Alpha Financial Software is a privately held software vendor in the financial services industry
Founded in 2006, Alpha Financial Software has roots in Boston, Massachusetts where the founding partners met while working in investment management, clearance and settlement operations and in software development for 15+ years prior to forming the company. AFS embodies fintech as a virtual company with highly scalable software and technology. AFS's efficient business model requires less human capital which translates into highly automated fixed income processing and low transaction costs for our asset management and dealer clientele. Our only focus is U.S. Agency MBS TBA/SPT clearance and settlement and we are the market leader in this space.
5 key elements of our MBS Ops Network solution
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Hosting Ecosystem
Leveraging Sungard Availabilty Service, AFS's ISO27001 compliant data center provides high security and 24/7 availability. Our clients can maintain all historical trade and settlement data in one central location with easy access for transaction cost analysis & auditing purposes.
2
Mortgage Pool Data
Real-time access to the universe of pool security master data from AFS's data partner, Black-Knight/eMBS, provides factors for validating EPN allocations and any other TBA stipulations that scope delivery and settlement of pools. Manage Megas and other non-TBA eligible securities with ease.
3
API & FIX Integration
A flexible model plus a long list of integration partners significantly decreases implementation time and risks.
OMS/EMS integrations: Tradeweb, Bloomberg AIM/TOMS, S&P Global thinkFolio, FIS Global, Linedata, SS&C Eze,
Charles River CRIMS, ION LatentZero
Accounting integrations:
SS&C Advent/PORTIA, FIS Global Phase3/InTrader, Orchestrade
4
TBA Mortgage Master
AFS's lead product provides "ease-of-use" tools for manual and/or automated processing of all TBA trade clearance & settlement activity, including: "Straight" pair-offs, SIFMA Trade Assignments, Tradeweb Round Robins and FICC EPN Pool Allocations. The most comprehensive system in the market.
5
Settlement Reporting
TBA Mortgage Master's automated settlement reporting, digital signature included, provides pair-off reports to dealers, custodians and other 3rd parties on a recurring schedule. S.W.I.F.T. compliant messaging enhances straight-through-processing.