Bulk Import: Adding Fund Transactions

Modified on Wed, 22 Apr at 9:16 PM

The Fund Transactions template lets you bulk-upload money movements — investments, distributions, dividends, income, and redemptions — between a parent fund and its underlying child assets. 

Before You Start

The template is built around a parent/child asset structure. The parent asset holds investor subscriptions; child assets sit beneath it as the underlying positions. All transactions in this template represent money moving between the parent and one of those children.

Make sure the following are already set up in Delio before filling in the template:

  • The parent asset and all relevant child assets exist and are correctly named.
  • Investor records exist with their unique reference names.
  • Subscriptions are recorded against the parent asset.
Note: Asset names entered in the template must exactly match how they appear in Delio. Any mismatch will cause the import to fail.

Template Overview

Each row in the template represents a single transaction. The spreadsheet contains the following columns:

  • Transaction Type — select from the dropdown (Investment, Distribution, Dividend, Income, Redemption).
  • Date — the date the transaction took place.
  • Investor Name — the unique reference for the investor (must match exactly in Delio).
  • Asset From — the asset the money is moving out of.
  • Asset To — the asset the money is moving into.
  • No. units — number of units being bought or sold (required for Investments and Redemptions only).
  • Price per unit — unit price (under the "Input Per Unit" section).
  • Total Value — total cash amount (under the "Input as Cash" section).
  • Transaction tax — optional; does not have a functional effect at this time.
  • Description — optional free-text field.
Fund transactions template showing all column headers
The fund_transactions template with all column headers visible. Columns G–H are grouped under "Input Per Unit" and "Input as Cash" respectively.

Transaction Types Explained

Choose the correct transaction type from the dropdown in column A before filling in the rest of the row. The type determines which direction money flows and which fields are required.

  • Investment — the parent fund makes an investment into a child asset. Money flows from parent to child.
  • Distribution — the child asset returns capital to the parent. Money flows from child to parent.
  • Dividend — income paid from the child asset back up to the parent investor.
  • Income — similar to Dividend; income generated by the child position distributed to the parent.
  • Redemption — units are redeemed out of a child investment back to the parent.

Filling In Asset From and Asset To

The meaning of Asset From and Asset To changes depending on the transaction type.

For Asset From:

  • Investments: Enter the name of the parent asset that is making the investment (e.g. Fund 1).
  • Distributions and all other types: Enter the name of the child or underlying asset that is generating the distribution back up to the parent.

For Asset To:

  • Investments: Enter the name of the child asset the money is going into (e.g. Private Company LLP).
  • Distributions and all other types: Enter the name of the parent asset that is receiving the distribution (e.g. Fund 1).
Tip: Think of it as: Asset From = where the money leaves, Asset To = where the money arrives. For an investment, money leaves the parent fund and arrives in the child. For a distribution, it leaves the child and arrives in the parent.

Number of Units and Value

No. units is only required when the transaction type is Investment or Redemption — where you are buying or selling a specific quantity of units. Leave it blank for dividends, income, and distributions.

For the value columns, you only need to fill in one of the two options — the system will calculate the other:

  • Enter Price per unit and the system will multiply by the number of units to produce the total value.
  • Enter Total Value and the system will divide by the number of units to produce the price per unit.
Note: For dividends and income where No. units is left blank, Delio will look up the investor's unit holding on the specified date automatically. If you enter a Price per unit, the system will calculate the total; if you enter a Total Value, it will post exactly as entered.

Optional Fields

Transaction tax can be entered if required, though it does not have a functional effect in the system at this time. Description is a free-text field you can use for internal reference — it is not required for the import to succeed.

Uploading the Completed Template

  1. Complete all required rows in the template, one transaction per row.
  2. Save the file in .xlsx format.
  3. In Delio, navigate to the relevant fund and locate the transaction import option.
  4. Upload the completed file and confirm the import.
  5. Review any validation errors returned and correct the relevant rows before re-uploading.
Important: Do not change the column headers or sheet structure. Delio's import relies on the template columns being in their original positions.

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