SYSTEM, METHOD, AND PROGRAM PRODUCT FOR MANAGING A COLLECTIVE INVESTMENT VEHICLE INCLUDING A TRUE-UP OPERATION

• US 20120023035A1
• Filed: 10/01/2010
• Published: 01/26/2012
• Est. Priority Date: 06/05/2007
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: D12 Ventures LLC
• Original Assignee: D12 Ventures LLC
• Inventors: Simon, George Tedesche, Thomas, John Stuart, Criscitello, Mark Steven, McCabe, Daniel Joseph, KUHNLE, Paul Edward
• Granted Patent: US 8,285,624 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 705/36.R
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 40/04 Trading; Exchange, e.g. stocks, commodities, derivatives or currency exchange
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 40/06 Asset management; Financial planning or analysis

Abstract

A method, system and program product for managing redemptions for a collective investment vehicle, the method comprising: performing a creation event; calculating and disseminating automatically an intraday indicative value (IIV); performing a redemption event, comprising: receiving, a request to redeem shares of the collective investment vehicle for a given MP, with the request to redeem shares comprising a number of shares to redeem or a value-specifying parameter; communicating before a strike time an identification of first set of one or more assets to distribute including a number of each one of the assets, to a market participant representative (MP representative), acting on behalf of the given MP for which the collective investment vehicle shares were received, which MP representative is governed by an agreement imposing a restriction on liquidation and disclosure of the first set of assets; calculating, a redemption true-up monetary amount, based on a monetary value at the strike time of the first set of one or more assets and either the monetary value as of the strike time of the number of shares requested to be redeemed, or the monetary value as of the strike time comprising a number of shares approximated by the value-specifying parameter, to obtain the redemption true-up monetary amount; and sending, an electronic message to cause a transfer of all or a portion of the first set of assets directly or indirectly to an electronic account of the MP representative.

Claims

1. A method for administering a collective investment vehicle with a portfolio of securities, in relation to one or more market participants (MP'"'"'s), comprising:

performing a creation event, comprising;

receiving a request to create one or more shares of the collective investment vehicle;

receiving an asset from one of the MP'"'"'s in relation to the creation event;

issuing, by one or more computers and an electronic network, one or more collective investment vehicle shares directly or indirectly to the respective one MP based on the asset received;

obtaining securities for the collective investment vehicle to become a part of the portfolio of securities;

obtaining or creating an electronic record of security identifiers for the portfolio of securities held by the collective investment vehicle;

calculating and disseminating automatically an intraday indicative value (IIV), by one or more computers programmed to calculate the IIV, the calculating based on or derived from the electronic record of the portfolio of securities in the collective investment vehicle, or transmitting data electronically, by the one or more computers, of contents of the portfolio of securities to one or more third parties for a calculation and dissemination of the IIV;

performing a redemption event, comprising;

receiving, a request to redeem shares of the collective investment vehicle for a given MP, with the request to redeem shares comprising a number of shares to redeem or a value-specifying parameter;

determining a distribution value of assets for a distribution event, based on the number of shares to redeem or the value-specifying parameter;

determining, based at least in part on the distribution value, a first set of one or more assets to distribute for the distribution event, comprising commodities, or securities, or legal instruments, or comprising at least two selected from a group of cash, commodities, securities or legal instruments;

communicating before a strike time an identification of the first set of one or more assets to distribute including a number of each one of the assets, to a market participant representative (MP representative), acting on behalf of the given MP for which the collective investment vehicle shares were received, which MP representative is governed by an agreement imposing a restriction on liquidation and disclosure of the first set of assets;

calculating, by one or more computers, a monetary value of the first set of assets as of the strike time based on price data valid as of the strike time;

calculating, by one or more computers, a monetary value as of the strike time of the number of shares requested to be redeemed, or a monetary value as of the strike time of a number of shares approximated by the value-specifying parameter;

calculating, by one or more computers, a redemption true-up monetary amount, based on the monetary value at the strike time of the first set of one or more assets and either the monetary value as of the strike time of the number of shares requested to be redeemed, or the monetary value as of the strike time comprising a number of shares approximated by the value-specifying parameter, to obtain the redemption true-up monetary amount;

sending, by one or more computers and an electronic network, an electronic message to cause a transfer of all or a portion of the first set of assets directly or indirectly to an electronic account of the MP representative; and

further comprising;

requiring appointment of the respective MP representative to act for the respective given MP in at least one or more redemption events with the collective investment vehicle, with terms that govern the actions of the MP representative and at least requires a confidentiality restriction regarding an identity of all or a portion of the first set of one or more assets with respect to the MP and a liquidation parameter for all or a portion of the first set of one or more assets,

and

wherein the receiving an asset from the one MP for the creation event comprises receiving one or more securities for a creation basket in an account transfer from or on behalf of the one MP and/or cash from or on behalf of the one MP or a combination thereof.

5. The method as defined in claim 1, wherein the collective investment vehicle is an actively traded collective investment vehicle.

6. The method as defined in claim 5, wherein the collective investment vehicle is an exchange traded fund (ETF).

7. The method as defined in claim 1, wherein the request to redeem comprises the number of shares to be redeemed, and further comprising:

calculating, by one or more computers, using a predetermined valuation algorithm, a monetary value as of the strike time, of the number of shares that were requested for redemption; and

wherein the calculating the redemption true-up amount step comprises determining a difference between the monetary value of the first set of one or more assets and the monetary value of the number of shares that were requested to be redeemed as of the strike time.

8. The method as defined in claim 1,

wherein the request to redeem comprises the value-specifying parameter, and

wherein the calculating the redemption true-up amount step comprises determining a difference between the monetary value of the first set of one or more assets and a monetary value of shares that equal or approximate the value of the value-specifying parameter as of the strike time.

9. The method as defined in claim 8, further comprising:

obtaining an NAV for the shares of the collective investment vehicle;

calculating, by the one or more computers, a number of shares to redeem as of the strike time based on the value-specifying parameter and the NAV for the shares of the collective investment vehicle; and

communicating that number of shares to be redeemed directly or indirectly to the MP representative of the given MP.

10. The method as defined in claim 8, further comprising adding a value of a fractional share to the redemption true-up amount.

11. The method as defined in claim 7, wherein the communicating an identification of one or more of the first set of one or more assets to distribute, for the distribution event, to the MP representative for the given MP of the collective investment vehicle for whom the redemption is taking place, comprises transmitting, via the one or more computers and the one or more networks, an electronic message comprising identification information of one or more of the first set of assets, before the strike time.

12. The method as defined in claim 1,

wherein the collective investment vehicle comprises a confidential portfolio of securities.

13. The method as defined in claim 1,

wherein the receiving the request to redeem shares step comprises receiving an electronic request, via one or more electronic networks and the one or more computers.

14. The method as defined in claim 1,

wherein the determining the first set of assets to distribute further comprises:

calculating, by the one or more computers, a profit value or a loss value for each of a respective one or more purchase lots of each of more than one of the securities in the portfolio of securities;

selecting securities to distribute in the first set of assets, in part based on the profit value or loss value for each of the respective one or more purchase lots of the plurality of securities.

15. The method as defined in claim 1, wherein the strike time is a market close time.

16. The method as defined in claim 1, further comprising:

sending an electronic message, by the one or more computers and one or more networks, to cause a distribution of assets equal to the redemption true-up monetary value.

17. The method as defined in claim 1, wherein one or more of the steps of calculating, by one or more computers, comprises:

the collective investment vehicle or its agent contracting to direct one or more third parties to perform on behalf of the collective investment vehicle, by computer, one or more of the calculating steps using one or more prescribed algorithms for one or more prescribed times.

18. The method as defined in claim 1, further comprising the collective investment vehicle or its agent directing, by contract, a third party to perform at least one of said steps.

19. The method as defined in claim 1,

wherein the collective investment vehicle comprises a plurality of securities in a confidential portfolio of securities, and

further comprising:

the collective investment vehicle or its agent entering one or more agreements with one or more third parties, directing the one or more third parties to perform at least one of the calculating steps on behalf of the collective investment vehicle using prescribed algorithms, wherein the one or more agreements require the third parties to maintain in confidence information about contents of the confidential portfolio of securities of the collective investment vehicle; and

transmitting electronically, by the one or more computers and an electronic network, information relating to the confidential portfolio of securities to at least one of the one or more third parties that is directed to perform at least one of the calculating steps.

20. The method as defined in claim 1,

wherein the collective investment vehicle is an actively managed exchange traded fund (ETF) holding a confidential portfolio of securities, further comprising:

the collective investment vehicle or its agent entering one or more agreements with one or more third parties, directing the one or more third parties to perform one or more calculations on behalf of the collective investment vehicle to obtain the IIV; and

the collective investment vehicle or its agent sending an electronic message, by the one or more computers and one or more networks, to cause transfer of the redemption true-up monetary amount of funds.

21. The method as defined in claim 1, wherein the collective investment vehicle is a closed-end fund.

22. The method as defined in claim 1, wherein the collective investment vehicle is a proprietary index fund.

23. The method as defined in claim 1,

wherein the collective investment vehicle comprises a plurality of securities in a confidential portfolio of securities, and

further comprising:

the collective investment vehicle or its agent directing one or more third parties by one more contracts, to perform one or more calculations on its behalf, by computer, to obtain the IIV; and

sending, by the one or more computers and one or more networks, one or more electronic messages comprising information based on a composition of the confidential portfolio of securities, to one or more of the one or more of the third parties for making calculations.

24. The method as defined in claim 1, further comprising:

generating or having generated on its behalf, by the one or more computers, an application programming interface (API) to select one or more assets of the collective investment vehicle to distribute as the first set of assets in response to the request to redeem the shares of the collective investment vehicle.

25. The method as defined in claim 1, further comprising:

generating or having generated on its behalf, by the one or more computers, an application programming interface (API) to receive requests to redeem and/or to create shares of the collective investment vehicle;

aggregating or netting, or having aggregated or having netted on behalf of the collective investment vehicle, a number of shares from a plurality of the requests to redeem and/or create shares, by the one or more computers, to obtain a total number of shares to redeem in the redemption event or a total number of shares to create in the creation event.

26. The method as defined in claim 1, further comprising:

determining if a redemption basket for the collective investment is disclosed; and

only performing the steps for the redemption event in accordance with the method when the redemption basket for the collective investment vehicle is not disclosed.

27. The method as defined in claim 1, further comprising:

determining if a redemption basket for the collective investment represents or does not represent the actual portfolio of the collective investment vehicle; and

only performing the steps for the redemption event in accordance with the method when the redemption basket for the collective investment vehicle does not represent the actual portfolio of the collective investment vehicle.

28. The method as defined in claim 1, further comprising:

determining whether to net collective investment vehicle shares from one or more creation events with collective investment vehicles shares from one or more redemption events based on one or more criteria;

if it is determined that netting is to be performed, then netting shares from one or more of the creation events with shares from one or more of the redemption events to obtain a net number of shares; and

using the net number of shares in the performance of the creation event or the performance of the redemption event.

2. The method as defined in claim 2, wherein the restriction on confidentiality is limited in time.

3. The method as defined in claim 2, wherein the restriction on liquidation imposes a timing or volume restriction for liquidation of some or all of the first set of assets.

4. The method as defined in claim 2, wherein the restriction on liquidation imposes a methodology requirement for the liquidation of some or all of the first set of assets.

29. A system for managing redemptions for a collective investment vehicle with a portfolio of securities, in relation to one or more market participants (MP'"'"'s), comprising:

one or more computers comprising memory wherein the memory stores computer-readable instructions comprising program code that, when executed, cause the one or more computers to be configured with the following components;

a component for performing a creation event, comprising a component for receiving a request to create one or more shares of the collective investment vehicle and a component for issuing, by one or more computers and an electronic network, one or more collective investment vehicle shares directly or indirectly to an electronic account of the respective one MP based on receiving in an electronic account an asset from one of the MP'"'"'s in relation to the creation event;

a component for obtaining or creating an electronic record of security identifiers for the portfolio of securities held by the collective investment vehicle;

a component for obtaining securities for the collective investment vehicle to become a part of the portfolio of securities;

a component for calculating and disseminating automatically an intraday indicative value (IIV), by one or more computers programmed to calculate the IIV, the calculating based on or derived from the electronic record of the portfolio of securities in the collective investment vehicle, or transmitting data electronically, by the one or more computers, of contents of the portfolio of securities to one or more third parties for a calculation and dissemination of the IIV;

a component for performing a redemption event, comprising;

a component for obtaining, by the one or more computers, a request to redeem shares of the collective investment vehicle for a given MP, with the request to redeem shares comprising a number of shares to redeem or a value-specifying parameter;

a component for communicating, by the one or more computers and one or more electronic networks, before a strike time an identification of a first set of one or more assets to distribute including a number of each one of the assets, to a market participant representative (MP representative), acting on behalf of the given MP for which the collective investment vehicle shares were received, which MP representative is governed by an agreement imposing a restriction on liquidation and disclosure of the first set of assets;

wherein the first set of assets is determined based at least in part on the number of shares to redeem or the value-specifying parameter, and wherein the first set of one or more assets comprises commodities, or securities, or legal instruments, or comprises at least two selected from a group of cash, commodities, securities or legal instruments;

a component for calculating, by one or more computers, a monetary value of the first set of assets as of the strike time based on price data valid as of the strike time;

a component for calculating, by one or more computers, a monetary value as of the strike time of the number of shares requested to be redeemed, or a monetary value as of the strike time of a number of shares approximated by the value-specifying parameter;

a component for calculating, by one or more computers, a redemption true-up monetary amount, based on the monetary value at the strike time of the first set of one or more assets and either the monetary value as of the strike time of the number of shares requested to be redeemed, or the monetary value as of the strike time comprising a number of shares approximated by the value-specifying parameter, to obtain the redemption true-up monetary amount;

a component for sending, by one or more computers and an electronic network, an electronic message to cause a transfer of all or a portion of the first set of assets directly or indirectly to an electronic account of the MP representative; and

wherein the requirement to establish the respective MP representative to act for the respective given MP in at least one or more redemption events with the collective investment vehicle comprises terms that govern the actions of the MP representative and at least requires a confidentiality restriction regarding an identity of all or a portion of the first set of one or more assets with respect to the MP and a liquidation parameter for all or a portion of the first set of one or more assets, and

wherein the asset from the one MP for the creation event comprises one or more securities for a creation basket in an account transfer from or on behalf of the one MP and/or cash from or on behalf of the one MP or a combination thereof.

30. The system as defined in claim 29, further comprising:

a component for generating or having generated on its behalf, by the one or more computers, an application programming interface (API) to receive requests to redeem and/or create shares of the collective investment vehicle; and

a component for aggregating or netting. or having aggregated or having netted on behalf of the collective investment vehicle, a number of shares from a plurality of the requests to redeem and/or to create shares, by the one or more computers, to obtain a total number of shares to redeem in the method for the redemption event or a total number of shares to create in the creation event.

31. The system as defined in claim 29, further comprising:

a component for determining if a redemption basket for the collective investment is disclosed; and

a component configured in the one or more computers for only performing operations for the redemption event in accordance with the method when the redemption basket for the collective investment vehicle is not disclosed.

32. The system as defined in claim 29, further comprising:

a component configured in the one or more computers for determining if a redemption basket for the collective investment represents or does not represent the actual portfolio of the collective investment vehicle; and

a component configured in the one or more computers for only performing the steps for the redemption event in accordance with the method when the redemption basket for the collective investment vehicle does not represent the actual portfolio of the collective investment vehicle.

33. The system as defined in claim 29, further comprising:

a component for determining whether to net collective investment vehicle shares from one or more creation events with collective investment vehicles shares from one or more redemption events based on one or more criteria;

a component for netting shares from the one or more creation events with shares from the one or more redemption events to obtain a net number of shares, if it is determined that netting is to be performed; and

a component for using the net number of shares in the performance of the creation event or the performance of the redemption event.

34. A program product for managing redemptions for a collective investment vehicle, comprising:

one or more computer-readable media having computer-readable program code embodied therein or among them if more than one computer-readable medium, the computer-readable program code comprising program code for causing the following method steps to be performed when executed by a computer;

program code for performing a creation event, comprising program code for receiving a request to create one or more shares of the collective investment vehicle, program code for issuing, by one or more computers and an electronic network, one or more collective investment vehicle shares directly or indirectly to an electronic account of the respective one MP based on receiving in an electronic account an asset from one of the MP'"'"'s in relation to the creation event;

program code for obtaining or creating an electronic record of security identifiers for the portfolio of securities held by the collective investment vehicle;

program code for obtaining securities for the collective investment vehicle to become a part of the portfolio of securities;

program code for, calculating and disseminating automatically an intraday indicative value (IIV), by one or more computers programmed to calculate the IIV, the calculating based on or derived from the electronic record of the portfolio of securities in the collective investment vehicle, or for transmitting data electronically, by the one or more computers, of contents of the portfolio of securities to one or more third parties for a calculation and dissemination of the IIV;

program code for performing a redemption event, comprising;

program code for obtaining, by the one or more computers, a request to redeem shares of the collective investment vehicle for a given MP, with the request to redeem shares comprising a number of shares to redeem or a value-specifying parameter;

program code for communicating, by the one or more computers and one or more electronic networks, before a strike time an identification of a first set of one or more assets to distribute including a number of each one of the assets, to a market participant representative (MP representative), acting on behalf of the given MP for which the collective investment vehicle shares were received, which MP representative is governed by an agreement imposing a restriction on liquidation and disclosure of the first set of assets;

wherein the first set of assets is determined based at least in part on the number of shares to redeem or the value-specifying parameter, and wherein the first set of one or more assets comprises commodities, or securities, or legal instruments, or comprises at least two selected from a group of cash, commodities, securities or legal instruments;

program code for calculating, by one or more computers, a monetary value of the first set of assets as of the strike time based on price data valid as of the strike time;

program code for calculating, by one or more computers, a monetary value as of the strike time of the number of shares requested to be redeemed, or a monetary value as of the strike time of a number of shares approximated by the value-specifying parameter;

program code for calculating, by one or more computers, a redemption true-up monetary amount, based on the monetary value at the strike time of the first set of one or more assets and either the monetary value as of the strike time of the number of shares requested to be redeemed, or the monetary value as of the strike time comprising a number of shares approximated by the value-specifying parameter, to obtain the redemption true-up monetary amount;

program code for sending, by one or more computers and an electronic network, an electronic message to cause a transfer of all or a portion of the first set of assets directly or indirectly to an electronic account of the MP representative; and

wherein the requirement to establish the respective MP representative to act for the respective given MP in at least one or more redemption events with the collective investment vehicle comprises terms that govern the actions of the MP representative and at least requires a confidentiality restriction regarding an identity of all or a portion of the first set of one or more assets with respect to the MP and a liquidation parameter for all or a portion of the first set of one or more assets, and

wherein the asset from the one MP for the creation event comprises one or more securities for a creation basket in an account transfer from or on behalf of the one MP and/or cash from or on behalf of the one MP or a combination thereof.