Two Factor Authentication

14 Nov Release 14 November 2024 – Two Factor Authentication

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New Two Factor Authentication

In this release we created functionality for Two Factor Authentication allowing users to setup 2FA with Google Authenticate, thus adding a second layer of security to each user on the system.
On the user profile within the user card you will now see a button to configure 2 factor authentication, a detailed how to guide is available here, see link.

 

More changes include:

  • Added notification messages for completed instructions. See link
  • Add a Adviser Role Card for a combined Fee & Client card on an Adviser. See link
  • Changed import historical transactions to run in the background, Investors -> Import Historical Transactions – (Allan Gray, Momentum, Momentum International, Ninety One and Stanlib)
  • Added an button to Banking -> Statements Imported Today. You can view each import of the day and also access the statement imported
  • You can now manually rerun auto matching on supplier instrument accounts
  • Added an option Create balancing transactions to the Import Holdings Summary import on the historical transactions, Investors -> Import Historical Transactions – (Allan Gray, Momentum, Momentum International, Ninety One and Stanlib). See link
  • Added authorisation requirement when a change is made to a client’s Risk Assessment scoring. See link
  • Add instrument level to the Instructions -> Submitted screen to cut-down “authorising” time. See link
  • Added distribution table section to statement default
  • Ensured that passport number for ‘Strate BND Client Category’ 0004 – Foreign Citizens are updated in the BND Nominee report
  • Added ‘Include in beneficial ownership report’ tick-box to Shares
  • Move second level authorisation to product level and add percentage option. See link
  • Changed money market interest displayed on Current Holdings and Statement to only display accrual up to the last updated yield date. See link
  • Functionality has been added to search for contracts by making use of Client Account >> Account number.
  • A column has been added to the user list reflecting the last login date of the user.
  • Expand authorisation of instructions on Non-compliant entities to take transaction purpose type into consideration. See link
  • Ensured that accrued fees are taken from a client account on a 100% Internal unit transfer out of a client account. See link
  • Move “Default transaction date offset (in days)” from system configuration to instrument level. See link
  • Manage available Investor instruments on contract level. See link
  • Added option to Unit Transfer in/out instructions to select the client account to which the instruction should apply(excluding model client accounts)
  • Added an import on the Automated Jobs Scheduler for Capital International Limited
  • Refer to the changes to the Export Transaction Data Job (S3). See link
  • Added Azure Blob Storage as an option on Export Transaction Data Job. See link
  • Extended the “Update entity compliance requirement” call on the Institutional Application Program Interface (API) to include “Outstanding” and “Reason”, for details refer to the API link
  • When confirming a contract note, we can generate receipts and potentially welcome letters. This now happens in the background automatically.
  • Added a setting to optionally exclude cash instruments from the ‘Monthly Market Value per Instrument’ section on statements
  • Exclude contracts with zero holdings and inactive contracts from the Next Review Report. See link
  • Added the following fields to the Brokerage Application Program Interface (API): “Contract number”, “Instrument code” & “Instrument name”. See link
  • Update to Investors -> Import Historical Transactions to also look at the dealer for existing instrument accounts

Refer to your online Pivotal Tracker Project for a full list of changes and enhancements for the release.

Bug Fixes

  • 188525060 – Error on statement for Unadjusted Holdings
  • 188542030 – Error on multiple currencies in instruction
  • 188447432 – Improve generation of SARS PAYE file
  • 188374551 – Prevent doing more than one distribution concurrently
  • 188374384 – Ensure fee run completes
  • 188561857 – Improve error message when instrument is not available on a product and included in an instruction
  • 188499862 – Validation added for when a fee type is amended
  • 188474291 – GLASS error in database: secure.thecycle.co.za
  • 188511279 – On a combined statement if a contract is not selected do not show the related client accounts
  • 188473485 – Error on changing Fee Shares
  • 188448448 – Error on Export Contract
  • 188462064 – Ensure document directory is available
  • 188568580 – When deploying a copy of production to the test site notification templates must be automatically copied to the Test site from production
  • 188506189 -Management Fee not on product but on contracts
  • 188586923 – Manual finswitch price file import settings correction
  • 188511527 – Add “Can take fees?” to portfolio instrument
  • 188525959 – Investment summary for statement period’ section shows internal-transfer instructions as a Gain/Loss
  • 188567736 – Bug that cause the aborting and retrying of API call to create an error
  • 188389855 – Enhance Cash recon report to ensure difference is always zero
  • 188627357 – Ensure completed client account transfers can be viewed
  • 188626720 – GLASS error when approving change requests

 

Software update can include but is not limited to:

  • Bug fixes.
  • New and/or enhanced features.
  • Further improvement to performance

 

 

Last Updated on 3 months ago by otto