TR ACCURACY PRODUCT RELEASE – 19.02.2021
February 12, 2021
We have a product release due on the 19th February 2021 at 1700 UK local time.
The release includes:
- 27 validation amendments
- 4 new validations
- 1 new MI
- 2 MI enhancements
- 1 change to Client reference data
- 1 change to Global reference data
For features which are configurable (TR Accuracy MI report and validations etc), you will be able to log into your management portal and turn them off if you do not wish to see the functionality.
If your TRAC version is from before 18 December 2020, please download new version from CN Portal: ‘Resources -> Downloads’ as your current TRAC version will no longer work following release date.
If your TRAC version is from after 18 December 2020, this update will not require any action from users of TR Accuracy or TR Completeness. All changes will automatically be applied to your solution from the release date.
Please let us know if you have any questions: client.support@control-now.com.
| Issue key | Issue Id | Summary | Description |
| TRD-4 | 13356 | M189 Executing Entity is MiFIR investment firm =True- correction of logic | TRA MIFID: disabling validation when “investment_firm_covered_by_201465eu” is false |
| TRD-110 | 13349 | M28 – updates for false positives | TRA MIFID: Amending validation to avoid false flagging for swaps, credit and interest rate instruments. |
| TRD-66 | 13273 | M200, M85, M86, M194, M195, M196, M197 – updates to “transmission_of_order_indicator” validations | TRA MIFID: 7 Validations related to “transmission_of_order_indicator” were updated to include more accurate definition of a ‘trading venue’ |
| TRD-94 | 13267 | TRA MiFIR MI Update: V2.4 | Updated MiFID MI: Decision Maker – tightened rules on comparing Investment and Execution Decision makers. |
| TRD-106 | 13204 | TRA MiFIR MI Improvement – v2.3 – SS Indicator | Update to MiFID MI: Short Selling. Adding new columns to display if transaction has been identified as client or market side. |
| TRD-82 | 13088 | M114 correction to include all debt instruments | TRA MIFID: validation amended to flag for all debt instruments |
| TRD-86 | 13068 | New validation M242: SI and INTC: Client side | New MIFID validation, designed to verify correctness of reporting transactions executed on SI and using aggregate client account (‘INTC’). |
| TRD-88 | 13067 | New validation M243: SI and INTC: Market side | New MiFID validation, designed to verify correctness of reporting transactions executed on SI and using aggregate client account (‘INTC’). |
| TRD-84 | 13065 | M49: Venue = SI but neither Buyer or Seller populated: UPDATE LOGIC | TRA MIFID: Modification to existing validation to not flag where aggregate client account (INTC) is used. New validations, are created to cover INTC cases. |
| TRD-53 | 12678 | repurpose ‘ISIN Blacklist’ to use for CFI exceptions | We have change the format of Client Reference data: ISIN Blacklist to allow using it for CFI blacklisting. If you are using the Blacklist file in your Accuracy setup, please update it to new format after release (see Client Reference Data Requirements document for more information). |
| TRD-59 | 12624 | New MiFIR MI: FCA Extract Status | TRA MIFID: new MI providing breakdown of the statuses for records in an FCA extract |
| TRD-63 | 12595 | M68, M70, M126 – add clause to avoid double flagging | Amended 3 MiFID validations to avoid flagging the same issue by multiple validations. |
| TRD-56 | 12588 | New Validation: M240 Execution Decision Maker not identified in Ref Data | New MiFID validation added to verify if ID used in field ‘Execution Decision Maker’ is recognised. |
| TRD-58 | 12587 | New Validation: M239 Investment Decision Maker not identified in Ref Data | New MiFID validation added to verify if ID used in field ‘Investment Decision Maker’ is recognised. |
| TRD-60 | 12586 | M52 Update: Country of branch for investment decision maker – Unexpected value (DM ref data) | Amended MiFID validation to avoid flagging if Client Reference Data has not been set up. |
| TRD-62 | 12585 | M87 Update: Country of branch for execution decision maker – Unexpected value (DM ref data) | Amended MiFID validation to avoid flagging if Decision Maker Reference Data has not been set up. |
| TRD-69 | 12580 | M232 – do not flag when M83 is already flagged | TRA MIFID: amending validation to avoid double flagging |
| TRD-68 | 12576 | M36 – use ‘TV’ definition (excludes SIs) | TRA MiFID: Amending validation to not flag for transactions with SIs. |
| TRD-64 | 12561 | M8 – avoid double flagging | Added a clause to MiFID validation to avoid flagging the same issue more than once. |
| TRD-54 | 12556 | M164 – add exceptions | Updating validation to avoid triggering for valid ISINs built using country code that does not exist on ISO list. |
| TRD-115 | 12555 | M233 – logic correction | TRA MIFID: Added exceptions to validations to avoid false positive flags |
| TRD-65 | 12551 | M115 – delete (and amend M30) | Amending MiFID validation to correctly identify warrants and deleting duplicated validation. |
| TRD-77 | 12501 | M14, M16, M122 Timestamp granularity for SIs | TRA MIFID: Validations were adjusted to exclude SI transactions from granularity checks designed for venues |
| TRD-112 | 12500 | M95a – correct logic for FIRDS fields used | TRA MIFID: amending validation to use correct fields in FIRDS |
| TRD-113 | 12499 | M93a – correcting the FIRDS lookup and adjusting logic for repeatable fields | TRA MIFID: amending validation to use all available ‘Underlying’ fields in FIRDS and to account for repeatable values (Baskets) |
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