Here are a number of Investment Banking Data Models that we have created based on our experience at a number of Investment Banks over the years. Accounts A key building-block. Assets Including Assets and Asset Types Brokers Including Addresses and Contacts. Clients (Customers) Including Addresses and Facilities. Commodities Including Importers and Wholesalers, Producers and Speculators. Data Mart for FX Deals Data Mart for FX Deals Data Model - Generic Covers both Investment and Retail. Data Marts Generic Framework Data Marts. Data Warehouses Data Warehouses. Deals with Financial Instruments Deals and Financial Instruments. Deals - FX Shows details of FX Deals. Deals - General A starting-point for Deals in general. Deals - Simple & Open-Ended Shows a simple starting-point which is open-ended. Enterprise Data Model Top-Level starting-point with Subject Areas. Financial Instruments Description of Financial instruments which can be either cash instruments or derivative instruments. Financial Instruments Data Model Data Model for Financial instruments showing Sub-Types. Financial Services Authority The FSA regulates Banks and Financial Institutions. FpML - What is it ? Good Introduction. FpML Products Shows different Products with an Inheritance relationship. FpML Products Data Model Shows FpML Products as an ERD Data Model. FX Deals Dimensional Model Involves FX Deals. Global Custody Involves processing cross-border securities trades, keeping financial assets safe and servicing portfolios. Glossary of Terms Definitions of some important words, such as Derivatives and Swaps. Life Cycle of a Deal Description of the Stages in the Life Cycle of a typical Deal - Buy, Monitor, Sell. Life Cycle of a Product Life Cycle of a Product thru Front, Middle and Back Office Market Quotes Data Feeds provided by Bloomberg or Reuters for Exchange-Traded Derivatives Middle Office Middle Office is responsible for execution of a Trade Semantic Layer Data Model Provides a user-friendly interface to a Database. Settlements Involves settling Trades. Staff Dealers, Traders and more. Transactions Tracking Share Transactions Data Warehouse / Marts Models ... Data Mart for Position and Risk Mgt Shows Conformed Dimensions but needs work to remove P and L data Data Warehouse (1) Before Facilitated Workshop. Data Warehouse (2) After Facilitated Workshop. Discussion with Users identified that analysis by Trader was required. Therefore Trader replaced a Dimension. Similarly for Currencies. Data Warehouse (3) After all Facilitated Workshop. This Final Version includes all the data that will meet the business requirements. Federated Data Marts   Third-party Data Models ... IBM Banking Data Warehouse This is a useful reference. Oracle Financial Srvices   Here are some useful links :- Data Architecture with 3 Layers Data Architecture with 5 Layers SOA Data Governance Links to external Web Sites :- Financial Products Markup Language(FpML) Progress offering on FpML Wikipedia on FpML Wikipedia on Financial Instruments Wikipedia on Futures Contracts Wikipedia on Securities