Heard It Through the Grapevine: Common FFS Slang

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Across
  1. 3. Integral team in striking the NAV of the funds each night
  2. 6. This system processes and reports most functions online in real-time, such as: posting all transactions, correcting all transactions, calculating net asset valuations, reporting cash management, and listing security pricing from multiple vendors
  3. 10. The value investors believe a firm is worth—calculated by multiplying the number of shares outstanding by the current market price of a firm's shares
  4. 11. Investment Book of Record​
  5. 13. Maintain and support all equity security pricing activities and FX rate analysis required to create market value for the funds.
  6. 14. Centralized source for enterprise investment data and supplies enterprise with investment date, manages processes administrator data and provides data.
  7. 18. Nine digit unique identifier that is used in over 30 global markets, typically starts with an alphabetic
  8. 19. IT team aligned towards fixing the daily production issues in the UI and enhancing currrent interfaces to meet data sourcing needs
  9. 21. Accounting Book of Records
Down
  1. 1. ​Big Hairy Aggressive Goals
  2. 2. Nine digit identifier that is unique to each security and used only in the US and Canada
  3. 4. Capture and distribute security changes caused by market activity
  4. 5. Improve long-term returns for our shareholders by advocating for the effective governance of portfolio companies
  5. 7. Seven digit identifier designated to securities that trade on smaller exchanges globally like the London Stock exchange
  6. 8. Executes post trad compliance levels for all Vanguard funds and accounts globally
  7. 9. Term for a forward settling MBS (mortgage-backed security) trade, due to the fact that the actual security or securities ​are not known at the time of the trade.
  8. 12. Trade Date = when a order is placed in the market
  9. 14. Flexible Outbound Messaging Interface​
  10. 15. Responsible for sourcing, storing, validating, and distributing enterprise investment data.
  11. 16. Provide oversight of fund accounting and fund administration services for internationally-domiciled funds
  12. 17. 12 digit code used to aid in trading across borders
  13. 20. Responsible for the creation of financial statements, communications of capital gains to shareholders and calculations of fees to external advisors