The Bank of New York Mellon Corporation (BNY), a global financial services company, has the expanded its iFlow product offering, with more extensive fixed income and equity data analytics.
iFlow provides insights into BNY’s more than $50trn in assets under custody and/or administration, revealing global asset allocation trends and market-moving reactions, to investment managers and asset owners.
With this expanded capability, BNY’s iFlow will now be able to generate on-demand charts for shorts, holdings, and positioning, complementing existing flow views. This allows for clearer definitions of rotation trade equity, credit, and duration in bonds and, ultimately supports improved benchmark definitions and portfolio construction.
“Finding ways to distil and understand market data continues to be one of the most important priorities for our clients. The challenge of today is no longer about getting access to vast market data sets but finding ways to unpack and generate insights,” said Jason Vitale, head of global markets trading at BNY.
Specifically, iFlow Shorts aggregates short interest metrics that capture borrowing and lending behaviour, aiding portfolio managers in making portfolio construction decisions.
iFlow Holdings reflects investor exposure to stock and bond markets, showing an aggregated view into how investors have allocated capital across country, sector, credit rating and maturity.
iFlow Positioning: measures investment preferences based on aggregated investor holdings, showing capital deployment across countries and sectors, compared to other asset classes and benchmarks.
The new indicators are designed to provide transparency into unexpected market moves and show how markets have acted historically, helping to determine the potential vulnerabilities around shock events.
“Given our unique vantage point, touching about a fifth of the world’s investable assets, and through our expanded iFlow capabilities, we’re able to help clients better understand global markets,” said Vitale.
