{"id":21248,"date":"2021-07-15T16:37:21","date_gmt":"2021-07-15T15:37:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/davies-group.com\/consulting\/blog\/multi-asset-investment-reporting\/"},"modified":"2026-01-23T15:07:28","modified_gmt":"2026-01-23T15:07:28","slug":"multi-asset-investment-reporting","status":"publish","type":"blog","link":"https:\/\/davies-group.com\/consulting\/blog\/multi-asset-investment-reporting\/","title":{"rendered":"Multi-asset investment reporting &#8211; an emerging fundamental need"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>During the course of\u00a0the past decade, we have witnessed a\u00a0significant\u00a0number of asset\u00a0owners and\u00a0managers\u00a0increasing their exposure to private market asset classes including private equity, private debt, real estate and infrastructure,\u00a0to enhance risk-adjusted returns for their clients and achieve greater diversification.<\/p>\n<p>While this strategy appears to be delivering the targeted benefits, it is not without its costs, notably increasing the complexity of existing operating models and placing new demands on operations to develop supporting functional capabilities.<\/p>\n<p>One such capability is the delivery of multi-asset investment data and reports. It\u00a0requires\u00a0managers\u00a0to\u00a0provide a holistic view of the portfolio&#8217;s\u00a0exposures and performance and therefore, needing the capability to aggregate positions data, which is often located across multiple position-keeping systems.<\/p>\n<p>Managers need to collect, validate, enrich,\u00a0normalise\u00a0and aggregate this data to produce investment reports. The process is highly manual and prone to errors leading to frequent re-working and restating. It carries a high degree of reputational and regulatory risk for managers and is a challenge that is not easy to solve.<\/p>\n<p><strong>So, what is the solution?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>As always, there is no \u2018one size fits all\u2019 answer. It will depend on several factors, for example your budget, time horizon and the maturity and sophistication of your existing operating model and reporting capabilities.\u00a0 Examples may include:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Running a split position-keeping model, with separate best-in-class private and public markets platforms; consolidating positions through a data aggregation and reporting solution; <a href=\" opinion\/powered-by-snowflake\">Snowflake<\/a> being a key example.<\/li>\n<li>Proxying\u00a0positions between systems\u00a0to consolidate positions data into one place.<\/li>\n<li>Selection of a system that covers the full suite of assets under management.<\/li>\n<li>Hybrid approaches based on combinations of these.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>We can advise on the approach that best suits your requirements. To find out more, <a href=\"mailto:media@davies.com\">contact us.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>How can managers more easily collect, validate, enrich,\u00a0normalise\u00a0and aggregate complex data to produce investment reports?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":21249,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false},"practices":[70],"industries":[103],"capabilities":[104,109,112],"class_list":["post-21248","blog","type-blog","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.8 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Multi-asset investment reporting - an emerging fundamental need - Davies<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Opinion piece on how asset managers can collect, validate, enrich,\u00a0normalise\u00a0and aggregate complex data to produce investment reports\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/davies-group.com\/consulting\/blog\/multi-asset-investment-reporting\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Multi-asset investment reporting - an emerging fundamental need - Davies\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Opinion piece on how asset managers can collect, validate, enrich,\u00a0normalise\u00a0and aggregate complex data to produce investment reports\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/davies-group.com\/consulting\/blog\/multi-asset-investment-reporting\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Davies\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2026-01-23T15:07:28+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/davies-group.com\/consulting\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/iStock-952067554-scaled-1.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"2560\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"1198\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/davies-group.com\/consulting\/blog\/multi-asset-investment-reporting\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/davies-group.com\/consulting\/blog\/multi-asset-investment-reporting\/\",\"name\":\"Multi-asset investment reporting - an emerging fundamental need - Davies\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/davies-group.com\/consulting\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/davies-group.com\/consulting\/blog\/multi-asset-investment-reporting\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/davies-group.com\/consulting\/blog\/multi-asset-investment-reporting\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/davies-group.com\/consulting\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/iStock-952067554-scaled-1.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2021-07-15T15:37:21+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2026-01-23T15:07:28+00:00\",\"description\":\"Opinion piece on how asset managers can collect, validate, enrich,\u00a0normalise\u00a0and aggregate complex data to produce investment reports\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/davies-group.com\/consulting\/blog\/multi-asset-investment-reporting\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/davies-group.com\/consulting\/blog\/multi-asset-investment-reporting\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/davies-group.com\/consulting\/blog\/multi-asset-investment-reporting\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/davies-group.com\/consulting\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/iStock-952067554-scaled-1.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/davies-group.com\/consulting\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/iStock-952067554-scaled-1.jpg\",\"width\":2560,\"height\":1198,\"caption\":\"Business information and infographics concept.\"},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/davies-group.com\/consulting\/blog\/multi-asset-investment-reporting\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/davies-group.com\/consulting\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Blog\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/davies.kinsta.cloud\/blog\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":3,\"name\":\"Multi-asset investment reporting &#8211; 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