Fixed income portfolio data processor

• US 5,857,176 A
• Filed: 05/09/1997
• Issued: 01/05/1999
• Est. Priority Date: 06/10/1992
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: CFPH LLC (Cantor Fitzgerald, L.P.)
• Original Assignee: Cantor Fitzgerald, L.P.
• Inventors: Ginsberg, Philip Myron
• Primary Examiner(s): Cosimano, Edward R.
• Application Number:
  US08/853,931
• Time in Patent Office: 606 Days
• Field of Search: 235/379, 340/825.26, 340/825.27, 705/35, 705/36
• US Class Current: 705/36.00R
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 20/102 Bill distribution or payments
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 40/00 Finance; Insurance; Tax strategies; Processing of corporate or income taxes
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 40/02 Banking, e.g. interest calculation or account maintenance credit or loans G06Q40/03
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 40/03 Credit; Loans; Processing thereof
• 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 data processing system receives a continuous stream of real time transactional data regarding market transactions of fixed income securities. The incoming data is qualified and then used to determine the term structure of interest rates based on price information. The system provides linear interpolation techniques to complete an operative data set. This set is updated with current trade data, with term structure shifting using pivot points from newly qualified data. An index value for a pre-select portfolio of securities is then calculated and expressed in terms of price relative to par, yield to maturity and duration.

Claims

1. A system for the real time delineation of a market barometer in index format based on the determination of the term structure of interest rates for a set of fixed income securities having maturities extending to a pre-select future maturity date comprising;

data input and qualification means for receiving data on market transactions of said set of fixed income securities and filtering said data by removing values failing to meet pre-selected data criteria;

term structure determination means for using said qualified data for the iterative calculation of current term structure of interest rates as defined by said market data;

term structure update means for receiving current data on market transactions on a subset of securities and updating said term structure based on said subset of data; and

portfolio index processor means for iteratively determining index parameters of a portfolio of generic securities based on the current term structure.

2. The system of claim 1 wherein said term structure update means further comprises means for receiving an incomplete data set and determining a subset of pivot points for updating security price data without corresponding new data.

3. The system of claim 1 wherein said data qualification means comprises spread testing means for excluding price data having a bid--ask spread greater than a pre-set maximum.

4. The system of claim 1 wherein said data qualification means further comprises comparing means for excluding price data having a current ask price less than a previous bid price.

5. The system of claim 1 wherein said term structure determination means receives price data on closing security prices for use in establishing a closing term structure of interest rates associated with said closing price data.

6. The system of claim 1 wherein said term structure determination means further includes means for determining spot rates of a selected security by interpolating from securities having maturity dates proximate to said selected security.

7. A method for providing a real time index corresponding to a pre-select portfolio of fixed income securities spanning a specified term of maturity dates comprising the steps of:

collecting market price data on a proper set of fixed income securities corresponding to the specified term of maturity dates from the close of trading including bid, ask and trade transaction data;

collecting real time price data on current trades forming a subset of securities within said proper set;

iteratively qualifying the data to insure individual price information reflects true market determined pricing;

iteratively processing said proper set of qualified data calculating a term structure of spot interest rates spanning the maturities of said proper set of data;

updating said term structure with real time price data wherein said term structure is shifted in accordance with market shifts as reflected in said real time price data; and

determining a composite price of said portfolio of pre-select fixed income securities in accordance with said updated term structure wherein said portfolio is expressed in terms of an index having a price, yield to maturity and duration.

8. The method of claim 7 wherein said qualifying step comprises excluding data on securities having a bid--ask spread exceeding a pre-set maximum.

9. The method of claim 7 wherein said qualifying step includes excluding data on securities wherein current ask data is less than previously stored bid data.

10. The method of claim 7 wherein said calculating said term structure of interest rates includes the interpolation of price data for securities having maturities proximate to a security with a coupon date that does not correspond to a maturity date of other securities within the proper set.

11. The method of claim 7 wherein said updating of said proper set of data includes a convex combination of real time price data for pivoting said term structure from other price data that is not current.