Nasdaq Fund Network (NFN)
Overview
The Nasdaq Fund Network (NFN) facilitates the collection and dissemination of daily price and corporate action data for mutual funds, money market funds, unit investment trusts (UITs), annuities, structured products, alternative investment products (AIPs), NextShares, collective investment trusts (CITs), separate accounts, managed accounts, hedge funds, and demand deposit accounts to the public. NFN accomplishes this task by:
- Operating secure and easy-to-use FTP and web-based interfaces for U.S. investment companies to report daily prices and corporate actions
- Offering a fixed format data feed that delivers real-time fund data to the news media and electronic market data community
- Operating a centralized documentation posting service for financial documentation, such as prospectus, annual reports, semi-annual reports and monthly portfolio holdings for the market data vendor community.
NFN system users include:
Investment Companies
New Fund Families & Trusts
- NFN Access Agreement
- NFN Firm Set Up Form / Logon Request Form
To access the NFN system, a firm must execute and submit the following Nasdaq agreement and form:
Existing Fund Families & Trusts
Once registered, an investment company will need to follow the steps outlined below to add, update or delete an instrument record in the NFN system.
NFN Action | What Firm Needs To Submit | Supporting Documentation |
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Add New Instrument |
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Change Instrument Name and/or NFN Symbol |
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Upgrade / Downgrade Dissemination Tier (Mutual Funds and Money Market Funds only) |
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Update CUSIP |
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Update Instrument Attributes |
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Delete Instrument |
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UIT Replacement |
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NFN Pricing Agents
To register to access the NFN pricing system, a firm must execute and submit:
Please refer to the Fund Data Price List for pricing information.
Market Data Distributors
In order to receive and distribute NFN data content, a firm must execute and submit:
Nasdaq supports two NFN data products for the market data community:
Daily Product Name | Description | Supporting Documentation |
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NFN Daily List | Secured web service access to NFN security master data | |
Nasdaq Fund Network Data Service | Data feed with NFN daily price data |
Contact Information
NFN Topic | Department | Phone Number |
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Agreements & Forms - Investment Companies and Pricing Agents | Nasdaq Fund Network Operations | +1 301 978 5307
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Agreements & Forms - Market Data Distributors | Nasdaq Global Data Products | +1 301 978 5307 |
User Guide & Specifications | Nasdaq Fund Network Operations | +1 301 978 5307
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Web Service and FTP Access | Nasdaq Fund Network Operations | +1 301 978 5307
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Data Quality | Nasdaq Fund Network Operations | +1 301 978 5307
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Billing Inquiries | Nasdaq Finance | + 1 800 955 3898 |
Contact Information
- For Data Related Questions:
Nasdaq Data Client Success
- Nasdaq Fund Network Operations
Product Updates
- NFN News for Issuers & Pricing Agents
- Data News for Market Data Vendors
- Nasdaq System Status Updates
- Email Sign Up for Product Updates
- Data Technical News for Market Data Vendors
- Structured Products Data Solution