The reference data model since 1991
Every financial instrument.One model.
FINSUITE® is a comprehensive data model of financial instruments of all types, positions and transactions: the foundation for integrated financial applications.
Classes
Attributes
Relationships
Domain types
Domain values
The logic
Characteristics, not classifications.
In 1976, Stephen Ross showed that a few securities with sufficiently variable payoffs can span an infinite range of payoffs. Martin Janssen’s 1987 working paper Securities, Cash and Rules applied this insight to describe a complete market from a small set of securities: the foundation for a comprehensive description of financial instruments of all types.
FINSUITE follows the same principle. Instead of sorting instruments into categories, it captures what each one is built from: cash flows, rights, conditions, events and the parties involved. Risk evaluation, asset-liability analysis and portfolio diversification all work at that level.
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Market-proven
Trusted by leading banks, exchanges, CSDs, data vendors and hedge funds worldwide, powering production-grade applications for more than 30 years.
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Future-proof
Built on financial market theory and a modular building-block approach, the model stays stable as markets evolve, even for instruments that don't exist yet.
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Technology-agnostic
Fits any architecture and operating model, integrating cleanly across platforms, institutions and technology stacks.
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Modular
Implement the full model or only the components you need: customizable building blocks that extend existing systems without disruption.
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User-friendly
Despite its depth, the model stays easy to work with: clear definitions and strong documentation help teams onboard quickly.
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Global
Supports multiple currencies, languages and time zones, capturing local market rules as reusable, adaptable principles.
Trusted across the financial industry
Our history
Three decades in production. One theory at the core.
FINSUITE did not start as a product. It started as financial market theory, and it has been carried through production systems at the heart of the financial industry ever since.
Options and Efficiency
Stephen Ross shows that a small number of securities with sufficiently variable payoffs can span an infinite number of independent payoffs.
Securities, Cash and Rules
Martin Janssen's ECOFIN working paper describes a complete market from a small set of securities, the groundwork for a full description of financial instruments.
The Swiss market adopts the standard
Telekurs (today SIX Financial Information), UBS, Credit Suisse and other Swiss banks adopt the standard virtually simultaneously. Telekurs, UBS, and ECOFIN develop it further as FIDM®.
License for the German market
Finanz-Daten-Systeme GmbH, a subsidiary of Deutsche Börse and Wertpapier-Mitteilungen, is granted a FIDM license for Germany, including sub-licensing rights.
MODM: the position model
A second model aligned with FIDM is developed to represent positions, transactions and conditions of financial instruments.
CONNEXOR launches
SIX Swiss Exchange launches CONNEXOR, based on FIDM and on preparatory work by UBS. It becomes the reference data standard for structured products in the Swiss market and beyond.
Two models become FINSUITE
FIDM and MODM are merged and have since been maintained and marketed under the brand name FINSUITE.
Use cases
One model.
Every side of the market.
FINSUITE customers come from all sectors of the financial market. Choose your perspective.
Unify data islands into a single source of truth.
Trusted by leading financial institutions, from global banks to boutique asset managers. Improve data consistency and power mission-critical operations across front, middle and back office.
Discuss your use case →A future-proof reference data backbone for market infrastructure.
Enable smarter listing and settlement services across the full instrument lifecycle, with reference data your issuers and members can rely on.
Discuss your use case →Turn fragmented input into structured, valuable data.
Deliver high-quality, regulation-ready financial reference data at scale. Streamline data operations, reduce reconciliation and accelerate value-added services.
Discuss your use case →Build modern financial products faster on a proven foundation.
With a modular, API-ready data model, accelerate development, integrate cleanly with existing systems and scale efficiently.
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Build on the model the industry runs on.
Whether you are unifying a security master, upgrading market infrastructure, or defining instruments that don’t exist yet: start from a foundation proven since 1991.