Thursday, January 10, 2019

Data Technical News #2019 - 1
Nasdaq Announces Changes to the NFN Document Posting Service

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What you need to know:

On Monday, April 8, 2019, Nasdaq announces the addition of a new field to the Document Posting Service.

What is changing?

The field being added to the NFN Document Posting Service is:

Value Characters Purpose
Issuer Name 75 bytes, alphanumeric
 Denotes the name of the Issuer / Sponsor for the NFN instrument at the time of the NFN Document Posting Service file posting.

For more information regarding changes to the NFN Document Posting Service please go to the NFN Daily List specification.

How can I test this NFN change?

Nasdaq has created the following sample files for the NFN Document Posting Service, downloadable files for client testing purposes. Please use the links below to download.

NFN Documentation

Nasdaq will offer two Saturday User Acceptance Tests (UATs) for NFN issuers, pricing agents and market data vendors on:

  • Saturday, March 23, 2019 – UAT
  • Saturday, April 6, 2019 – Confidence Test

Firms wishing to participate in the UATs should complete and submit the NFN testing registration form to NFN Operations by the Thursday before the scheduled test date. Registered testing firms will receive a testing information sheet, spelling out daily event schedule and open conference call number prior to each test.

Where can I get additional information?

Contact NFN Operations at +1 301 978 5307 (Option #6).


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