SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PERFORMING TWO-WAY ONE-TO-MANY AND MANY-TO-MANY AUCTIONS FOR FINANCIAL INSTRUMENTS
First Claim
1. A system for performing a two-way one-to-many or many-to-many auction for financial instruments, comprising:
- a central processing center configured to be operationally interconnected to trader workstations of traders via a communications network,wherein the central processing center is configured to receive orders for financial instruments from the traders, wherein the orders comprise at least a price, a quantity, and an action,wherein the central processing center is further configured to receive credit preferences of the traders;
wherein the central processing center is further configured to determine an auction price based on the prices of the received orders and the price at which the most volume is traded, andwherein the central processing center is further configured to match orders at and above the auction price based on the credit preferences of the traders.
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Abstract
A switch engine module receive interest rate risk portfolios from a plurality of traders, and for each prospective trader, provides available switches based on positions in other counterparty portfolios that offset the viewing traders'"'"' positions. The offsetting positions are encoded with credit preference information in order to identify eligible trades based on both counterparties credit preferences. In particular, an embodiment provides for a switch auction whereby users can use an auction process to trade for forward rate agreement switches with other counterparties, for example, in a two-way or many-to-many auction. In the switch auction, the price is predetermined by the system prior to the auction so that parties can opt out of the transaction if desired. The credit preferences of the participating traders are taken in consideration in making matches.
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1. A system for performing a two-way one-to-many or many-to-many auction for financial instruments, comprising:
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a central processing center configured to be operationally interconnected to trader workstations of traders via a communications network, wherein the central processing center is configured to receive orders for financial instruments from the traders, wherein the orders comprise at least a price, a quantity, and an action, wherein the central processing center is further configured to receive credit preferences of the traders; wherein the central processing center is further configured to determine an auction price based on the prices of the received orders and the price at which the most volume is traded, and wherein the central processing center is further configured to match orders at and above the auction price based on the credit preferences of the traders. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8)
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9. A method for a two-way one-to-many or many-to-many auction of financial instruments, comprising:
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receiving, at a central processing center from trader workstations of traders, orders for financial instruments and trader credit preferences, wherein the orders include a price, a quantity, and an action; calculating, at a central processing center, an auction price based on the prices of the orders and the price at which the most volume is traded; and matching, at a central processing center, the orders at and above the auction price based on the credit preferences of the traders. - View Dependent Claims (10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16)
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17. A computer program product for a two-way one-to-many or many-to-many auction of financial instruments, the computer program product comprising a computer-readable storage medium having computer-readable program code embodied in the medium for causing an auction of financial instruments between traders when executed on a central processing center, the computer-readable program code comprising:
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a first code configured to receive, from trader workstations of the traders, orders for financial instruments and trader credit preferences, wherein the orders include a price, a quantity, and an action; a second code configured to calculate an auction price based on the prices of the orders and the price at which the most volume is traded; and a third code configured to match the orders at and above the auction price based on the credit preferences of the traders. - View Dependent Claims (18, 19, 20)
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