Financial Instruments Ontology

financial instrument whose value is determined by the market and that is readily transferable (highly liquid)

Cash instruments can be classified into two subgroups, as securities and other cash instruments such as loans and deposits.

financial instrument representing an ownership interest in bulk goods, such as raw materials and primary agricultural products

financial instrument used for the purposes of currency trading

Each instance of a currency instrument has a one to one relationship with its associated currency.

Example currencies include UK pounds, US dollars, Euro.  An example currency instrument is spot currency instrument.

financial instrument evidencing monies owed by the issuer to the holder on terms as specified

financial instrument that confers on its holders certain rights or obligations, whose value is derived from one or more underlying assets

Derivatives can be characterized by whether they are exchange-traded or traded over-the-counter (OTC).

The three major categories of derivatives are (1) forward and future contracts, (2) options contracts, and (3) swaps. The most common underlying assets include stocks, bonds, commodities, currencies, interest rates and market indexes.

financial instrument that provides the holder the privilege to subscribe to or to receive specific assets on terms specified

financial instrument representing an ownership interest in an entity or pool of assets

security that is exempt from certain regulatory rules

Some exemptions from the registration requirement include: private offerings to a limited number of persons or institutions; offerings of limited size; intrastate offerings; and securities of municipal, state, and federal governments.

written contract that gives rise to both a financial asset of one entity and a financial liability of another entity

Examples of financial instruments include: cash, evidence of an ownership interest in an entity, or a contractual right to receive (or deliver) cash, or another financial instrument.

sequence of characters uniquely identifying a financial instrument for some purpose and within a specified context

Identifiers for financial instruments may include an ISIN, Sedol, CUSIP, BBGID, FIGI, or other identifier issued approximately when the instrument itself is issued, and based on the kind of instrument and jurisdiction in which it is issued.

derivative instrument that obligates the buyer to receive and the seller to deliver the assets specified at an agreed price, at some later point in time

party that issues (or proposes to issue in a formal filing) a financial instrument

security that can be transferred to another party

security that is not transferable to another party

derivative instrument that grants to the holder either the privilege to purchase or the privilege to sell the assets specified at a predetermined price or formula at or within a time period in the future

financial product that acts as a container for at least one financial instrument, including other financial products, and whose value is derived from, or based on a reference asset, market measure, or investment strategy

Packaged products are typically included in an institution's approved product catalog, i.e., pre-approved by compliance organizations for sale to clients. Not all institutions maintain such a catalog, with internal identifiers for such products, but many do. Such core products may have as attributes: Type (product and possibly asset class), product identifier, status and approval date, product family approval (as appropriate), and so forth.

contract provision enabling the issuer (writer) to regain possession through repayment of some stipulated price

trade that represents the execution of an order to buy or sell a security

sequence of characters uniquely identifying a securities transaction for some purpose and within a specified context

financial instrument that can be bought or sold

financial instrument that settles for immediate delivery on a specified date

contract terms that, grouped together, that are generally and consistently reused across many contracts, published by some organization, and capable of being incorporated into a contract by reference

Each exchange has a set of terms they apply to membership agreements and with respect to the instrments that may be traded on that exchange. For example, there is a set expiration date that exchanges will publish for exchange-traded options - in the US it is the Saturday following the third Friday of every month. Similarly, there are set incremental dates for strike for exchange traded options. Contract sizes are also stipulated, for example in the US these are standardized by the OPRA Convention (Options Pricing Reporting Authority).