Glossary

Every term between trade and settlement.

Performance Book of Record

The PBOR — a position record that extends the IBOR with return attribution, risk analytics, and benchmark data, providing the authoritative basis for investment performance measurement and client reporting.

PFMI Principles

The 24-principle CPMI-IOSCO framework that every systemically important clearinghouse, CSD, and payment system must satisfy — covering legal basis, settlement finality, money settlement, operational resilience, and disclosure.

Position Management Securities

The real-time tracking of a firm's securities holdings across all accounts and custodians, updated as trades execute, settle, and corporate actions are applied.

Position Reconciliation Software

Software that automates daily comparison of internal position records against custodian statements, prime broker reports, and on-chain ledger state, surfacing breaks before they affect Rule 15c3-3 determinations, NAV, or securities count obligations.

Post-Trade Compliance Software

The technology layer that turns post-trade activity into an exam-ready compliance record: audit trail, supervisory controls, and books and records under SEC and FINRA rules.

Post-Trade Operations Software

Technology automating post-execution back-office workflows — trade capture, confirmation, settlement, reconciliation, position management, and regulatory compliance.

Prime Brokerage

Broker-dealer service providing hedge funds with margin financing, securities lending, custody, and clearing through give-up arrangements — governed by a Prime Brokerage Agreement, ISDA Master Agreement, and FINRA Rule 4210.

Qualified Custodian

The bank, broker-dealer, or trust company an investment adviser must engage to hold client assets under SEC Rule 206(4)-2 — subject to annual surprise examination and direct quarterly reporting to clients.

Reference Data Management

The governance and maintenance of static data that financial systems depend on — instrument identifiers, counterparty LEIs, and settlement rules — to process transactions correctly.