BNY Mellon Asset Servicing has launched its new Fair Value Pricing offering, allowing clients to undertake a revaluation of equity and futures positions in markets that have closed prior to the valuation point of the fund.
Benefits, according to BNY Mellon, include more accurate asset valuation and a more accurate fund NAV; flexibility to tailor application to client specific requirements; pre-defined criteria enable automated generation of adjusted values; and process significantly automated with appropriate audit trail and reports.
Our new service offers an on-demand, tailored approach to fair value pricing that allows our clients to benefit from an increased level of confidence via both pre- and post-NAV reporting and analysis, including back testing, says Frank Froud, head of Europe, Middle East & Africa at BNY Mellon Asset Servicing.
BlackRock is the first adopter of the new service, which is initially being introduced as a London noon service covering North and South American markets. As an example, a valuation adjustment of US equity in a fund valued at 12 noon UK time will take into account events after the local market closure that impact the security price up to the valuation point of the fund.
BNY Mellons new fair value pricing offering has allowed us to replace the existing manual service and offers distinct benefits in terms of timeliness, level of detail and flexibility, says Tony Stenning, head of UK retail at BlackRock.
An Evaluated Adjustment Factor for each individual security is generated, which can be applied to the local closing price to adjust it for post-closing market movements. A Confidence Level is provided for each security as a measure of the probability of a relationship between a given security and the factors in the models.
The service also allows for fair value to be invoked at the asset level per fund and can be tailored in line with individual client requirements such as fund specific markets in scope and confidence level. The flexibility of the model also allows for additional valuation points to be added subject to client need.
BNY Mellon will be expanding the service to cover additional markets and valuation points in the coming months.