Ambiguity of Empty Fields

Static versus dynamic aspect This whitepaper looks at the static aspect of empty fields, i.e. the way in which empty […]

Corporate Actions

This white paper introduces the following fields: OFCA000001     Corporate Action Notification Type OFCA000005     Corporate Action Level OFCA000060     Corporate Action Umbrella […]

Countries of Registration

This white paper addresses the following openfunds fields OFST6030XX Country Legal RegistrationOFST6031XX Marketing Distribution General approach As the countries of […]

Data Tags

Purpose The primary purpose of this change is to support users in creating openfunds templates by grouping the fields into […]

Dynamic Data

Dynamic Data – why? Besides static fund data, which is suitable for submission of current fund information, there is also […]

Execution Fields: Notification and Settlement

This white paper addresses the following openfunds fields: Subscription related fields OFST410060 Cut-off Date Offset for SubscriptionOFST410070 Calculation Date Offset […]

Execution Fields: Trade Cycles

This white paper addresses the following openfunds fields Subscription related fields OFST405521 Subscription Trade Cycle PeriodOFST405523 Number Of Possible Subscriptions […]

Field Typology

Field Ranges and Tags The different “field ranges” as shown in the field lists on “Fields” within the tab “Current […]

Flat Table versus Narrow Table

The Structure of Operational Templates Although openfunds prefers the flat-table format, today a significant amount of fund information is transmitted […]

Full Portfolio Holdings

This white paper addresses the following openfunds fields: OFID openfunds ID Value Type Risk OFST010020 Legal Fund Name Including Umbrella […]

Fund Names

This white paper addresses the following openfunds fields OFST005010 UmbrellaOFST010020 Legal Fund Name Including UmbrellaOFST010110 Legal Fund Name OnlyOFST020050 Share […]

Fund Ratios and Exposures

This white paper addresses the following openfunds fields: OFRE000010     Number Of Positions OFRE000015     Number Of Target Fund Positions OFRE000020     Number […]

Hedging

This whitepaper addresses the following openfunds fields: OFST010210 Portfolio Currency Hedge – no longer supportedOFST010211 Currency Hedge PortfolioOFST020261 Currency Hedge […]

Hong Kong Complex And Non-complex Funds

OFST710300 HK Is A Derivative Fund Under The SFC Code On Unit Trusts And Mutual Funds OFST710301 HK Is A […]

Introduction to openfunds

During recent years, the volume of data and speed of information transmission have increased dramatically across most industries. Although most […]

Language Tags

Preliminary Remark Usually openfunds fields are available in one language only. Most commonly they are in English. As there are few […]

Multiple data sources

How to scope data with multiple sources in openfunds The issue Fund data from fund houses can be hosted independently […]

openfunds’ Conventions

Introduction By standardising fund data, openfunds itself is based on rules and conventions when it comes to the description and […]

Ringfencing

This white paper addresses all openfunds fields with the openfunds ID prefix of OFEM or OFEP. Purpose This white paper […]

Share Class Lifecycle

This whitepaper addresses the following openfunds fields OFST020545 Share Class LifecycleOFST020558 Subscription Period Start DateOFST020560 Share Class Launch DateOFST020562 Dormant […]

Version Management

Forward and Backward Compatibility Today, the transmission of static fund data is still largely a manual process, whereby version management […]