Reference Data · Module 01

One point-in-time security master for every system you run

Reference Data is the first module of the ForeStrat platform. Vendor, broker and custodian identifiers resolve to one golden record per instrument, history is backfilled, and every change is versioned. Your OMS, IBOR and recon read the same truth, as of any date.

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Golden Record Live
SEDOL → map linked
CUSIP / ISIN → map linked
FIGI → map linked
Corp action → version as-of
Output One record per instrument, any date

Breaks start with identifiers that disagree

In a FrankenStack, the OMS, the prime broker, the custodian and the data vendor each carry their own version of an instrument. Every mismatch becomes a break downstream. Reference Data fixes it at the source, so every other module starts from the same record.

Area
Today: the FrankenStack
With Reference Data
Identifiers
Each system keeps its own ticker, CUSIP or internal ID
One golden record mapped across SEDOL, CUSIP, ISIN, FIGI and vendor IDs
History
Starts the day the system went live; old trades can't be explained
History backfilled and reconciled on day one
Corporate actions
Overwritten in place; yesterday's view is lost
Every change versioned, so any date can be reproduced with no lookahead
Access
Spreadsheet lookups and nightly file drops
Served by API to the OMS, IBOR, recon and research

What Reference Data does

Point-in-time

  • Query any instrument as it was known on any date
  • No lookahead in research, risk or audit

Backfilled history

  • Historical identifiers and terms loaded on day one
  • Old trades and positions explainable from the start

Cross-vendor mapping

  • Vendor, broker and custodian identifiers resolved to one record
  • Conflicts routed to operations with full context

Corporate actions

  • Splits, mergers and renames applied as new versions
  • Downstream modules pick up changes automatically

Complex instruments

  • Swaps, TRS, MBS and credit alongside listed equities
  • Terms and factors kept as dated attributes

Audit trail

  • Every change has an owner, a timestamp and a source
  • Show an auditor exactly what you knew, and when

The first module, feeding every other one

Reference Data is the shared record the rest of the ForeStrat platform reads from.

DataStrat

Datasets keyed correctly

Vendor and alt data link to the golden record, point-in-time.

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TradeStrat

Orders on the right instrument

The OEMS, IBOR and risk checks all resolve the same identifier.

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FinSight

Documents mapped to securities

Extracted confirms and filings land on the right record.

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MatchStrat

Fewer identifier breaks

Recon matches on one record instead of guessing across systems.

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Prove it on your biggest pain

One free 2-week proof of concept on your own reference data. Live in a month, fully operational in a quarter.

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