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Instrument

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Description

Financial meaning

Financial instruments are contracts that represent a financial asset for one party and a financial liability or equity instrument for another. They are used in investing, hedging, and speculative strategies across global financial markets.

Instruments can be categorized into equity instruments (e.g., stocks), debt instruments (e.g., bonds), derivatives (e.g., options, swaps), and hybrid instruments.

Platform abstraction

In the Finmars platform, the Instruments entity represents the complete set of financial instruments under management. It serves as a central component for accounting, valuation, performance measurement, risk analysis, reconciliation, and reporting.

Types of Instruments:

  1. Bond – Debt security issued by governments or corporations.

  2. CDS (Credit Default Swap) – Derivative instrument used for credit risk protection.

  3. Derivative – General derivative contracts (e.g., swaps, futures).

  4. Forward – Customized contracts to buy/sell at a future date.

  5. FX Forward Leg – Foreign exchange component of a forward contract.

  6. Option – Contracts offering rights to buy or sell underlying assets.

  7. Other – Catch-all for custom or less common instruments.

  8. Portfolio – Grouping of assets.

  9. Stock – Equity shares of companies.

  10. T-Bill (Treasury Bill) – Short-term government debt securities.

Examples

Platform screenshots with a description of a record table example. 

Cookbook

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Use Cases

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F.A.Q.

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