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Institutional portfolios rarely fit neatly into one investment system.
An endowment might hold public equities, bonds, private equity, venture capital, hedge funds, real estate and direct investments. A pension fund may have hundreds of managers across multiple strategies and geographies.
When every asset class produces data differently, creating a consolidated portfolio becomes difficult.
The solution is to create a unified investment data layer that aggregates, normalizes and reconciles information across every asset class.
For institutions looking to do this, Institutions by MYFO is designed specifically to provide that unified view.
Step 1: Identify every investment data source
Start by mapping where portfolio data actually lives.
Common sources include:
- Custodians
- Asset managers
- Fund administrators
- General partners
- Capital statements
- Portfolio companies
- Banks
- Spreadsheets
- PDFs
- Internal systems
This exercise often reveals that institutional investment data is considerably more fragmented than expected.
Step 2: Aggregate the data
The next step is bringing information from these sources into a central platform.
Aggregation should cover the entire portfolio rather than only one asset class.
Step 3: Normalize the data
Different sources may describe the same information differently.
A unified platform needs to standardize:
- Investments
- Asset classes
- Managers
- Entities
- Currencies
- Valuations
- Transactions
- Performance metrics
Normalization makes cross-portfolio analysis possible.
Step 4: Reconcile the portfolio
Aggregation alone doesn't guarantee accurate information.
Institutional investment data should be reconciled against source records to identify inconsistencies and missing information.
Step 5: Create a consolidated portfolio
Once data has been aggregated, normalized and reconciled, investment teams can create a complete portfolio view.
That view should include:
Public Markets | Private Markets | Funds | Direct Investments | Real Assets | Credit
Step 6: Make the data usable
The final step is turning consolidated data into actionable information.
Investment teams should be able to understand:
- Portfolio allocation
- Performance
- Exposure
- Commitments
- Unfunded commitments
- Liquidity
- Manager concentration
- Entity exposure
- Investment-level information
How Institutions solves the problem
Institutions by MYFO provides a unified platform for institutional investment data aggregation, normalization and reconciliation.
Instead of creating separate workflows for each asset class, institutions can use MY Institution to consolidate their entire investment program.
One data layer. One portfolio. Every asset class.
To learn more about how Institutions by MYFO can help, book a demo.
