Data Dictionary

Jayzed Data Architecture for Global Financial Institutions

Hedge Fund Manager - Information Model

This is a subset of the entities and their definitions

Entity Name	Definition
Agreement	A binding contract between two or more Legal entities.
Agreement Legal Entity	A listing of Legal Entities that have signed an agreement.
Asset	Anything of commercial or exchange value that is owned by a legal entity. Assets are differntiates by the Asset Class (Cash, Securities, ...)
Asset Class	A specific category of assets or investments, such as stocks, bonds, cash, international securities and real estate. Assets within the same class generally exhibit similar characteristics, behave similarly in the marketp
Bond	A debt investment with which the investor loans money to an entity (company or government) that borrows the funds for a defined period of time at a specified interest rate.
Broker	1. An individual or firm that charges a fee or commission for executing buy and sell orders submitted by an investor. 2. The role of a firm when it acts as an agent for a customer and charges the customer a commission
Cash	Legal tender or coins that can be used in exchange goods, debt, or services. Sometimes also including the value of assets that can be converted into cash immediately, as reported by a company.
Commodity	Any bulk good traded on an exchange or in the cash market.
Counterparty	The other participant, including intermediaries, in a trade.
Currency	Money circulated within an economy, including coins and paper notes.
Derivative	A security, such as an option or futures contract, whose value depends on the performance of an underlying security or asset.
Exchange	A market in which securities, commodities, options, or futures are traded
Fund	An investment company that sells shares to investors and manages a portfolio of assets.
Fund of Funds	A hedge fund that invests in other hedge funds.
Fund Type	The types of fund differentiates between Hegde, Fund of Fund, Traditional etc.
Hedge Fund	A private investment partnership seeking absolute returns independant of market directions. The fund can use short positions leverage and derivatives.
Hedge Fund Strategy	Hedge fund stattegies are Global Makro, Arbitrage, CTA etc.
Investor	A classificagion of Hedge Funds by their strategy: Even Driven, Market Neutral, Global Makro, Arbitrage etc.
Issuer	1. The entity, such as a corporation or municipality, that offers (or proposes to offer) its securities for sale. 2. The creator of an option, sometimes referred to as the writer. 3. The partnership that creates a hedg
Legal Entity	A person or organization that can legally enter into a contract, and may therefore be sued for failure to comply with the terms of the contract.
Legal Entity Relationship	This entity relates Legal Entities. It holds two entity IDs, subject and object and Type of relationship. Example record: Object ID, Subject ID, Type "Paul", "Peter", "Parent". Information meaning: Paul is Pete
Legal Entity Relationship Type	This defines the type of relationship between two Legal Entities. Organization Examples: Trustee, Advisor, Parent Company Person Examples: Spouse, Parent
Legal Entity Role	A breakdown of the roles (functions) that Legal entities perform. This is what the Legal Entity DOES.
Legal Entity Type	A breakdown of legal entities into types. E.g. persons vs. organizations. This is what the Legal Entity IS.
Lender ID	A financial institution (bank brokerage) that provides loans.
Market Data Provider	A legal entity that provides market information. E.g. Reuters, Bloomberg
Organization	Information about legal entities that are not persons.
Person	An idividual - as opposed to organization legal entity.
Portfolio	A grouping of assets for the purpose of managing and reporting. .
Portfolio Position	The quantity/amount of an asset either owned (which constitutes a long position) or borrowed (which constitutes a short position) by a legal entity. This entity has a record for each security in the portfolio.
Position	The quantity/amount of an asset either owned (which constitutes a long position) or borrowed (which constitutes a short position) by a legal entity. This entity has just the name, ID of the portfolio.
Property	A legally owned possession or real estate. The entity includes not only land and building, but all intangible assets.
Security	An instrument representing ownership (stocks), a debt agreement (bonds), or the rights to ownership (derivatives). Notes: A security is essentially a contract that can be assigned a value and traded. Examples: note
Security Type	This is a breakdown of securities into categories. The types are stocks, bonds, derivatives as well as fund.
Service Provider	A legal entity that provides services for market participants. Examples are brokers, exhanges, advisors, trustees etc.
Service Providor Type	A categorization of Service Providors.
Stock	A type of security that signifies ownership in a corporation and represents a claim on part of the corporation's assets and earnings. Also known as shares, or equity.