Counterparty

It's other party or entity involved in a transaction.

Counterparty

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Description

Financial meaning

A counterparty is any party — individual or organization — that participates in a financial transaction from the opposite side. In capital markets and investment platforms, counterparties include brokers, banks, issuers, custodians, and clients.

Platform abstraction

In the Finmars platform, Counterparty is a master data entity used to associate financial transactions, portfolios, and registers with external trading parties.

Counterparty also is used in:

Examples

User code  Group  Short name  Name  Public name  Notes 
CH-BND-20394857
Am_test01_ Am Test01

Cookbook

CRUD

Operations within platform.

Use Cases

What for it's used.

F.A.Q.

API documentation

How to Create a Counterparty Entity

Prerequisites

We assume you have all prerequisites you may need, including:

  1. If needed: the VPN is configured to access the Finmars resources
  2. If needed: access to the Virtual Machine to work with the sensitive information
  3. Must have: registered in Finmars in the needed region environment (self-registered or registered by Finmars)
  4. Must have: having permissions set to allow continue with the Action in the Guide

Creation of Counterparty Entity

  1. Open the “Data” section in the left-hand side menu. Select the “Counterparties” entity from the list under Data.
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  2. Click the “+ Add” button located in the top-left corner of the portfolio list view.
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  3. This action opens the Add Counterparty form.
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  4. Fill in the required fields in the creation panel:
    1. Counterparty – full name or identifier for the counterparty (required). This can be a bank, broker, client, or any financial entity you deal with.
    2. Group used to organize counterparties into categories such as “Banks,” “Funds,” “Clients,” etc.
    3. Notes any additional internal comments or metadata for the counterparty.
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  5. Click “Create and Exit” to save the portfolio and return to the list view. Alternatively, use “Create” to save and continue editing.