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## Outline

- "The openfunds standard improves quality and efficiency in the exchange, validation and analysis of fund information"
- White Papers
  - Ambiguity of Empty Fields
  - Corporate Actions
  - Countries of Registration
  - Data Tags
  - Dynamic Data
  - Execution Fields: Notification and Settlement
  - Execution Fields: Trade Cycles
  - Field Typology
  - Flat Table versus Narrow Table
  - Full Portfolio Holdings
  - Fund Names
  - Fund Ratios and Exposures
  - Hedging
  - Home Country Legal Structures
  - Hong Kong Complex And Non-complex Funds
  - Introduction to openfunds
  - Investor Concentration
  - Language Tags
  - Liquidity Management Terms & Conditions
  - Multiple data sources
  - openfunds’ Conventions
  - Ringfencing
  - Share Class Lifecycle
  - Version Management
    - openfunds Members

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# White Papers | openfunds

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## "The openfunds standard improves quality and efficiency in the exchange, validation and analysis of fund information"


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# White Papers


### 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 adresses the following fields: Linkage: Significant Dates: Event Level Details: Reporting structure in narrow table formatting: ================================== […]

### Countries of Registration


This white paper addresses the following openfunds fields: OFST6030XX Country Legal RegistrationOFST6031XX Country Marketing Distribution Country Registration Information As the […]

### 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 TPT OFST010020 Legal Fund Name Including […]

### Fund Names


This white paper addresses the following openfunds fields OFST005010 Has UmbrellaOFST005010 UmbrellaOFST010020 Legal Fund Name Including UmbrellaOFST010110 Legal Fund Name […]

### 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 […]

### Home Country Legal Structures


Introduction This white paper complements the openfunds white paper ‘Countries of Registration’. While the document ‘Countries of Registration’ focuses on […]

### 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 […]

### Investor Concentration


A new reporting type for investor positions was introduced in field list version 2.13.0, including a dedicated field range (“OFIN…”) […]

### Language Tags


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

### Liquidity Management Terms & Conditions


Part I – Industry Framework and Strategic Rationale Creating a Standardised, Machine-Readable Framework for Restrictions and Penalties in Liquidity-Managed Funds […]

### 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 […]

#### openfunds Members


The openfunds standard improves quality and efficiency in the exchange, validation and analysis of fund information

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