MFund / Dealing is a comprehensive front-office automation system for investment managers addressing requirements in the dealing, pre-dealing, decision support, intent generation and order management areas. Its scope covers all security types including equity, fixed income and derivatives. It provides for tight integration with MFund / AM, thereby, improving operational efficiency, and reducing redundant inputs - resulting in a smooth, seamless style of functioning.
The system provides for minimal keystroke data capture to cater to all the peculiar needs of fund managers and dealers. It is closely integrated with a compliance engine enabling pre- and post-trade compliance checking.
MFund / Dealing enables mapping of trade flow activities through an in-built workflow system that ensures seamless flow of information across different stages and responsibilities. It automates trade fulfillment activities such as generating trade-related documents and confirmations. It includes Application Programming Interfaces (APIs) that enable integration and information exchange between the front-mid-back offices in a typical fund management enterprise.
- Streamlines workflow, information exchange between the departments, personnel involved in front-office activities
- Enables definition of constraints spanning compliance-driven, regulatory-driven as well as internal prudential norms
- Enables validations against regulatory and internal constraints at appropriate stages, and allows electronic capture of authorization
- Allows setting up of a multi-level authorization facility
- Maintains an audit trail of all activities
- Provides an electronic blotter facility to record / communicate notes across users
- Interface with Bloomberg / Reuters price feeds
- Interface with MFund / AM
- Managers get the bigger picture with near real-time updates
- Faster intent / order / trade generation and execution
- Enhanced process control resulting in reduction in errors
- Improved compliance adherence
- Role-based and task-driven automation ensures greater efficiency