Investment funds — ISO 20022 messages

Updated 15 June 2009
Learning channels: Classroom course  On-site training  

You are active in the investment funds industry and you wish to automate the communication flows with your counterparties? This one-day session will give you an overview of SWIFT’s solution for investment funds and in-depth information on the related ISO 20022 messages.


Audience

The course has been developed for business analysts, back-office and IT managers and staff from institutions such as distributors, transfer agents, fund administrators, portfolio managers, fund management companies, investor's intermediaries and trustees.

Prior knowledge

We recommend that you first attend the one-day course ISO 20022 and MX message standards — overview.

Duration

The course duration depends on the learning channel you choose:
  • Classroom course: 1 day
  • On-site training: as per your requirements


You will learn how to:

  • Automate processing in the investment funds industry
  • Use the new ISO 20022 messages for your various business flows
  • Create and interpret the ISO 20022 messages in real business scenarios
  • Navigate in the SWIFT standards Message Reference Guide to find the information you need to properly implement the messages
  

Course content

This one-day course covers the following topics:
  • An overview of SWIFT's investment funds solution, including message flows and players involved
  • SWIFT standards concepts: variants, versions, naming, coexistence and convergence
  • How to use the SWIFT standards Message Reference Guide
  • Scope and message functionalities, case studies and examples of the following investment funds messages:
    • Order and status messages
    • Transfer messages
    • Price reports
    • Cash forecast reports
    • Statements
    • Securities rejection message
    • Account management messages
    • Optional for the United Kingdom: PEP/ISA
  • Full transaction chain
  • Project planning


This course is awarded with
6 CPE credits
Programme level: basic
Delivery method: group-live
  
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