In Treasury, an equity is a share of stock that your company either invests in or wishes to track. You use the equities deal type and related windows to set up stock issue information, purchase, track and resell shares of stock, process cash dividends, and settle, revalue, and account for stock investment activities. You can also enter and maintain stock information for clients of your company.
Note: The purpose of the Treasury equities functionality is to manage your company's investment or trade in stocks issued by other companies. The Treasury equities functionality is not designed to administer your company's own stock offerings, nor is it intended to be used by a brokerage firm to manage high trading volumes.