Create a Legal Entity

In the Legal Entity workspace, you can create and delete legal entities. Here you can specify industry sector information, GISC industry information, primary and credit analyst and any cross reference values generated by the enrichment. You can also establish relationship information for the legal entity by indicating the ultimate parent, acquired by a parent or counterparty.

To create a legal entity:

In the Reference Data Center workspace, click Legal Entities in the left navigation pane.
You see the Legal Entity workspace with all the available detail data.
Click Create New.
You see the Create New dialog box.
Click the Data Strategy drop-down to select a data strategy and then click OK.
Options include:
Legal Entity (US)
Legal Entity (Non US)
You see the legal entity fields assigned by the data strategy.
Complete the options on the Create New Legal Entity panel.
Click Save.
Click Refresh Screen.
You see the new legal entity in the Legal Entities workspace.

Create Legal Entity Options

Option	Description
Legal Entity Information	Contains fields for entering issuer ID and name of the legal entity.
Legal Entity Xreference	Displays the cross reference value generated by the enrichment.
General Information	This section contains fields for entering address information, country of exposure, and country of incorporation currency, company ticker, and indicating if the legal entity is an ultimate parent, acquired by a parent or a counterparty.
Legal Entity Classification	Displays industry sector information.
Additional Legal Entity Information	Displays the primary analyst and credit analyst.
GICS Industry Information	This section contains fields for selecting the GICS sector, industry group, industry, and sub-industry.