Automated Exchange Fund Transactor for Investment Optimization

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Solution Overview

Problem

Existing systems lack the ability to easily optimize investor contributions to various asset funds, leading to inefficiencies in exchange fund transactions.

Innovation Solution

The implementation of an exchange fund transactor that generates transactions to contribute to asset funds and achieves investment fund optimizations by using a mathematical model to maximize fund value while adhering to risk constraints and regulatory limits.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Productivity

If manual trading processes are used for exchange funds, then regulatory compliance and convention adherence are maintained, but optimization of investor contributions and fund efficiency are limited

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvefund optimization efficiencyVSAvoidsystem complexity
Core Design Contradiction:
ProductivityVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The patent replaces manual trading processes with an automated computerized transactor system that uses mathematical models and algorithms to optimize fund contributions. The system automatically calculates optimal asset allocations, generates transactions, and manages fund exchanges without manual intervention, thereby improving productivity while maintaining regulatory compliance through programmed constraints.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #28Mechanics substitution (Replace mechanical system)

Solution Approach 2:

The system dynamically adjusts investment parameters such as asset weights, contribution amounts, and risk thresholds based on real-time market data and fund performance. By continuously optimizing these parameters through mathematical models, the system improves fund efficiency while adapting to changing market conditions without requiring manual reconfiguration.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #35Parameter changes

2Speed

If automated trading systems are implemented, then transaction speed and optimization capability are improved, but system complexity and regulatory compliance challenges increase

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvetransaction processing speedVSAvoidautomated system complexity
Core Design Contradiction:
SpeedVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The automated transactor system is divided into distinct functional modules including market data processing, optimization calculation engines, transaction generation, and compliance verification components. Each module handles specific tasks independently, which reduces overall system complexity while enabling fast parallel processing of multiple optimization scenarios and transaction types.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #1Segmentation

Solution Approach 2:

The system introduces an intermediary optimization layer that sits between market data inputs and execution outputs. This intermediary layer processes raw market data through mathematical models to generate optimized transaction instructions, which are then validated against regulatory constraints before execution. This intermediary structure simplifies the overall system architecture by centralizing complex optimization logic in a dedicated layer.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #24Intermediary (Mediator)

3Reliability

If conventional asset allocation methods are used, then system simplicity is maintained, but tracking error and risk characteristics are not optimized

Engineering Contradiction:
Improverisk characteristicsVSAvoidoptimization system complexity
Core Design Contradiction:
ReliabilityVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The system performs preliminary optimization calculations and risk assessments before actual trading occurs. By pre-calculating optimal asset allocations and evaluating potential risk scenarios in advance, the system can make more reliable investment decisions while reducing the complexity of real-time trading operations. The mathematical models evaluate multiple scenarios beforehand to identify the most favorable allocation strategies.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #10Preliminary action

Solution Approach 2:

The system continuously monitors fund performance, tracking error, and risk characteristics, then feeds this information back into the optimization models. This feedback loop enables the system to dynamically adjust asset allocations to maintain optimal risk characteristics and reduce tracking error relative to benchmark indices. The automated feedback mechanism improves reliability by continuously adapting to performance deviations without manual intervention.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #23Feedback

Data Source

PatentUS7937311B1Apparatuses, methods, and systems for exchange fund transactions
Publication Date: 2011.05.03 GOLDMAN SACHS & CO LLC
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AI summary

Apparatuses, methods, and systems for generating transactions for investors to contribute to various asset funds and achieve investment fund optimization for such exchanges. An exemplary exchange fund transactor generates investor transactions and/or adjusts a portfolio to include investor transactions that contribute to various asset funds and achieve investment fund optimizations for such exchanges.