In our firm’s early stages of growth, EasyAUM helped us build a set of scalable data tools in support of our index construction process. They delivered right on the money. Our collaboration expanded from there and we ultimately worked together to establish a strong foundation for a suite of applications spanning research, investment operations, compliance and marketing. The EasyAUM team’s depth of investment knowledge, technology delivery experience, and direct communication style made them a valuable partner and easy to work with.

– Vice President, Operations Strategy

Client: Leading Fundamental Index firm with large assets under license and direct AUM.

Challenges

  • Existing portfolio construction process was Excel based single user process
  • Data collection and computational process was time consuming
  • Ability to share models across the enterprise was limited.
  • Versions of models and tracking changes was not possible.
  • Source data outliers resulted in errors and delays and were hard to identify
  • Challenges with affiliates management, pricing and security master data for Portfolio Accounting application

Solutions

  • Implemented EasyAUM’s MarketBridge data management solutions
  • Integrated Bloomberg’s global Back Office Equity data set, including security master, pricing, corporate actions, company financials dataset
  • Integrated datasets from other vendors such as FTSE and Markit.
  • Established global equity universe datasets using client’s quantitative models
  • Provided comprehensive range of Bloomberg market data interfaces with leading portfolio accounting system
  • Provided portfolio, benchmark performance returns repository and separate custom application for performance reporting and affiliates management

Benefits

  • Global Equity Universe models with latest data was available each day for research team to work with
  • Robust vendor data capture, transformation and load processes meant the datasets were clean and reliable with outlier handling processes
  • Users could focus on analysis, refining models and making business decisions
  • Brought significant operational efficiencies including timely portfolio valuations and reconciliation
  • Web-based Affiliates application facilitated management of affiliates