Create Entities

In the Portfolio Desk workspace, you can create new entities. Depending on the type of policy you want to use when creating an entity, you must provide different types of information. The following procedures explain how to create an entity and how to provide the various types of necessary information when using any of the following predefined policies in creating an entity:

To create an entity:

1. With PDC open, select Portfolio Desk.
2. Click Create New in the upper left corner of the page.
   The Create New dialog box opens.
3. To have an entity provide you with a predefined set of information, which specifies its unique characteristics, relationships, financial data, and vendor data, you select a policy, or template. From the Select Policy drop-down list, select the policy based on the type of entity you want to create, and then click OK.
   The Details tab opens, displaying the policy type that you specified in the Entity Type Description drop-down list.

To add details:

1. If the effective date of the entity is for a date in the past or future, use the date selector to select the appropriate date. The Effective Date at the top of the panel defaults to the current date.
2. Type an Entity ID. It is a unique alphanumeric identifier of the entity, no more than eight characters.
3. Type an Entity Long Name. It is the full name of the entity.
4. You can add optional details about the entity in the remaining spaces on the panel. However, to create an entity, the only information you must provide is an Entity ID.

After you create an entity, you can select a benchmark ID. You can assign any number of benchmarks to an entity. You also can use the same benchmark for different reporting purposes.

Custom Benchmark Custom Index Types

• Currency Conversion
• Source Entity Name
• Source
• Source Performance Model
• Blended Weighted Index
• Floating Weight
• Floating Aggregate
• Hedge Index
• Linked
• Constrained Index
• Exclusion

To select a benchmark:

1. From the drop-down list for the appropriate benchmark in the ID column of the grid, select a benchmark ID.
2. Click Next.
   The Peer Group Association tab opens. After you select a benchmark ID, establish one or more Peer Group Associations, which enable you to link funds to the selected peer groups. You select a primary association, and you can have alternative associations based upon alternative grouping criteria.
   
   

To select a peer group association:

1. From the Primary Peer Group drop-down list, select a primary peer group.
2. From the Secondary Peer Group drop-down list, select a secondary peer group.
3. Click Next.
   The Disclosures tab opens. You now assign disclosures to the entity. You can add, modify, and assign disclosures and incorporate them into a performance report, including those for Global Investment Performance Standards, or GIPS(R), compliance.

To assign a disclosure:

1. In the Add/Update Disclosures section, from the As of Date drop-down list, select As of Date or Inception Date. The list defaults to As of Date. For this exercise, we will use the default value.
2. The displayed date is the Effective Date for the entity and defaults to the current date or the date you specified on the Details tab.
   If the Effective Date, the As of Date, or the Inception Date of the disclosure is for a date in the past or future, use the date selector to select the appropriate date.
3. From the Disclosures drop-down list, select a Disclosure.
   After selecting it, you see it on the AssignedDisclosures grid. You can assign a disclosure to one or more entities, including a LIST type entity, which aggregates a number of underlying entities.
   Repeat this process for each disclosure you want to assign.
4. Click Save.
   You have created the entity.

To grant a business group access to an entity:

1. Check that the business group to which you want to grant access is not already in the table on the tab.
2. If you did not find the business group in the table, on the Permissions tab, from the Business Groups drop-down list, click the down arrow to display a list of business groups.
3. To grant a business access to the entity, select the check box next to that entity.
4. After you select the business groups, click the down arrow to close the list.
5. To save the selections you made, click Save.
   To return the previous tab and discard your selections, click Back.

To assign an aggregate:

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To assign a custom index type:

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To assign a list:

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To assign a share class:

To assign a sector:

To assign a GIPS composite:

To assign a composite:

To assign a sub-portfolio: