# openfunds Data definitions for the Characterization of Investment Funds

The openfunds association provides an open, extensible and cost-free standard for the characterization of investment fund data with the aim to facilitate the data exchange across the industry. For more information, visit https://openfunds.org.

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## Resources and References

### openfunds Field List (PDF)

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- **URL**: https://openfunds.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/openfunds_fields_v2.13.0.pdf?ref=gams&utm_source=gams&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=fieldlistpdf
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**Contents outline**:

- Example UBS (page 5)
- Field Tags Essential (page 5)
- OF-ID OFST001020 Field Name ManCo (page 5)
- Example ERSTE-SPARINVEST KAG (page 5)
- Field Level Company Link Reference OFST001030 (page 5)
- Values Name of Management Company (page 5)
- OF-ID OFST001030 Field Name LEI Of ManCo (page 6)
- Field Level Company Link Reference OFST001035 (page 6)
- OF-ID OFST001040 Field Name Is Self-Managed Investment Company (page 7)
- OF-ID OFST001105 Field Name LEI of Fund Promoter (page 10)
- OF-ID OFST001300 Field Name Fund Administrator Name (page 10)
- Field Level Company Link Reference OFST001410 (page 11)
- OF-ID OFST001410 Field Name LEI Of Custodian Bank (page 11)
- Field Level Company Link Reference OFST001415 (page 11)
- Example BOFAUS3N (page 12)
- OF-ID OFST001455 Field Name Domicile of Portfolio Managing Company (page 13)
- OF-ID OFST001500 Field Name Fund Advisor Name (page 13)
- Example Wellington Management (page 14)
- OF-ID OFST001520 Field Name Legal Adviser Name (page 14)
- Field Level Company Link Reference OFST001890 (page 15)
- Field Tags Full | ETF (page 16)
- OF-ID OFST002700 Field Name Transfer Agent Name (page 16)
- Example ABC Ltd (page 16)
- OF-ID OFST002705 Field Name BIC Of Transfer Agent (page 16)
- Example EFALLULLTRF (page 16)
- Field Level Company Link Reference OFST002700 (page 16)
- OF-ID OFST002760 Field Name Dissemination Recipient (page 17)
- OF-ID OFST002900 Field Name Global Intermediary Identification Number of Fund (page 17)
- Field Level Umbrella Link Reference (page 19)
- OF-ID OFST005010 Field Name Umbrella (page 19)
- Field Level Umbrella Link Reference OFST010035 (page 19)
- Field Tags Full | LU (page 20)
- Field Tags Full | BE (page 20)
- Field Tags KR | Full (page 21)
- OF-ID OFST010035 Field Name LEI Of Umbrella (page 21)
- Field Level Umbrella Link Reference OFST005015 (page 21)
- OF-ID OFST010011 Field Name Fund Domicile Alpha-3 (page 22)
- Field Tags Essential (page 22)
- Field Tags Essential (page 23)
- OF-ID OFST010030 Field Name LEI Of Fund (page 23)
- Example 529900OWPE4NBFY34K47 (page 23)
- Field Tags Full | LU (page 25)
- Field Tags BE | Full (page 25)
- Field Tags ES | Full (page 25)
- Field Tags Full | KR (page 26)
- OF-ID OFST010110 Field Name Legal Fund Name Only (page 26)
- Example ESPA Bond Danubia (page 26)
- Key Fact: Fund OFST010000 - OFST019999 (page 27)
- OF-ID OFST010211 Field Name Currency Hedge Portfolio (page 27)
- OF-ID OFST010230 Field Name Has Hedge Fund Strategy (page 28)
- Example 1973-09-22 (page 29)
- Key Fact: Fund OFST010000 - OFST019999 (page 30)
- OF-ID OFST010251 Field Name Fund Valuation Point Time Zone (page 30)
- Example SST (page 30)
- Field Level Fund Link Reference OFST010250 (page 30)
- Example Europe/London (page 31)
- OF-ID OFST010270 Field Name Has Redemption Gates (page 31)
- Field Tags Additional | Alternative Fund (page 31)
- Field Tags Additional | Alternative Fund (page 31)
- Field Level Share Class Link Reference OFST010270 (page 32)
- Field Tags Alternative Fund | Additional (page 32)
- OF-ID OFST010274 Field Name Redemption Gate Queue Policy (page 32)
- Field Level Share Class Link Reference OFST010270 (page 32)
- Field Tags Alternative Fund | Additional (page 32)
- Example Carried Forward (page 33)
- Field Level Share Class Link Reference OFST010270 (page 33)
- Values "Cancelled" / "Carried Forward" (page 33)
- Field Tags Additional | Alternative Fund (page 33)
- OF-ID OFST010278 Field Name Redemption Gate Carried Forward Queue Policy (page 33)
- Field Level Share Class Link Reference OFST010276 (page 33)
- Field Tags Additional | Alternative Fund (page 33)
- Key Fact: Fund OFST010000 - OFST019999 (page 34)
- OF-ID OFST010280 Field Name Name of the Series Issued (page 34)
- Field Tags Full | Alternative Fund (page 34)
- OF-ID OFST010290 Field Name Primary Investment Strategy of Private Markets Fund (page 34)
- Example Private Equity (page 34)
- Field Tags Alternative Fund (page 34)
- Field Level Fund Link Reference OFST010290 (page 35)
- Field Tags Alternative Fund (page 35)
- OF-ID OFST010300 Field Name Investment Objective (page 35)
- OF-ID OFST010500 Field Name Is Fund Of Funds (page 36)
- OF-ID OFST010630 Field Name Is Leveraged (page 37)
- Field Tags GB | Full (page 39)
- OF-ID OFST010730 Field Name Management Approach Type (page 40)
- Field Tags Full | DE (page 40)
- OF-ID OFST010740 Field Name Has Thematic Investment Strategy (page 40)
- Field Tags Full | DE (page 40)
- Introduced / Revoked 2 (page 41)
- Field Tags DE | Full (page 41)
- OF-ID OFST010746 Field Name Has Target Return Lower Limit (page 41)
- Introduced / Revoked 2 (page 41)
- Field Tags Full | DE (page 41)
- Field Tags DE | Full (page 41)
- Field Tags DE | Full (page 42)
- Example 2025-02-04 (page 42)
- OF-ID OFST010900 Field Name Replication Methodology First Level (page 42)
- Field Tags Full | ETF (page 42)
- Key Fact: Fund OFST010000 - OFST019999 (page 43)
- OF-ID OFST010901 Field Name Replication Methodology Second Level (page 43)
- Field Level Fund Link Reference OFST010900 (page 43)
- Field Tags Full | ETF (page 43)
- OF-ID OFST011000 Field Name Has Securities Lending (page 43)
- Field Level Fund Link Reference OFST011010 (page 43)
- OF-ID OFST011210 Field Name Is Structured UCITS Fund (page 45)
- Field Level Fund Link Reference OFST160040 (page 45)
- Field Tags Full | ES (page 46)
- Key Fact: Share Class OFST020000 - OFST049999 (page 47)
- OF-ID OFST020000 Field Name ISIN (page 47)
- Example LU1135392162 (page 47)
- Field Tags EFT | Essential | TPT | EPT | RG97 | EMT (page 47)
- OF-ID OFST020001 Field Name Financial Instrument Identifying Data (page 47)
- Example LU0048621717 (page 47)
- Field Level Share Class Link Reference OFST020002 (page 47)
- Field Tags EPT | Additional (page 47)
- Key Fact: Share Class OFST020000 - OFST049999 (page 48)
- OF-ID OFST020002 Field Name Financial Instrument Type of Identification Code (page 48)
- Field Level Share Class Link Reference OFST020001 (page 48)
- Field Level Share Class Link Reference OFST020000 (page 49)
- OF-ID OFST020005 Field Name CUSIP (page 49)
- Field Tags Full | US (page 49)
- OF-ID OFST020020 Field Name Bloomberg Code (page 50)
- Example DANUBIA AV (page 50)
- Field Tags Full | CH (page 51)
- OF-ID OFST020040 Field Name SEDOL (page 51)
- Example BVTW3G0 (page 51)
- Field Level Listing Link Reference (page 51)
- Field Tags GB | Full (page 51)
- Field Tags Full | NZ | AU (page 51)
- OF-ID OFST020050 Field Name Share Class Extension (page 52)
- Example A (page 52)
- Example UBS (CH) Equity Fund - Swiss Total Yield I-X-dist (page 53)
- OF-ID OFST020070 Field Name Abbreviated Share Class Name (page 53)
- Example AP55b (page 54)
- Field Tags Additional | Hybrid Field (page 54)
- Field Tags Full | LU (page 54)
- Field Tags BE | Full (page 54)
- OF-ID OFST020280 Field Name Has Equalization Method For Performance Fee (page 55)
- OF-ID OFST020285 Field Name Has Equalization Method For Distribution (page 55)
- OF-ID OFST020435 Field Name Annual Distribution Yield At Fiscal Year End (page 58)
- OF-ID OFST020450 Field Name Ex-Dividend Date Calendar (page 58)
- OF-ID OFST020530 Field Name Is Multicurrency Share Class (page 59)
- Field Level Share Class Link Reference OFST020535 (page 59)
- OF-ID OFST020545 Field Name Share Class Lifecycle (page 60)
- Example 1997-07-01 (page 62)
- Field Level Share Class Link Reference OFST010240 (page 62)
- Field Level Share Class Link Reference OFST020566 (page 64)
- OF-ID OFST020572 Field Name Absorbing Fund Full Share Class Name (page 64)
- OF-ID OFST023100 Field Name Investment Status (page 68)
- OF-ID OFST023105 Field Name Investment Status Description (page 68)
- OF-ID OFST023200 Field Name Benchmark (page 69)
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### openfunds Field List (Excel)

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- **URL**: https://openfunds.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/openfunds_fields_v2.13.0.xlsx?ref=gams&utm_source=gams&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=fieldlistxlsx
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**Contents outline**:

- Sheet1 (1871 rows)

### openfunds Previous Field Lists

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### openfunds Whitepapers

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### Corporate Actions
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### Countries of Registration
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### Dynamic Data
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### Ambiguity of Empty Fields
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### Execution Fields: Notification and Settlement
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### Execution Fields: Trade Cycles
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### Data Tags
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### Field Typology
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### Flat Table versus Narrow Table
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### Full Portfolio Holdings
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### Fund Ratios and Exposures
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### Fund Names
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### Hedging
Source: https://openfunds.org/knowledge/whitepapers/hedging-v2. Automatically included from openfunds white papers.

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### Home Country Legal Structures
Source: https://openfunds.org/knowledge/whitepapers/home-country-legal-structures. Automatically included from openfunds white papers.

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- **URL**: https://openfunds.org/knowledge/whitepapers/home-country-legal-structures
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### Hong Kong Complex And Non-complex Funds
Source: https://openfunds.org/knowledge/whitepapers/hong-kong-complex-and-non-complex-funds. Automatically included from openfunds white papers.

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- **URL**: https://openfunds.org/knowledge/whitepapers/hong-kong-complex-and-non-complex-funds
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### Introduction to openfunds
Source: https://openfunds.org/knowledge/whitepapers/intro-to-openfunds. Automatically included from openfunds white papers.

- **Type**: Web Link
- **URL**: https://openfunds.org/knowledge/whitepapers/intro-to-openfunds
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### Investor Concentration
Source: https://openfunds.org/knowledge/whitepapers/investor-concentration. Automatically included from openfunds white papers.

- **Type**: Web Link
- **URL**: https://openfunds.org/knowledge/whitepapers/investor-concentration
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### Language Tags
Source: https://openfunds.org/knowledge/whitepapers/language-tags. Automatically included from openfunds white papers.

- **Type**: Web Link
- **URL**: https://openfunds.org/knowledge/whitepapers/language-tags
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### Multiple data sources
Source: https://openfunds.org/knowledge/whitepapers/multiple-data-sources. Automatically included from openfunds white papers.

- **Type**: Web Link
- **URL**: https://openfunds.org/knowledge/whitepapers/multiple-data-sources
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### openfunds’ Conventions
Source: https://openfunds.org/knowledge/whitepapers/openfunds-conventions. Automatically included from openfunds white papers.

- **Type**: Web Link
- **URL**: https://openfunds.org/knowledge/whitepapers/openfunds-conventions
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### Ringfencing
Source: https://openfunds.org/knowledge/whitepapers/ringfencing. Automatically included from openfunds white papers.

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- **URL**: https://openfunds.org/knowledge/whitepapers/ringfencing
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### Share Class Lifecycle
Source: https://openfunds.org/knowledge/whitepapers/share-class-lifecycle. Automatically included from openfunds white papers.

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- **URL**: https://openfunds.org/knowledge/whitepapers/share-class-lifecycle
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### Version Management
Source: https://openfunds.org/knowledge/whitepapers/versions. Automatically included from openfunds white papers.

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- **URL**: https://openfunds.org/knowledge/whitepapers/versions
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## Frequently Asked Questions

**Q: What is openfunds?**

openfunds is a non-profit industry association that provides an open, extensible and cost-free standard for the characterisation and exchange of investment fund data. The standard helps improve quality and efficiency in the exchange, validation and analysis of fund information. Please visit the [openfunds website](https://openfunds.org/?ref=gams&utm_source=gams&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=whatisopenfunds) for all full overview of all features provided.

**Q: Who is behind openfunds?**

openfunds is supported by a broad group of financial institutions, asset managers, data providers and other fund industry participants working together on a common fund data standard. The association maintains an active member list on its website. Please visit [https://openfunds.org/about/about-us/](https://openfunds.org/about/about-us/?ref=gams&utm_source=gams&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=whoisbehind) for more information.

**Q: What is the benefit of an openfunds membership?**

An openfunds membership allows organisations to actively contribute to the further development of the standard and participate in industry discussions around fund data quality, efficiency and interoperability. Members can help shape practical solutions for the exchange, validation and analysis of fund information. Please visit [https://openfunds.org/about/members/](https://openfunds.org/about/members/?ref=gams&utm_source=gams&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=benefitmembership) for more information.

**Q: Is openfunds really free of charge and any intellectual property?**

The openfunds standard is published as open content under a Creative Commons Attribution-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License. This means the standard can be used free of charge, provided it is not modified and openfunds is mentioned as the source. Please visit [https://openfunds.org/about/licence/](https://openfunds.org/about/licence/?ref=gams&utm_source=gams&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=licence) for more information.

**Q: How do I get updates from openfunds?**

openfunds publishes news and newsletters on its website, including updates on field versions, events and developments around the standard. You can also subscribe to the mailing list via the linked form on the website or follow [openfunds on LinkedIn](https://www.linkedin.com/company/openfunds/). Please visit [https://openfunds.org/info/news/](https://openfunds.org/info/news/?ref=gams&utm_source=gams&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=news) for more information.

**Q: How do I contact openfunds if I have a question?**

For questions, you can contact the openfunds business office by email or via the contact page, which also includes the association’s postal details and a link to subscribe to the mailing list. Please visit [https://openfunds.org/about/contact/](https://openfunds.org/about/contact/?ref=gams&utm_source=gams&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=contact) for more information.

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