Favorites
An advisor can now add issues to a ‘Favorites’ list which allows an advisor to easily retrieve for review a list of preselected bonds.
Select specific cusips from search results and click the ‘Favorites’ drop down and ‘Add Selected’.
Advisor can retrieve the list from same drop down by selecting ‘View Favorites’.
You can also add an item to your favorites from the order ticket.
On the Fly
An advisor can now run an ‘on the fly’ search by selecting the arrow icon which will allow an advisor to create a bespoke search at the same time as their initial search is displayed. Advisors can run multiple ‘on the fly’ searches
New Inventory Indicator
New tool tip to indicate if posted inventory is new, internal or new internal
Quick Reports – Ladder Report added
The Ladder Report has been added to the ‘Quick Reports’ menu option.
User Profile – Fields added for use in report cover pages
Additional fields have been added to the user profile page, and when populated, will be used as default values on report cover pages.
You can still edit the items in the report builder.
Customer Proposal – New menu and features
File | Save, Create New, or upload a proposal |
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Edit | Add or delete individual items |
Update | Update market price, undo or clear informational icons |
Quick Request | Allows the user to create an order for selected items |
Order Blotter Pop-up and Bubble Message enhancements
Calculator upgrade
There are 2 new fields added to the characteristics panel: De_Minimis Price & Tax Rate.
Step-Schedule added to reports
Only for corporates and agencies
Bond Comparison, Bond Review, Swap Proposal and Bond Offering reports will now have enhanced information regarding step schedules
The proposal and ladder reports will display the enhanced information in the buy/ladder candidates section
Search Results – Sortable by Sales Credit
Customer Proposal Improvements: State Tax Rate Added
News & Commentary – New State Tax Rate Category: Tax Foundation Organization
Reports – Offering Report Sorting Enhancements
Columns in the offerings report will now display sorted in the same order the search results are.
Reports – Moody’s Rating “WR” added to Advanced Search criteria
If only specifying a Max. Rating, NR will be set as the minimum by default
Reports – Ladder Report – Maturity Date based on Cash Flow added
Security Information – Short Term Ratings Displayed on the Order Ticket and Security Master
Home Page – Treasury Benchmark Widget
The widget provides users with a more comprehensive view of the market. In addition to currently seeing relative value and momentum, the new indicators will provide color on overall market direction.
Order Ticket – DeMinimus Rule Check
A rule is triggered for all buy transactions for Municipal Securities when the client price on an order is less than or equal to the De Minimis price of the bond.
Request Bid – Delete item using Trash Can
All Product Search – Basic Search
After selecting a single product type from the All Product Search widget, the Refine button will now navigate you back to the product Advanced Search screen.
Customer Proposal Improvements
Correct Yield to Sink (Yield to Average Life) – adding support for Yield to Sink.
All Secondary/Step Certificates of Deposit will be treated as price only and not calculable.
Excel download from Order Blotter – Allow an Excel download with 3 columns of data: Quantity, CUSIP and Settlement Date.
MUNICIPAL Only Market Snapshot: Add State as a column.
Add Coupon Detail to Search Results tooltip.
Allow several fields in Order Blotter to copy & paste: Order ID, FA Identifier , Customer Account Number, CUSIP and All text in Customer column.
TREASURY Market Snapshot: Index Ratio is now included in TIP Attributes.
Display pre-refunded price on SecMaster.
Report Enhancements
Proposal Summary – Add disclaimer on Summary page.
Advanced Search Improvements
Price field added to All Products Search
YTW & YTM are now distinct parameters instead of either/or across all debt types
New visual indication of newly offered bonds (Not available previous day)
Pre-Refunded bonds will show as ‘PreRefunded’ in maturity column
Adjustable Font Sizes available on Search Results page
Muni Bond Obligor now displayed as distinct field in security rating panel
NASDAQ added as news source for material information
Report Enhancements
Bond Offerings Report
Bond Comparison Report
Bond Review Report
New Bond Types Supported
Enhanced Ladder Builder
With simple-mode (# of sequential years) as the default
Proposals – New Tabbed Interface and Summary Screen
A new dynamic summary screen will reflect the the current totals for the items in your proposal, and you can navigate between the different components of your proposal using the tabs.
Municipals – New Asset Class – Convertible CABs (Capital Appreciation Bonds)
Convertible Municipals can be found using the new search attribute for Convertibles
and can be identified within search results by the ‘CV’ identifier in the attributes column
Homepage Redesign
Basic Search removed from Search Menu and embedded in the Homepage
Advanced Search Enhancements
Common search criteria will now carry over as you switch between products. The fields carried over include CUSIP, Description, Quantity, Years, Coupon, YTW, Rating and Price
Search by minimum tradeable size
Available in Agency, Corporate, Municipal and Treasury search
Coupon Frequency, Call Style and Make Whole criteria
Available in Agency & Corporate search attributes
Agency Bond Types added: Freddie Mac, Fannie Mae, FFCB, FHLB, TVA and Others
Available in Agency Search
CD Search-Added Coupon Frequency
Sector Filter
Available in Corporates and Municipal Search Characteristics
MBS Types added: Ginnie Mae, Freddie Mac, Fannie Mae and Whole Loan
Municipal Search Attribute terminology change
Changed ETM to Escrow, changed PreRe to PreRefund
Tool tip added to identify incompatible selections and will prompt you to adjust your criteria.
Search Results
New feature – Save current search from Search Results
New feature – Added Priced to Par Call or Priced to Maturity
Indicating offering provider’s price basis
Enhanced Ladder Builder
Profile – Default toggle for Basic/Advanced Search
Users can specify the default set of search parameters, either a limited ‘basic’ search or an advanced set of criteria
Search Options – ALL Bonds
You can now search across all asset classes with one set of search parameters. Select ‘All Bonds’ from the Search Submenu
Search Options – YTW or YTM
Searches can be filtered to return results based on Yield to Worst (YTW) or Yield to Maturity (YTM)
Order Ticket – Email the Bond Report to your inbox
From the order ticket, you can now send a mobile Bond Report direct to the email address on file in your profile.
Use the phone icon to send the mobile bond report direct to your inbox.
Range Accrual Enhancements (Corporates, Agencies, CDs)
New attribute will note when a bond is a Range Accrual Note
Shared Saved Searches
Your firm may make available pre-defined searches on the Saved Searches page
Enhanced Analyze (Bond Comparison)
A new look and feel, new frame layout, new icons to indicate user own bonds, matchers and comparable bonds
Report Enhancements – Name Change: Customer Portfolio Report
Now called Customer Proposal Report
Report Enhancements – Quick Reports
For reports that can be generated directly from the market snapshot of search results, there is now a quick reports menu.
Report Enhancements – Improved Customer Proposal Sensitivity Analysis
Report Enhancements – Improved feedback for bonds with insufficient data
Primary and Secondary Corporate and CD Inventory
If permissioned, you can now see Primary inventory integrated into the search results for both Corporates and CDs.
You can specify Primary, Secondary or Both from the Advanced Search screen
Enhanced Profile Screen with Search Defaults
Order Ticket – Multi-Account Allocations
Initiate an order and break down the total quantity into separate client accounts
Single Bond Analyzer
Comparative analysis for a single issue based on offering quality, comparable bonds, and offerings from the same root cusip
Order Ticket – Negative Yield Alert
Alert when client price will result in a negative yield
Order Ticket – Security Minimum/Increment Check
Alert when order does not satisfy security minimum or increment denomination values
Bond Ladder – Target Annual Income, Tax Rate and Enhanced Cash Flow display
Enhanced display shows cash flow compared to desired annual income
Saved Searches – Bond Alerts
Up to 5 Saved Searches can now be set as alerts that will generate a daily email of new offerings.
Advanced Search – Enhanced MBS Criteria
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