrument, the method comprising:
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at a server, establishing an issuer account associated with an issuer of a debt instrument;
at the server, establishing a plurality of management accounts each associated with a different one of a plurality of managing entities and each enabling establishment of sub-accounts, each sub-account associated with a primary market investor for the debt instrument;
at the server, receiving requests from the managing entities to establish sub-accounts for primary market investors;
receiving offers from the primary market investors for purchase of the debt instrument;
generating an issuer order book comprising an aggregate of the offers received from the different primary market investors associated with the plurality of management accounts;
displaying the issuer order book to the issuer;
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21. A computer-implemented method of processing order data associated with an issue of a debt instrument, the method comprising:
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receiving at a server a plurality of offers for purchase of a debt instrument, at least one of the offers specifying a demand amount that is variable based on market value of the debt instrument;
forming a dynamically updated order book comprising an aggregate of the plurality of offers, the aggregate differentiating total purchase demand at different purchase price levels; and
displaying the dynamically updated order book to an issuer of the debt instrument. - View Dependent Claims (22, 23, 24, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38)
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25. A computer system for processing data in support of the issue of debt instruments in a primary market, the system comprising:
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a network interface operatively coupling the system to a plurality of primary market investor terminals;
a data processor operatively coupled to the network interface and to a transaction database system; and
a program storage media coupled to the processor and comprising instructions to configure the processor to;
receive debt instrument purchase orders from the primary market investor terminals, at least a first one of the purchase orders comprising data specifying a non-zero order size that varies over a first range of market values of the debt instrument;
store purchase order data derived from received purchase orders in the transaction database system;
aggregate the stored purchase order data to distinguish market demand for the debt instrument at a plurality of potential market values;
establish a market value of the debt instrument based on the market demand at the plurality of potential market values; and
determine the order size associated with the first one of the purchase orders based on the established market value.
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