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Description

ENTITY_ID

Stores a unique identifier for each entity

ENTITY TYPE

Tells the system how to treat a particular entity in return calculations and reports, such as portfolio or composite. For example, a return calculation for a composite entity type combines the holdings and cash flows across portfolios into a single aggregate.

BASE_CURRENCY

Stores the base currency. Used in reports that do currency conversions to determine the from currency.

INCEPTION_DATE

Stores the earliest date from which you link returns in this column. Used to calculate inception-to-date returns.

TERMINATION_DATE

Stores the termination date. Used to calculate multi-period returns.

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Because June 30 is the date you need to use to count the dayssincedays since-inception for annualization purposes, you need to store this data in the INCEPTION_DATE column.

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