Patent ID: 8165937

Claim:
A computer-implemented, network-based system configured to manage files related to securities issued by securities issuers, the system comprising: electronic storage that stores a list of users associated with money-market funds; and one or more processors configured to execute computer program modules, the computer program modules comprising: a storage module configured to store a plurality of files, the plurality of files including files that are associated with individual ones of a plurality of securities issuers; an issuer cabinet module accessible by a first issuer, the issuer cabinet module being configured to manage files from the plurality of files stored in the storage module that are associated with the first issuer, wherein the files associated with the first issuer include a first group of files corresponding to one or more municipal bonds issued by the first issuer that must be disclosed to the public under a first set of one or more regulatory rules related to secondary market disclosures for municipal bonds, and a second group of files for which public disclosure is not mandatory under the first set of one or more regulatory rules but are relevant to an assessment as to whether the one or more municipal bonds issued by the first issuer qualify as eligible securities under a second set of one or more regulatory rules regulating the types of securities that can be held by money-market funds; a disclosure module configured to automatically send files from the first group of files to one or more computer systems associated with an entity that maintains secondary market disclosure data for municipal bonds and makes the first group of files available to the public on a publicly available website; and a communication module configured to provide access to the second group of files to money-market fund users included in the list of users associated with money-market funds, such that the money-market fund users receive access to the second group of files without the second group of files becoming accessible to unauthorized users not included in the list of users associated with money-market funds.