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Wednesday, August 15, 2018

Data Technical News #2018 - 19
REMINDER: Nasdaq Announces Additional Fields to the NFN Daily List, Symbol Directory, and Vendor Reports

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What you need to know:

On Monday, November 5, 2018, Nasdaq announces new fields to the NFN Daily List and NFN Symbol Directory.

What is changing?

The fields being added to the NFN Daily List are:

Value Characters Purpose
Vehicle Legal Structure - Current
100 bytes, alphanumeric
 Indicates how the instrument is represented or registered as with a regulation body.
Vehicle Legal Structure - New
 100 bytes, alphanumeric
 Indicates how the instrument is represented or registered as with a regulation body.
Instrument Performance - Current
 40 bytes, alphanumeric
 Indicates the current performance of the instrument: Aggregate or Model. This field will only be populated for Managed Accounts and Separate Accounts.
Instrument Performance - New
 40 bytes, alphanumeric
 Indicates the new performance of the instrument: Aggregate or Model. This field will only be populated for Managed Accounts and Separate Accounts.
Rebalance Frequency - Current
 50 bytes, alphanumeric
 Indicates the current frequency of buying and selling securities of the portfolio to set the weight of each asset class back to its original state of investment strategy. This field will only be populated for Managed Accounts and Separate Accounts.
Rebalance Frequency - New
 50 bytes, alphanumeric
 Indicates the new frequency of buying and selling securities of the portfolio to set the weight of each asset class back to its original state of investment strategy. This field will only be populated for Managed Accounts and Separate Accounts.
Number of Accounts
 10 bytes, alphanumeric
 Denotes the number of accounts for the instrument. This field will only be populated for Managed Accounts and Separate Accounts.
Number of Accounts Date
 Date, MM/DD/YYYY
 Indicates the “As of” Date associated with the Number of Accounts field. This field will only be populated if the Number of Accounts is provided.
Assets Under Management
 25 bytes, alphanumeric
 Denotes the total market value of assets that an investment company or financial institution manages on behalf of investors.
Assets Under Management Date
 Date, MM/DD/YYYY
 Indicates the “As of” Date associated with the Asset Under Management field. This field will only be populated if the Asset Under Management is provided.
GIPS Compliant
 1 byte,
alpha
Y or N
Denotes that the Instrument is compliant with the Global Investment Performance Standards. This field will only be populated for Managed Accounts, Separate Accounts, and Collective Investment Trust.
Insured
 20 bytes, alphanumeric
Denotes whether the instrument is insured by FDIC or others, for Demand Deposit Accounts only.
Insured Amount
 9 bytes,
decimal,
$$$$$$$$$
(9,0)
 Indicates the amount of investment in Demand Deposit Account that is being insured.

The fields being added to the NFN Symbol Directory are:

Value Characters Purpose
Vehicle Legal Structure
 100 bytes,
alphanumeric		 Indicates how the instrument is represented or registered as with a regulation body.
Instrument Performance
 100 bytes,
alphanumeric		 Indicates how the instrument is represented or registered as with a regulation body. This field will only be populated for Managed Accounts and Separate Accounts.
Rebalance Frequency
 50 bytes,
alphanumeric		 Indicates the frequency of buying and selling securities of the portfolio to set the weight of each asset class back to its original state of investment strategy. This field will only be populated for Managed Accounts and Separate Accounts.
GIPS Compliant
 1 byte,
alpha
Y or N
 Denotes that the Instrument is compliant with the Global Investment Performance Standards. This field will only be populated for Managed Accounts, Separate Accounts, and Collective Investment Trust.
Insured
 20 bytes,
alphanumeric
 Denotes whether the instrument is insured by FDIC or others, for Demand Deposit Accounts only.
Insured Amount
 Decimal $$$$$$$$$
(9,0)		 Indicates the amount of investment in Demand Deposit Account that is being insured.

For more information regarding chances to the NFN Daily List and Symbol Directory please go to the NFN Daily List and Directory Specification.

The ISIN is being added to the following Valuation Reports as well:

Value Characters Purpose
ISIN
 12 bytes,
Alphanumeric		 Denotes the ISIN for the NFN Instrument at the time of the Daily List posting. The ISIN should map to the country of issuance.

Reports that will now support ISIN:

Valuation Report – All Funds Today’s Price History Report - Standard Valuation
Valuation Report – Money Markets Today’s Price History Report - Dividend Interest
Valuation Report - Dividends Today’s Price History Report - Capital Distribution
Valuation Report – Distributions Deleted Instruments
Ex-Date Report Non-Pricing Instruments

How can I test these NFN changes?

Nasdaq will offer the following testing opportunities:

Nasdaq has created the following sample files for the NFN Daily List, NFN Symbol Directory, NFN Valuation Reports and NFN Web Service downloadable files for client testing purposes. Please use the links below to download.

NFN Daily List - Advanced

NFN Daily List - NextDay

NFN Documentation

NFN Directory

Nasdaq will offer two Saturday User Acceptance Tests (UATs) for NFN issuers, pricing agents and market data vendors on:

  • Saturday, October 20, 2018 – UAT
  • Saturday, November 3, 2018 – Confidence Test

Firms wishing to participate in the UATs should complete and submit the NFN testing registration form to NFN Operations by the Thursday before the scheduled test date. Registered testing firms will receive a testing information sheet, spelling out daily event schedule and open conference call number prior to each test.

Where can I get additional information?

Contact NFN Operations at +1 301 978 5307 (Option #6).


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