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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.

Examples

User code  Group  Short name  Name  Public name  Notes 






  • User code: unique identifier assigned to the counterparty. Used for internal reference and tracking.
  • Group: a logical classification that allows grouping counterparties by type, role, or business relationship. Useful for filtering and reporting.

  • Short name: abbreviated or condensed label for quick reference.

  • Name: the full legal or registered name of the counterparty as used internally and in official documentation.

  • Public name: market-facing or external name of the instrument, often matching how it appears on exchanges or public reports.

  • Notes: free-text field for comments or special handling notes related to the counterparty.

Cookbook

CRUD

Operations within platform.

Use Cases

What for it's used.

F.A.Q.

API documentation

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