Data Management & Enhancements

GLOBAL SECURITY MASTER

Gain access to pricing and reference data on more than 35 million global securities—including cryptocurrencies, ETFs, equities, UITs, mutual funds, close-end funds, leveraged loans, debt instruments, and hard-to-value instruments.

• Minimize human error—make it simple and easy for employees to identify and select the correct securities.
• Sharpen the STAR Platform's ability to accurately match transaction data from broker feeds with your securities records.
• Search and match on the FIGI and Bloomberg tickers—as well as the Exchange Symbol, CUSIP, ISIN, and Sedol—right on the STAR Platform.

BETTER CONTRIBUTIONS MONITORING

Employee political contributions that exceed legal limits put firms at risk. Star's Political Contribution Data, paired with the STAR Political Donations product, means contributions are more easily and accurately monitored. 

• Remove the burden and monotony of searching for employee contributions across multiple public sources.
• Identify and reconcile employee contributions more quickly, with data refreshed on a monthly rather than quarterly basis.
• Identify and reconcile contributions more comprehensively, with access to standardized, collated data of 20M+ federal records and 4M+ state records. 
• Get automatic notifications from the STAR Platform when employees make contributions at the state or federal level.
• Get access to more monitoring data points, including: contributor full name, home address, and date: contribution amount; and recipient name.

WORLD NEWS, INSIDER VIEWS

Maximize your ability to detect insider trading with this Star-partner global newsfeed—culled from a wide range of respected media outlets.

• Gain access to over 400,000 stories from 8,500 different sources every day—each assigned with a daily impact score to identify significance.
• Powerful filtering and indexing systems mean only those news items of most relevance to your business are highlighted.
• Pinpoint trades made prior to significant market events, with a system that cross-references news events against employee trading data.

Gain access to GICS, one of the most popular coding schemes used by businesses today to set comprehensive restrictions and reviews by industry.

• Configure restrictions and trade reviews down to the group or individual level using GICS data, so those who have access to particular industry data can be restricted or monitored based on sector and industry.
• Ensure employee trades fall within acceptable industries using the rules engine to trigger a denial or review if the security submitted for pre-clearance matches specified sector codes.
• Easily set trade restrictions or conduct trade reviews using 2, 4, 6, or all 8 digits of the GICS code for a broad or narrow view by Sector, Industry Group, Industry or Sub-Industry.