Product Mastering
Automate fund data collection, validation and distribution from one centralised platform that eliminates manual processes and ensures regulatory-grade accuracy.
Transform your fund data operations
Product Mastering is FE fundinfo's comprehensive purpose-built SaaS data management platform designed for asset managers who need complete control over static and dynamic fund data across the entire product lifecycle. The platform serves as your golden source of truth, connecting upstream data sources with downstream distribution channels whilst maintaining regulatory-grade accuracy and compliance.
Asset managers face mounting pressure from fragmented data sources, manual validation processes and inconsistent information reaching distributors and investors.
Whether data originates from third-party administrators and transfer agents or is captured directly by your business teams, Product Mastering transforms fragmented, error-prone fund data management into a single source of truth that reduces operational risk, accelerates time-to-market, and eliminates costly data errors.
The platform applies rigorous validation rules and distributes verified information to regulators, distributors and internal teams through one unified interface, empowering asset managers with the comprehensive data insight needed to navigate data governance and regulatory demands. The platform eliminates administrative overhead through intelligent automation.
Your operations teams spend less time chasing data and reconciling spreadsheets, more time on strategic priorities that drive growth. With flexible architecture and API-first design, Product Mastering scales with your business as you launch new products, enter new markets or expand distribution channels.
Core platform capabilities
Flexible data schema
Product Mastering delivers comprehensive data governance whilst remaining dynamic enough to meet evolving business needs. The platform's adaptable data model adapts to your specific requirements without wholesale reconfiguration, supporting diverse fund structures, new product types, share classes and data attributes as your business expands across markets and jurisdictions.
Automated data collection
Eliminate manual data entry by collecting static and dynamic fund data automatically from any upstream source in any format. The platform connects to third-party administrators, transfer agents and internal systems through API, SFTP and email, capturing pricing data, portfolio holdings, performance metrics and regulatory disclosures without human intervention.
Your teams configure collection schedules once, then the platform handles ongoing ingestion automatically. When upstream sources fail to deliver data on schedule, the system alerts the appropriate contacts, enabling proactive resolution before issues impact downstream recipients or regulatory deadlines.
Intelligent validation and verification
Configure validation rules that ensure accuracy at every stage of the data lifecycle. Product Mastering applies validation checks automatically, catching errors at ingestion before they propagate to distributors or regulators. The platform can act as first responder, notifying upstream data sources of discrepancies before escalating to your operations team.
Validation rules are assigned owners and can be set to expire periodically, prompting regular review to ensure they remain appropriate as regulations and business requirements evolve. Your compliance officers maintain oversight whilst the platform handles day-to-day verification automatically.
Comprehensive data distribution through Nexus
Distribute validated fund data across your organisation and to downstream recipients through multiple formats and delivery mechanisms available in our Nexus Dissemination services. Product Mastering supports Openfunds and other industry reporting standards, delivering information via API, SFTP, email or direct platform integrations, such as with Salesforce. Our dissemination services enable to distribute data to the market, making fund information for products like openfunds, EMT, EET, and other formats available to external platforms and recipients.
Distributors and wealth platforms can receive consistent, accurate data in their preferred format. The platform handles format transformation automatically, eliminating manual file preparation and reducing errors that damage distributor relationships.
Multi-language and multi-format support
Serve global markets with comprehensive support for multiple data formats and languages. The platform manages translations and local formatting requirements automatically, ensuring your fund data meets market-specific expectations across 75+ jurisdictions.
Role-based access and Single Sign-On (SSO)
Provide teams with fully customisable views and granular permissions through Single Sign-On integration. Operations staff see different information than compliance officers or marketing teams, yet everyone works from the same underlying golden source of truth. The platform fits seamlessly into your existing security infrastructure whilst maintaining enterprise-grade access controls.
Advanced management features
The platform's unique dynamic data model and API-first architecture provides a trustworthy source of data across all levels of your business. Operations, compliance, marketing and distribution teams work from identical information, eliminating version control issues and data inconsistencies that create operational risk.
Senior management accesses comprehensive dashboards showing data quality metrics, upstream source performance and downstream distribution status. Operations teams drill into specific funds or share classes, tracking data lineage and modification history with complete transparency.
Customisable workflows ensure that data and document changes flow through appropriate review and approval stages before distribution. Product Mastering captures complete audit trails automatically, documenting who modified what information, when changes occurred and which approvers signed off.
Create workflows specific to fund launches, share class modifications or regulatory document updates. The platform routes tasks to appropriate team members based on the type of change and impacted data elements, eliminating bottlenecks that delay market entry or compliance deadlines.
Generate management information and data feeds through an intuitive report builder that requires no technical expertise. The platform supports various reporting standards including Openfunds and custom formats, enabling you to serve any downstream recipient's requirements.
Schedule reports for automatic generation and distribution, or create on-demand exports when ad-hoc analysis is required. Your teams access consistent data through familiar interfaces rather than learning complex query languages or database tools.
Change Events ensure that all data points affected by a modification are automatically updated based on your defined rules. When a fund name changes, legal entity information is modified or share classes are restructured, the platform propagates updates across all related records whilst maintaining data integrity.
The system prevents orphaned data and inconsistencies that occur when manual processes fail to update all impacted fields. Your operations teams configure change propagation rules once, then trust the platform to maintain consistency automatically.
The platform can collect and aggregate data from multiple upstream sources through flexible ingestion methods. The platform normalises disparate data formats into your standardised schema, enabling consistent processing regardless of how information arrives.
When upstream sources send data in proprietary formats or legacy structures, the platform handles transformation. Your operations teams maintain one set of validation rules and business logic rather than managing source-specific processes.
Set and forget rules to verify upstream data sources meet service level agreements. Product Mastering monitors whether third-party administrators deliver price files within agreed timeframes, whether transfer agents provide position data on schedule and whether custodians submit holding information when expected.
When upstream sources breach SLAs, the platform alerts appropriate contacts automatically. Management dashboards highlight trends in source reliability, supporting vendor management discussions with quantified performance data rather than anecdotal observations.
Access side-by-side comparison views showing how your fund data appears across multiple distribution platforms simultaneously. Identify inconsistencies quickly, drill into specific data points that differ and track resolution through to confirmation that all platforms display corrected information.
The platform reconciles web pages, API feeds, database exports and PDF documents, providing comprehensive coverage of how your data appears to investors, advisers and other market participants.
Identify corrupt files, missing data elements or formatting issues within upstream source files before they propagate through your systems. Product Mastering validates file structure, data completeness and content accuracy the moment information arrives, preventing bad data from reaching regulators or distributors.
Your operations teams configure acceptable data ranges, mandatory fields and cross-field validation rules. The platform applies these checks consistently across all incoming data, regardless of source, maintaining quality standards that protect your reputation and regulatory standing.
Accelerate product development and launches
Streamline fund launches
Eliminate bottlenecks that delay fund launches and share class approvals through automated workflows that coordinate data collection, review and distribution. Product Mastering accommodates any product development process including fund launches, share class approvals, fund mergers, fund liquidations and fund changes.
The platform simplifies complex launch processes by breaking them into clear tasks assigned to appropriate team members across operations, compliance, legal and marketing functions. Everyone understands what they need to complete and when, reducing coordination overhead and preventing delays caused by unclear responsibilities.
Intelligent data pre-population
Avoid repetitive data entry with preconfigured mappings that pre-populate fields based on product type, domicile and other parameters. When launching a Luxembourg SICAV, the platform automatically populates regulatory data elements required by the CSSF. When adding a share class to an existing fund, standard attributes copy from the parent structure.
Your teams focus on unique product attributes rather than copying standard information across templates or spreadsheets. This reduces launch time whilst improving data accuracy through automated consistency.
Automated distribution upon approval
Once product development workflows reach final approval, downstream recipients receive newly launched data automatically in their preferred format. Distributors access validated information immediately, accelerating your speed to market and ensuring investors can transact in new products without delay.
The platform maintains launch schedules, coordinating data distribution with go-live dates set by your product teams. Regulators receive required filings on deadline whilst distributors receive information with appropriate lead time for their onboarding processes.
Comprehensive audit trail
Product Mastering captures complete audit trails throughout product development processes. Every data entry, modification, approval and distribution is logged automatically with timestamp, user identification and change details. Regulatory examinations require no additional preparation – your audit trail exists as a natural by-product of normal operations.
Senior management accesses pipeline visibility showing all in-flight product launches, current status, potential delays and resource allocation. This enables informed decision-making about launch prioritisation and capacity planning.
Integration and technical architecture
API-first design
Product Mastering is built on API-first architecture that integrates seamlessly with your existing technology ecosystem. Connect to fund administration platforms, portfolio management systems, CRM tools and document generation solutions through well-documented RESTful APIs.
The platform exposes all functionality through APIs, enabling programmatic access to data, workflow management and reporting capabilities. Your IT teams can build custom integrations or extend platform functionality to meet specific business requirements.
Flexible deployment options
The platform operates as Software as a Service (SaaS), delivering enterprise-grade reliability without requiring you to maintain infrastructure. FE fundinfo manages all technical operations on ISO 27001 and ISO 9001-certified infrastructure, ensuring the security and uptime asset managers require for mission-critical data operations.
For organisations with specific regulatory or data residency requirements, private cloud and on-premises deployment options are available. Your team maintains complete control over data whilst FE fundinfo provides platform updates and support.
Scalable infrastructure
Product Mastering scales automatically to accommodate business growth. The platform processes seven million static data points and seven million prices monthly for FE fundinfo's client base, demonstrating proven capability to handle enterprise-scale data volumes.
As you launch new products, enter new markets or expand distribution channels, the platform grows with your needs without requiring architecture changes or performance degradation.
Why asset managers choose Product Mastering
Eliminate fragmented processes
Replace disconnected spreadsheets, email-based data collection and manual validation with unified, automated workflows. Your golden source of truth serves all internal and external stakeholders from one platform.
Reduce operational risk
Ensure accuracy through automated validation, comprehensive audit trails and systematic reconciliation. Demonstrate to regulators that your firm has taken appropriate steps to maintain data quality across the market.
Cost optimisation
Reduce operational expenditure through vendor consolidation, replacing multiple fragmented systems with one unified platform. Intelligent automation reduces headcount dependency by handling repetitive data collection, validation and distribution tasks that traditionally require manual intervention.
Accelerate time to market
Launch products faster by eliminating manual coordination, reducing data collection overhead and automating distribution to regulators and distributors. Your competitive position improves through superior operational efficiency.
Scale efficiently
Product Mastering provides a client-owned dynamic data schema that adapts to your specific operational requirements without vendor dependency.
Expand into new markets, launch new product lines and serve additional distribution channels without proportional increases in operational overhead. The platform supports growth whilst maintaining quality and compliance standards.
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FAQs
Frequently asked questions
A golden source of truth is a single, authoritative repository where fund data is created, validated, and maintained before distribution to regulators, platforms, and investors. Rather than managing fund information across multiple systems—spreadsheets, emails, vendor platforms—asset managers establish one centralised source that becomes the definitive reference for all stakeholders.
The golden source approach eliminates data inconsistencies by ensuring information is created once and distributed everywhere. When regulatory templates require updates, marketing materials need refreshing, or distributors request fund data, everything flows from the same verified source. This reduces errors, accelerates distribution, and provides complete audit trails showing exactly when data was created, who validated it, and where it was published.
FE fundinfo Data Management serves as the investment industry's golden source of truth, processing 7 million data points monthly for asset managers operating across 75+ jurisdictions. The platform maintains version control, automated validation, and real-time synchronisation across regulatory production, distribution networks, and marketing channels.
Financial data quality management reduces regulatory risk through automated validation, centralised governance, and complete audit trails. When asset managers control fund data at source with proper quality checks, they prevent errors from reaching regulators rather than correcting issues after submission.
Key risk reduction mechanisms include:
Proactive validation: Automated checks verify data completeness, accuracy, and consistency before regulatory filing. FE fundinfo's Document Inspector, for example, automatically checks fund documentation against 600+ UK Consumer Composite Investment (CCI) rules.
Data lineage tracking: Complete visibility into where data originates, how it transforms through calculations and templates, and where it publishes. When regulators question fund information, asset managers can immediately demonstrate source data, approval history, and distribution timeline.
Consistency across submissions: A single source of truth ensures the same fund information appears identically across different regulatory templates—SFDR disclosures, PRIIPs KIDs, UCITS KIIDs, and prospectuses all draw from verified data.
Version control: Complete audit trails show who changed what data, when, and why. This transparency satisfies regulatory scrutiny and conducting officer due diligence requirements.
Asset managers using centralised financial data quality management report 80% reduction in regulator queries and dramatically improved compliance confidence during audits.
Centralised fund data dissemination eliminates the manual effort, version inconsistencies, and distribution delays that occur when asset managers manage multiple separate feeds to platforms, banks, and data vendors.
Speed to market: Fund information flows automatically from your central data hub through to distribution channels. What previously required 5-7 days of manual coordination now happens same-day or even instantly as data updates. Asset managers can launch new funds or update existing products across multiple markets simultaneously.
Guaranteed consistency: Distributors, platforms, and data vendors all receive identical information from the same authoritative source. This eliminates the version mismatches that cause platform onboarding delays and investor confusion.
Reduced operational burden: Teams no longer spend hours preparing separate data files for different distributors, responding to ad-hoc data requests, or reconciling discrepancies across channels. One update propagates everywhere automatically.
Network effects: FE fundinfo's fund data dissemination infrastructure connects to 135 platforms and banks, 60+ National Competent Authorities, and leading data vendors including MSCI, FactSet, and Morningstar. Asset managers gain immediate access to this established network rather than negotiating individual distributor relationships.
Performance visibility: Track where your fund data appears, how distributors consume it, and which channels drive investor engagement—intelligence that separate manual distribution processes cannot provide.
Regulatory data templates provide pre-configured data structures that meet jurisdiction-specific requirements, enabling asset managers to enter new markets without building data infrastructure from scratch.
Each market has distinct regulatory reporting standards—MiFID II (EMT) in Europe, local prospectus requirements, jurisdiction-specific risk calculations, and varying disclosure obligations. Building these data structures manually requires regulatory expertise, technical configuration, and extensive testing. Regulatory data templates eliminate this setup time.
FE fundinfo Data Management includes pre-built templates for 75+ jurisdictions covering:
- Regulatory submissions: AIFMD, UCITS, PRIIPs, SFDR, TCFD, national reporting requirements
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Calculation engines: Costs, risks, performance metrics, and ESG indicators calculated according to local methodologies
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Multi-language support: Maintaining translations alongside source data
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Validation rules: Jurisdiction-specific checks ensuring data completeness and accuracy
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Approval workflows: Routing data through appropriate compliance and legal sign-offs by market
When launching a Luxembourg SICAV across European markets or introducing LTAFs in the UK, asset managers simply activate the relevant templates, map their existing fund data, and become operational within weeks rather than months. This speed to market advantage is particularly valuable when regulatory windows create competitive pressure or when asset managers need to match distribution partner timelines.
Data management and data dissemination represent different stages of the fund information lifecycle, though both are critical for asset management operations.
Data management encompasses creating, maintaining, validating, and governing fund information within your organisation. This includes establishing your golden source of truth, implementing quality controls, managing approval workflows, and ensuring data accuracy before it leaves your systems. Data management answers the question: "Do we have correct, complete, and properly governed fund information?"
Data dissemination involves distributing that verified fund data to external stakeholders—regulators, platforms, banks, data vendors, and investors. This includes formatting data according to recipient requirements, transmitting through appropriate channels, and tracking where information publishes. Data dissemination answers: "How do we efficiently get our fund information to everyone who needs it?"
The two functions are interdependent. Superior data management enables efficient dissemination by ensuring information is correct before distribution. Conversely, dissemination requirements drive what data management must capture—regulatory templates, distributor specifications, and investor disclosure obligations determine what fund information asset managers need to maintain.
FE fundinfo provides integrated capabilities across both stages. The Data Management platform establishes centralised governance and quality controls, while the dissemination network automatically distributes verified data to 135 platforms and banks, 60+ regulators, and leading data vendors—eliminating the gap between managing data internally and publishing it externally.
ESG data integration combines sustainability information from multiple sources—fund holdings, corporate ESG ratings, carbon data, controversy screening—with traditional fund data to support regulatory reporting and investor disclosure requirements.
Asset managers face increasing regulatory demands around sustainability disclosure, particularly the EU's Sustainable Finance Disclosure Regulation (SFDR) and Task Force on Climate-related Financial Disclosures (TCFD). Meeting these obligations requires collecting, validating, and reporting ESG data alongside financial information.
Effective ESG data integration includes:
Data provider connectivity: Automated feeds from ESG rating agencies (ISS ESG, MSCI, Sustainalytics) eliminating manual data collection and ensuring current information.
Holdings-based analysis: Calculating fund-level ESG characteristics by aggregating underlying portfolio holdings—carbon intensity, percentage sustainable investments, principal adverse impact indicators.
Regulatory template population: Automatically populating European ESG Template (EET), SFDR disclosures, and TCFD reports from verified sustainability data.
Validation and reconciliation: Checking ESG data quality, flagging missing information, and reconciling between different provider methodologies.
Audit trails: Maintaining complete records of ESG data sources, calculation methodologies, and distribution history to satisfy regulatory scrutiny.
FE fundinfo Data Management includes comprehensive ESG data integration capabilities drawing on 13+ years sustainability reporting expertise. The platform produces the European ESG Template, SFDR disclosures, TCFD reports, and Swiss Climate Scores—ensuring asset managers meet evolving sustainability disclosure obligations without building separate ESG infrastructure.
Poor financial data quality in asset management typically stems from five interconnected issues:
Fragmented systems: When fund data lives across spreadsheets, emails, multiple vendor platforms, and legacy systems, no single source provides authoritative information. Teams create versions in different locations, leading to inconsistencies, version confusion, and uncertainty about which data is correct.
Manual processes: Re-keying data between systems introduces transcription errors. One study found that manual data entry typically achieves only 96% accuracy—which means 4% error rates compound across regulatory templates, distributor feeds, and marketing materials.
Unclear ownership: When responsibility for data quality is diffused across operations, legal, compliance, and marketing teams, gaps emerge. Critical fields may be incomplete because everyone assumes someone else maintains them.
Insufficient validation: Without automated quality checks, errors only surface when regulators query submissions, distributors reject feeds, or investors notice discrepancies—by which point reputational damage has occurred.
Legacy technical debt: Asset managers often inherit data structures from acquired fund ranges, merged entities, or decades-old system implementations. These legacy architectures resist standardisation and prevent implementing consistent quality controls.
The solution involves establishing a centralised data management platform that becomes the golden source of truth, implementing automated validation before data leaves internal systems, defining clear data ownership and governance, and eliminating manual re-keying through integrated workflows. Asset managers report 80% reduction in data quality issues after implementing proper financial data quality management capabilities.