US 2009/0265279 A1Published application

System and method for managing and distributing hedge fund data

AssigneeStrategic Financial Solutions, LLC

InventorsGerald D. Mintz, Roger Portnoy, Gary L. Metzker, Keith A. Knight, John M. Pettit, Meredith A. Jones

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Abstract

A system for managing hedge funds includes a storage unit operable to store hedge fund information. The hedge fund information comprises at least one of a fund name, a fund share class, and denominated currency of a fund share class for a hedge fund. The system further includes a determination unit operable to determine, upon receiving hedge fund information, if the hedge fund information corresponds to a known hedge fund based on the received hedge fund information. The determination unit is operable to compare hedge fund information from a plurality of information sources so as to confirm whether the received hedge fund information relates to the same hedge fund.

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Dependent claims

A method of managing and distributing data concerning one or more hedge funds, the data stored in a database having at least one data record associated with each of the one or more hedge funds, each data record having a plurality of data fields defined by a predetermined schema and each data field storing data concerning the particular hedge fund, the method comprising the steps of:

obtaining information concerning a particular hedge fund;
extracting data from the obtained information;
selecting a master data record associated with the particular hedge fund;
modifying the master data record associated with the particular hedge fund based on the extracted data;
retrieving a first configuration associated with a first recipient of hedge fund information, the first configuration identifying a set of the data fields defined by the predetermined schema for which the first recipient is eligible;
generating at least a first data record having a plurality of data fields defined by a first configuration schema associated with the first recipient;
populating the data fields of the first data record with data from the master data record based on the retrieved first configuration;
and
distributing the first data record in a secure manner to the first recipient.

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