Use Case 1: Streamlined Fact Sheet Publication Process (Holdings API)

Company profile – an international asset management company that prepares the fund fact sheet on its own and publish it to the retail and institutional investors.

The challenge

Clients have been preparing the fund fact sheet on their own and the fact sheet will be published once all the information is collated. It is important for clients to publish the fact sheet as soon as possible as it provides a full picture on the fund’s performance and investment strategy to retail and institutional investors, which can attract more capital investment to the fund. By providing the top holdings information, investors can easily identify whether the fund matches their investment philosophy and risk appetite. Currently, clients obtain the holdings data via multiple delivery channels such as emails and they will need to collate the data after receiving, which may lead to further delay. As a result, investors may not have access to the fund fact sheet promptly and may eventually invest in another fund with information available at an earlier stage for their analysis.

The solution

The asset management company can integrate HSBC Securities Services’ Holdings API within their own systems in order to have instant access to the holdings information of the funds. The Holdings API covers a wide range of financial instruments such as Cash, Bonds, Open Forward FX, Reversed Repo so clients will be able to have a holistic view of the fund’s holding information. Moreover, clients can call the APIs to obtain the holdings data of multiple funds at one time. This will greatly streamline the fact sheet data collection and preparation process. With the holdings API, fund fact sheet will be available at an earlier stage for the clients to provide the information to the retail and institutional investors.

Benefits

• Clients can efficiently obtain the holdings information for fund fact sheet preparation
• Investors will be able to access the fund fact sheet at an earlier stage for them to make investment decisions
• Less time spent in requesting the holdings information of a number of funds via multiple delivery channels

Use Case 2: Efficient Access and Transfer of Data (Securities Income Receivable)

Company profile – an international asset management company that transfers data to the depositary and the auditors on a regular basis for concurrent audit or any other purposes

The challenge

There are different types of fund data such as holdings and ledgers that are included in the fund’s balance sheet and income statement. The asset management companies will need access to this data and to send this information to the depositary for regulatory purposes and the auditors for auditing purposes. As multiple types of data are needed, client’s operations team will need to wait for the fund administrators to generate different datasets from their system. As a result, the efficiency of the data transfer process is dependent on the fund administrators running the different datasets and sending via email or other data transfer channels.

The solution

The asset management company can integrate HSBC Securities Services’ API within their own systems in order to enhance the efficiency of access to the data or to transfer the data to 3rd parties like the depositary and the auditors. The company can build a connection between their platform and HSBC Securities Services’ API. When the company requests any types of data, the company can call the corresponding APIs to obtain the data immediately to view or send to the relevant parties without having to manually request the data from the fund administrators. The lead time from the fund administrations is completely eliminated, maximizing the efficiency, and the company can call the APIs to obtain the data whenever needed. This can also ensure the data could be transferred to the relevant parties on the pre-agreed timelines.

Benefits

• The asset management company can obtain the fund cash information 24 x 7 across its managed funds
• Enhanced efficiency on the data transmission process as data sharing between the company and the fund administrator is automated
• Reduced chance of errors and delays in the data sharing process as manual effort is reduced and the process is automated

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