ALERT: General Account Information

This page displays general details for an existing or new account and is visible if you have read/write permissions. This page appears by default when you create an account or select an existing account on the Search and Maintain Accounts page. Scroll through pages on the progress bar to switch between this page and the account's Settlement Instructions, Confirm Delivery, and Broker Access pages.

Required and recommended fields appear in colored borders.

The Date section displays the last update date and time of the account.

Note
If your acronym requires Data Authentication to be on, the account settings on this page must first go through the Data Authentication process. After Data Authentication is complete, you can edit the page or add Settlement Instructions, Confirm Delivery, or Broker Access data.

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  • Access Code: The identifier assigned to an account by the investment manager. It can contain the digits 0-9 and the uppercase alphabetic characters A-Z. It has a maximum length of 12.
  • Fund ISIN/Ticker: The International Securities Identifier Number (ISIN) of the fund.
  • Omnibus Access Code: Access code to an omnibus account for block settlement of multiple accounts.
  • Account Type: A list of fund types. Values are Cash (default), Margin, Short, Prime Broker, and Other.
  • Account Name: The fund's formal name. Each field accepts 55 characters (110 characters total).
  • Affirming Party: You or a party that you delegate can acknowledge or affirm the broker/dealer confirmation. Values include: Institution, All Agents, Institution and All Agents (DEFAULT), Interested Party.
  • Country of Origin: The country of origin of the fund; that is, where the fund is registered for domicile.
  • Tax ID: A US Tax ID is mandatory when the Country of Origin is US. A UK Charity ID is mandatory when the Country of Origin is UK and the Type of Fund is Charitable.
  • Short name: An abbreviated fund name that you can assign. If unspecified, ALERT automatically populates the field with first 50 characters of the Account Name.
  • Access Code Legal Entity Identifier: The Legal Identity Identifier (LEI) associated with the Access Code. The LEI must be a 20-character alphanumeric code (for example: DTCC ITP LLC = LEI: 549300DMBUWLVUJLNM35)
  • Type of Fund: A drop-down list of client types with values such as Bank Portfolio, Bank Trust, and Pension Fund.
  • BIC: The BIC of the investment manager or broker/dealer, executing/trading broker. In SWIFT, the investment manager or broker/dealer or executing/trading broker is known as the BUYR/SELL.
  • Contact Name: The name of the contact at the investment manager.
  • Buy Side Legal Entity Identifier: Enter the Legal Entity Identifier (LEI) information for markets that require compliance with MiFID II (effective January 3, 2018).
  • Institution Name: The first 70 characters of the investment manager's name.
  • Contact Phone: The phone number of the contact at the investment manager.
  • Large Trader ID (LTID): An SEC-required alphanumeric field for large trader identification. The Large Trader ID (LTID) associated with the access code. LTID must be either 8 numeric characters (NNNNNNNN), 12 numeric characters (NNNNNNNNNNNN), or of the format NNNNNNNN-NNNN.