Standard Solution June 2023 - Release notes
Released: June 30th, 2023
Standard Solution June 2023 introduces many smaller improvements to existing features as well as fixes.
Other improvements
External reporting
Bloomberg PORT export now includes client code in the first column. Bloomberg PORT client code is defined under the portfolio IDs tab with name Bloomberg PORT. Learn more: Export positions for Bloomberg PORT in FA User guide.
Fee Management
Configurable fee formula now has an option to define holiday calendar for the periodic fixed fee option. Previously it was only available for a period relative fee. The new option is useful, for example, if you want to charge fees only on working days. Learn more: Configure a fee formula in FA User guide.
Fund Management
New transaction type Fund dividend (FMDIV) is introduced for dividend payments in FA Fund management. The new transaction type is used to differentiate the dividends managed in FA Fund management from dividends received from custodies and other fund companies.
Fund cash transaction types (FMDEP, FMWD, FMDEPNP and FMWDNP) are now linked to Collective investment vehicles security type. Previously they were linked to the Cash security type, but FA Fund Management was changed so that they are linked to the share class security, so they need to be linked to collective investment vehicles instead of cash security type.
Reporting
Trade order confirmation and Transaction confirmation reports now show Order date and time if Receive date and Receive time fields are populated for the trade order/transaction.
Data Aggregation
FA-to-FA synchronization is now available under a separate user role (ADM) instead of the importing role (DA), because the uses cases are very different. Now the users who don´t use FA-to-FA synchronization get a better user experience as they don´t see, for example, unnecessary tags.
Utilities
Decision table management is improved. Now it provides an option to reload rules, so that you can, for example have decision table management open in one tab, reload rules and then try out the rule in another tab. Learn more: Create, deploy and verify a decision table in FA User guide.
Trade Order Management
Bulk trade orders process now provides an option to carry over the unit price to the bulked order from the underlying trade orders, instead of using the latest market price from the security. This is useful in when an end-client wants to sell their assets and the FA client first buys the assets from their client and then sells to the issuer. The price at which FA client buy from their end-client is then recorded in FA. If multiple clients are selling the same security at the same (imported) price, the trade orders can then be bulked using that price. Validation prevents you from combining multiple orders to the same bulk order if the unit prices are different.
Bulked trade orders can now be executed based on already executed market orders. This feature is useful if the trade is executed manually via the user interface. It allows you to easily fill in execution parameters and create counter transactions.
Administration
Customers that use their own email server settings instead of the FA default settings no longer get the email settings overwritten by Standard Solution updates.
Fixes
Settlements
Fixed an issue with Free Of Payment batch settlement files (ISO15022) which did not sum up the amounts correctly.
Communications
Send message process now works again when using multiple keys (such as
%%contact.name%%
and%%contact.id%%
). Previously it only worked when using one key in an email.
Payments
Fixed an issue where Monthly savings process did not work when Payment date was saved with the new Monthly savings profile version. Previously it was unable to generate deposit transactions for portfolios if the monthly savings payment date was set with the new profile version.
Payment Instructions dashboard now uses "Payment-Sent" view instead of a query.
Payment Waiting, Payment Sent, Payment Matched tabs in Transaction view, as well as Payment instructions dashboard, are now shared to everyone.
Reporting
Notification of major holdings report now picks up logo correctly and highlights the last threshold passed when there is an increase, and the first threshold passed on the decline.
Notification of major holdings installer no longer crashes if the limit definitions already exist and are linked to portfolios.