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title: "Investor management"
slug: "investor-management"
status: "update"
updated: 2025-10-09T08:28:22Z
published: 2025-10-09T08:28:22Z
canonical: "support.lusid.com/investor-management"
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> ## Documentation Index
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# Investor management

LUSID’s investor management module for transfer agency enables you to model any investor structure and store all back-office data in one system:

- An *investor* can be represented in LUSID as either a Person or a Legal Entity (representing a corporation or institution), whichever is more appropriate.
- An *investor record* collates, in one place, all the information required to validate an investor in a particular jurisdiction, for example address information, KYC status, payment details and tax records. An investor might have many investor records in different jurisdictions.
- An *investment account* links an investor record (and its underlying investor) to the portfolio(s) storing their investments.
- An *investment portfolio* stores a record of investment activity, for example subscriptions and redemptions, or dividend distributions for re-investment.

Consider the following example scenarios for a Person investor:

| **Single jurisdication** | **Multiple jurisdictions** | **Joint account** |
| --- | --- | --- |
| ![](https://cdn.document360.io/d575ad81-c0ed-4980-bbd1-d59ac5c3de82/Images/Documentation/TA-InvestorManagement-IndividualSingle.png) | ![](https://cdn.document360.io/d575ad81-c0ed-4980-bbd1-d59ac5c3de82/Images/Documentation/TA-InvestorManagement-IndividualMultiple.png) | ![](https://cdn.document360.io/d575ad81-c0ed-4980-bbd1-d59ac5c3de82/Images/Documentation/TA-InvestorManagement-Joint.png) |

An investment account has a *type* that determines the ultimate investor structure:

- An `Individual` account must link (through an investor record) to a single Person investor.
- A `Corporate` account must link to a single Legal Entity investor.
- A `Joint` account can link either to a group of Person investors or a group of Legal Entity investors.
- A `Nominee` account must link to a single Person or Legal Entity acting on behalf of other investors.

To get started, choose whether to manage investors in the [LUSID web app](/v1/docs/managing-investors-in-the-lusid-web-app) or [programmatically](/v1/docs/setting-up-investors-programmatically).