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Basic data structure

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How to start?

Entities are the most central elements of Newton. Before creating your first entity, a couple of preparations should be done:

Review and extend the basic

configuration⁠

to match your requirements. The most important option groups are:

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Options⁠

Entity Type⁠

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Newton’s default entity types are:

Master Holding – Top company of a Project

HoldCo – Holding

OpCo – Operational company

AssetCo – Company that owns Assets (financial, virtual or physical)

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Options⁠

> Entity Status

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Options⁠

> Contact Group

Create contacts and assign their contact group(s), so that select list for responsible persons, shareholders, or directors are not empty. (This step is not mandatory as most functions provide a “quick-add” button to add new contacts.)

Main data

The first entity should be the “highest of your structure”, so that it is available as a shareholder for the subsidiary companies. Typically, this entity is a holding company. Newton uses the entity type “Master Holding” as the top of a structure (

Entity types⁠

can be renamed and extended as you need it).

To set-up an entity, you will need:

Basic data such the name and legal form of the entity,

Shareholders (which can be natural persons (see how to

Create a Contact⁠

), entities or companies not managed in Newton)

Directors and other officers with statutory authority

Corporate and/or tax advisors

Other stakeholders

For better separation and management we recommend to assign a Role and a Group to all of them, but this is not required. Check

Rights Management⁠

to understand better Roles, Groups and Overview.

Structure

Plan the structure of your Project(s). In some cases it makes sense to group company structures by purpose (Asset Class), in others by jurisdiction, project size or stakeholders. A good structure is key for proper reporting and management.

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