Collectively analyzing holdings across multiple fixed income products
First Claim
1. A method for use in providing aggregated investment information for fixed income products (FIPs), each of said FIPs having holdings of one or more of the following types:
- commercial paper, asset-backed commercial paper, repurchase agreements, short-term bonds, floating rate notes, variable rate demand notes, and other FIPs, the method comprising;
a) identifying a set of FIPs to be supported by a computer-based FIP information aggregation system;
b) for individual FIPs of the set of supported FIPs, and with a processor;
i) determining a list of different FIP descriptors for the FIP associated with different information sources;
ii) associating FIP descriptors of the FIP descriptor list with a standardized FIP descriptor for use in the computer-based FIP information aggregation system; and
iii) acquiring a list of holdings that are held by the FIP, wherein the list of holdings is made accessible at least pursuant to applicable disclosure regulations governing the FIP;
c) for individual holdings of the FIPs to be supported by the computer-based information aggregation system; and
with the processor;
i) determining a list of different holding descriptors for the holding associated with different information sources;
ii) associating holding descriptors of the holding descriptor list with a standardized holding descriptor for use in computer-based FIP information aggregation system; and
iii) determining a list of attributes to be supported for the holding by the computer-based FIP information aggregation system;
d) for attributes to be supported by the computer-based FIP information aggregation system, and with the processor;
i) identifying items of holding information that pertain to the attribute, where different items of pertinent holding information for a given attribute are associated with different sources of information, said different items of pertinent holding information differing with respect to at least one of the descriptor and content; and
ii) providing rules for using the different types of pertinent holding information to generate standardized attribute information for use by the computer-based FIP information aggregation system; and
e) storing in a data structure of said computer-based FIP information aggregation system, information indexed to the standardized FIP descriptor of individual FIPs of the set of supported FIPs, said information including;
i) the list of different FIP descriptors for the FTP;
ii) the holdings of the FIP identified by the standardized holding descriptors for the holdings; and
iv) standardized attribute information for the holdings of the FIP.
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Abstract
Systems, methods, and computer-readable mediums (i.e., utilities) for use in enabling corporate treasurers, money managers, and other investors to view and analyze consolidated credit risk on individual investments across multiple money market products (MMPs) and/or multiple accounts. In one aspect, the utilities may generate a database of MMP and related holding information that may be used to research and analyze one or more MMPs and/or underlying securities even if the same MMP or security is associated with different identifiers. In another aspect, the securities or holdings of the MMPs of actual or sample accounts may be aggregated (e.g., by common identifier, sponsor, issuer, etc.) either within MMPs and/or across multiple MMPs and subsequently analyzed to generate inferences and to obtain numerous types of information which may be presented to corporate treasurers and/or other users on a display (e.g., text, charts, graphs, etc.) for use in gauging a company'"'"'s or other entity'"'"'s credit exposure and in making decisions based on what is displayed.
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1. A method for use in providing aggregated investment information for fixed income products (FIPs), each of said FIPs having holdings of one or more of the following types:
- commercial paper, asset-backed commercial paper, repurchase agreements, short-term bonds, floating rate notes, variable rate demand notes, and other FIPs, the method comprising;
a) identifying a set of FIPs to be supported by a computer-based FIP information aggregation system; b) for individual FIPs of the set of supported FIPs, and with a processor; i) determining a list of different FIP descriptors for the FIP associated with different information sources; ii) associating FIP descriptors of the FIP descriptor list with a standardized FIP descriptor for use in the computer-based FIP information aggregation system; and iii) acquiring a list of holdings that are held by the FIP, wherein the list of holdings is made accessible at least pursuant to applicable disclosure regulations governing the FIP; c) for individual holdings of the FIPs to be supported by the computer-based information aggregation system; and
with the processor;i) determining a list of different holding descriptors for the holding associated with different information sources; ii) associating holding descriptors of the holding descriptor list with a standardized holding descriptor for use in computer-based FIP information aggregation system; and iii) determining a list of attributes to be supported for the holding by the computer-based FIP information aggregation system; d) for attributes to be supported by the computer-based FIP information aggregation system, and with the processor; i) identifying items of holding information that pertain to the attribute, where different items of pertinent holding information for a given attribute are associated with different sources of information, said different items of pertinent holding information differing with respect to at least one of the descriptor and content; and ii) providing rules for using the different types of pertinent holding information to generate standardized attribute information for use by the computer-based FIP information aggregation system; and e) storing in a data structure of said computer-based FIP information aggregation system, information indexed to the standardized FIP descriptor of individual FIPs of the set of supported FIPs, said information including; i) the list of different FIP descriptors for the FTP; ii) the holdings of the FIP identified by the standardized holding descriptors for the holdings; and iv) standardized attribute information for the holdings of the FIP. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13)
- commercial paper, asset-backed commercial paper, repurchase agreements, short-term bonds, floating rate notes, variable rate demand notes, and other FIPs, the method comprising;
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14. A system for use in providing aggregated investment information for fixed income products (FIPs), each of said FIPs having holdings of one or more of the following types:
- commercial paper, asset-backed commercial paper, repurchase agreements, short-term bonds, floating rate notes, variable rate demand notes, and other FIPs, the system comprising;
a processor; and a memory logically connected to the processor and comprising a set of computer readable instructions that are executable by the processor to; a) identify a set of FIPs to be supported by a computer-based FIP information aggregation system; b) for individual FIPs of the set of supported FIPs; i) determine a list of different FIP descriptors for the FIP associated with different information sources; ii) associate FIP descriptors of the FIP descriptor list with a standardized FIP descriptor for use in the computer-based FIP information aggregation system; and iii) acquire a list of holdings that are held by the FIP, wherein the list of holdings is made accessible at least pursuant to applicable disclosure regulations governing the FIP; c) for individual holdings of the FIPs to be supported by the computer-based information aggregation system; i) determine a list of different holding descriptors for the holding associated with different information sources; ii) associate holding descriptors of the holding descriptor list with a standardized holding descriptor for use in computer-based FIP information aggregation system; and iii) determine a list of attributes to be supported for the holding by the computer-based FIP information aggregation system; d) for attributes to be supported by the computer-based FIP information aggregation system; i) identify items of holding information that pertain to the attribute, where different items of pertinent holding information for a given attribute are associated with different sources of information said different items of pertinent holding information differing with respect to at least one of the descriptor and content; and ii) provide rules for using the different types of pertinent holding information to generate standardize attribute information for use by the computer-based FT information aggregation system; and e) store in a data structure of said computer-based FIP information aggregation system, information indexed to the standardized HP descriptor of individual FIPs of the set of supported FIPs, said information including; i) the list of different FIP descriptors for the FIP; ii) the holdings of the FIP identified by the standardized holding descriptors for the holdings; and iii) standardized attribute information for the holdings of the FIP. - View Dependent Claims (15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22)
- commercial paper, asset-backed commercial paper, repurchase agreements, short-term bonds, floating rate notes, variable rate demand notes, and other FIPs, the system comprising;
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