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ALERT®

A significant number of trade fails are a direct result of inaccurate or missing settlement instructions, largely due to the manual exchange of Standard Settlement Instructions (SSIs).

With over 17m SSIs, ALERT is the world’s largest SSI database. Covering multiple asset classes including Equities, Fixed Income, Cash/FX and Derivatives (Exchange Traded and OTC), ALERT enables investment managers, outsourcers, broker/dealers and custodians to securely manage and automate the communication of SSIs globally.


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ALERT Benefits

  • ALERT Benefits Streamlined trade processing
  • ALERT Benefits Complete automation
  • ALERT Benefits Real-time data validation
  • ALERT Benefits Increased data quality
  • ALERT Benefits Extensive asset class coverage
  • ALERT Benefits Multiple levels of authorization
  • ALERT Benefits Comply with industry standards
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Manage, share and securely store accurate SSIs

The complexity of the financial services industry, the interconnectedness of market participants, and the markets in which they operate means the importance of operational and business resilience grows every day. As part of DTCC’s Institutional Trade Processing trusted and resilient ecosystem, SSIs stored, managed, and shared within ALERT are secure. 

Customized integrations to meet your needs

There are many ways you can access ALERT and benefit from the operational efficiencies of SSI automation. ALERT offers direct integrations for brokers, bespoke workflows for prime brokers and their hedge funds, and a range of solutions customized to meet the needs of all types of custodian. 

Optimize your post-trade operations

DTCC’s decades of experience, unique capabilities, and connectivity enable us to deliver solutions to our global client community that no other market infrastructure can match. With automated enrichment of SSIs through DTCC’s central trade matching platform CTM®, seamless connections to all global depositories, and more than 30 derivatives exchanges, we can help you streamline workflows, mitigate risks, reduce costs, and achieve accelerated settlement. 

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