A Practical Handbook for Fund Professionals

FundsXML – The European Standard for Fund Data Exchange

Based on FundsXML Schema Version 4.2.x  ·  2026

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Front Matter

FundsXML — Management Summary pages 5–6

Part I — Foundations

Chapter 1 — Challenges in Fund Data Exchange pages 7–31 Chapter 2 — XML and XSD — The Technological Basis pages 32–61 Chapter 3 — FundsXML — The Standard at a Glance pages 62–81

Part II — FundsXML in Detail

Chapter 4 — ControlData — The Metadata of a Delivery pages 82–103 Chapter 5 — Funds, Sub-Funds, and Share Classes pages 104–143 Chapter 6 — Portfolio and Positions pages 144–188 Chapter 7 — Transactions and Orders pages 189–218 Chapter 8 — Regulatory Modules pages 219–268 Chapter 9 — Advanced Schema Areas pages 269–293

Part III — Implementation and Practice

Chapter 10 — Validation and Quality Assurance pages 294–318 Chapter 11 — Tools and Toolchain pages 319–346 Chapter 12 — FundsXML in the System Landscape pages 347–378 Chapter 13 — An Implementation Project from A to Z pages 379–408

Part IV — Outlook and Reference

Chapter 14 — Future and Further Development pages 409–426

Appendices

Appendix A — Glossary pages 427–438 Appendix B — XML Quick Reference pages 439–446 Appendix C — FundsXML Schema Overview pages 447–461 Appendix D — Complete Example Files pages 462–481 Appendix E — Resources and Links pages 482–485 Index pages 506–515