The Corporate Action Total Solution — CATS

Any event. One workspace.
The whole lifecycle.

Corporate actions automated at every step, accurate at every stage.

The pressure

Volumes are rising. Windows are narrowing.

Scale with confidence

Event volumes, regulatory demands and cost pressures are rising. Resources and processing windows are narrowing. You must scale to deliver timely, accurate data, clear communications and tailored reporting.

Data integrity

Subtle misreadings across custodian, vendor and agent reports can escalate into critical errors. Every subsequent step depends on an accurate initial record.

Immediate impact

The cost of an error is immediate. A single mistake can translate directly into a client claim, a write-off or a regulatory penalty.

Modernise your infrastructure

Unstructured, fragmented data still sits in legacy systems. You need a cost-effective system and infrastructure that can adapt to change.

Tight deadlines. Unforgiving cut-offs. No correction window.
Every event runs against a market cut-off. A delayed or missed step in that strict sequence results in an irreversible default position.

The CATS lifecycle

Announcement to reconciliation. One controlled flow.

  1. Announce

    Automatically captured, scrubbed and reconciled into one golden copy. Announcements from agents, issuers and vendor feeds arrive through SWIFT and proprietary messages. CATS creates the event and builds your diary and task lists.

    SWIFT MT564 / MT568ISO 20022Vendor feeds
  2. Calculate

    Entitlements, taxes and transformations, pre-computed. Entitled stock records are populated and organised by position and trade type. Exceptions are flagged automatically for proactive risk management and resolution.

    Positions by trade typeTaxExceptions surfaced
  3. Notify

    Every client informed at every stage, automatically. Individual and grouped notifications for announcements, entitlements, elections, reminders and payment confirmations are delivered via SWIFT, email and proprietary messaging. CATS supports SRD II shareholder identification and disclosure, and ad hoc notifications can be raised at any time.

    SWIFT · EmailProprietary messagingSRD II
  4. Instruct

    Every election validated and tracked against the deadline. Each election, from an STP SWIFT instruction or a manual input, is recorded, validated and rigorously tracked against entitlements and market deadlines across elective events.

    STP instructionsManual electionElective events
  5. Settle

    Payments and claims tracked from record date to payment. Process payments and receipts automatically or manually. Open claims are tracked from record date through payment, including early, late and partially settled trades.

    Auto or manualEarly, late, partialOpen claims
  6. Reconcile & Report

    Every event closes with a complete audit trail. Entitlements and outcomes are reconciled automatically. Ready to export in a range of formats, with a full set of standard reports and searches, plus saved queries and scheduled extracts for your own reporting.

    Auto reconciliationStandard reportsScheduled extracts
Supermarket PLC · tender offerCLOSED
AnnounceCalculateNotifyInstructSettleReconcile

Every step on one audit trail, in one workspace.

Working with us

Your roadmap. Handled by experts.

Flexible

Built around you. Your workflows. Your market rules. Your requirements. Our modular platform is configured to your markets and entities, which shortens onboarding and speeds up time to market. Scalable by design, with easy integration, so costs stay aligned with actual need.

Fast

No rigid release schedule. AI-assisted development helps us turn change requests around in weeks. Your priorities set the timeline, backed by an agile system and rapid-response teams.

Focused

More than a contract. Partner with a team of invested experts who bring decades of cumulative experience in corporate actions and solution delivery, backed by dedicated 24-hour, client-centric global support.

Future-ready

Continuously evolving. An established, market-tested technology that already serves custodians and asset management institutions. Built-in APIs for AI model assistants and support for market standards such as ISO 20022 keep the platform ready for what comes next.

Certified

  • ISO 27001
  • ISO 9001
  • EcoVadis Gold, top 5%, May 2026

Standards we follow

  • SRD II
  • SMPG
  • ISO 15022
  • ISO 20022

In production since 2000

In production at custodians and asset managers on three continents.

6countries in production
70+event types
24‑hoursupport
  • Business types: Custody, Principal, Agency lending and Prime brokerage.
  • Product types: Equity and fixed income, domestic and international.

See the full list of event types

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See CATS live.

Book a 30-minute demo and see the application on your own event types.

enquiries@corporate-action.com

The Corporate Action Company. For Custodians, Broker-Dealers, Asset Managers and Fund Administrators.