In the Add Voluntary Corporate Action panel, you can identify the entities that elect to participate in a voluntary corporate action and provide details about their participation.
Before you set up entity election details for a voluntary corporate action, you must add the corporate action announcement, setting the Mandatory/Voluntary Indicator field in the announcement panel to Voluntary. You can add voluntary corporate action elections only for announcements that have a Released corporate action status.
To add a voluntary corporate action election:
- From the Reference Desk workspace, click Corporate Actions in the left navigation and then click Voluntary Elections>Add Voluntary Corporate Action Election.
You see the Add Voluntary Corporate Action Announcement panel. In the Query Voluntary Corporate Action Announcement section of the Entry panel, enter the criteria to select the released corporate action announcements for which you want to add voluntary entity elections.
Specify a date range for corporate actions to include in the Voluntary Corporate Action Begin Date and Voluntary Corporate Action End Date fields. All other criteria are optional.
Click Submit.
You see the results of your query in the Show All tab.- Select the entity you want to add and then click the click the Add Entity Election Detail button on the toolbar.
You see the Action Entry Panel-Add Entity Election Detail. - Enter the Entity ID.
- Enter the Entity Name.
- Enter the Entity Election Status.
- Complete any additional optional fields, as desired.
- Click Submit.
Add Entity Elections Options
The following table describes the options on the Add Entity Election Detail panel.
| Field | Tag | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Add Voluntary Entity Election | ||
| Entity ID | 1163 | Specifies the unique identifier of the entity participating in the voluntary corporate action |
| Entity Name | 1164 | Specifies the name of the entity participating in the voluntary corporate action. |
| Long/short Indicator | 15 | Displays a value of LONG or SHORT for the swap contract and each leg. When the Long/Short Indicator field (tag 2284) in the upper pane has a value of Long, the Long/Short Indicator (tag 15) in the lower pane identifies the swap contract as Long, the pay leg as Short, and the receive leg as Long. If you set the Long/Short Indicator field (tag 2284) in the upper pane to Short, the Long/Short Indicator (tag 15) in the lower pane identifies the swap contract as Short, the pay leg as Long, and the receive leg as Short. |
| Voluntary Corporate Action Detail | ||
| Asset ID Type | 1432 | Displays the primary asset identifier type for the security associated with the corporate action, such as CUSIP, ISIN, and SEDOL. |
| Asset ID | 14 | Displays the identification number of the primary asset ID type for the security associated with the corporate action. |
| Issue Name | 961 | Displays the name of the security associated with the selected corporate action. |
| CA Type | 1728 | Displays the business name of the selected corporate action. |
| CA Election Type | 4513 | Returns a list of custom codes (no default values) that can classify the type of action. |
| Entity Election Details | ||
| Position Quantity | 122 | Displays the current quantity of the position. |
| Sweep Date | 1197 | Specifies the date that the global processes use to extract the corporate action for processing at the global level and apply it to eligible entities/holdings. |
| Ex Date | 65 | Displays the ex-date of the corporate action. |
| Expiry Date Processing | 12877 | |
| Trade Date | 1109 | Specifies the trade date of the corporate action. By default you see the trade date for the corporate action announcement . |
| Pay Date | 1275 | Displays the pay date of the corporate action. The pay date is the settlement date of the corporate action. |
| Elected Shares | 316 | Specifies the number of shares participating in the voluntary corporate action for the entity. If you specify the elected shares, the system calculates the Elected Shares Percent value for you. |
| Elected Shares Percent | 1001 | Specifies the percent of shares participating in the voluntary corporate action for the entity. If you specify the elected shares percent, the system calculates the Elected Shares value for you. |
| Entity Election Status | 54 | Indicates the status of the voluntary corporate action entity election. Options include: |
| Eligible for Consent | 8097 | Indicates whether the voluntary corporate action entity election is eligible for consent payments. Options include: Yes and No. |
| Elected Shares for Consent | 8098 | Specifies the number of shares eligible for consent payments. |
Effective Date on Consent | 8011 | Displays the effective date on consent. |
| Rate Of Action (Consent) | 8010 | Displays the effective rate of consent payment. |
Add Comment