About Us
About Us Alpha Financial Software
private fintech
Company
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.
AFS embodies fintech as a virtual company with a highly scalable software and technology network.
6 key elements of our MBS Ops Network solution
MBS OPS
Manager
A next-generation, web-based application, providing market structure changes that ease the flow of clearance and settlement where buy-side activity flows automatically to the dealers’ books. From initial CTM/RTTM trade confirmation to pair-offs, assignments, round robins and EPN allocations all the way to settlement reporting and daily network reconciliations.
Cloud Hosting Ecosystem
Leveraging Microsoft Azure, AFS’s ISO27001 and ISO22301 compliant hosting data centers provide high security and 24/7 availability. Our clients can store and view historical clearance & settlement information. Settlement counterparties can view the same reports and have the ability to chat with each other across the network.
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.
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.
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.
RTTM, CTM, EPN, FIX, API Integration
A flexible model providing FICC, OMS/EMS, Tradeweb, Accounting, Administration integration. From trade matching through final clearance & settlement, clients and partners have many ways to integrate with the network.