Unlocking the Potential of your Aladdin Data
Reporting Integration
Investment firms increasingly rely on ABOR (Accounting Book of Record) and IBOR (Investment Book of Record) platforms for comprehensive reporting capabilities. From our client delivery work we see strong emphasis on integration, automation, real-time data access and enhanced analytics, whole portfolio coverage, to deliver best in industry, client experience & reporting
Reporting Integration
Considerations, Challenges and Use Cases
- IBOR: Provides near real-time investment data, including positions, exposures, performance metrics, and cash movements, primarily for front-office decision-making. It is granular at the position and trade level.
- ABOR: Serves as the authoritative source for accounting, regulatory, and financial reporting, including NAV, accruals, realized/unrealized gains, and tax lot calculations. Typically updated daily or at period close.
Key Implication: Client reporting often requires both timely portfolio insight (IBOR) and accurate accounting numbers (ABOR). Misalignment between the two can lead to discrepancies and compliance risks.
Integrate Data Sources
- Centralised Data e.g. Snowflake and Aladdin Data Cloud creating “Gold Copy” for consistency and enterprise access for data convergence between IBOR and ABOR
- Data Lineage and Provenance – clearly define sources for each data point required in reporting output
- Automate data transformations – standardise aggregations, weighting, and mapping rules to handle the many to one relationship between IBOR and ABOR
Optimise Data Flows & Automation
- From data ingestion, through optimised upstream dependencies, to reconciliations, aim to deliver STP for client reporting deadline
Data governance and Quality control
- Assign clear ownership and stewardship, audit trails, understand dependencies and relationships to deliver high quality reporting
Tech Approaches and Platform
- Unified platform provider that integrates IBOR and ABOR data , support for all asset classes and delivered through the cloud
Here’s why you should choose Strata
We distinguish ourselves from other teams by combining data and technical capabilities with a deep understanding of asset management finance. Our leaders each have over 20 years of experience working with front office investment and asset management teams. We don’t just understand data, we understand what that data means which in turn results in the solutions we deliver offering true value add and a delivery cycle with fewer iterations than others.
Factors to Consider when Choosing a provider
Scalability: How well the platform can scale as your data grows.
Integration: How easily it integrates with your existing systems and data sources.
Security and Compliance: Does it meet your industry’s data privacy and security standards (e.g., GDPR, HIPAA)?
Performance: The speed and reliability of the data storage for real-time access and processing.
Cost: Cloud providers often use a pay-as-you-go model, so costs may vary based on data size, performance needs, and data retrieval frequency.
Support for Analytics and AI: Some platforms are better integrated with analytics and machine learning tools for advanced data processing.
LET’S GET STARTED
We can assist with reporting integration, please get in touch
Why Clients Trust our Team
INDUSTRY PRACTITIONERS
Our industry practitioner led delivery teams will enable you to successfully adopt Aladdin across Front, Middle and Back office. With hands on Aladdin practitioner experience from Asset Managers, Asset Owners and Asset Servicers, we design and deliver the change for your organisation.
DELIVERY CERTAINTY
We are one team, that takes responsibility for delivering outcomes for our clients across the Aladdin lifecycle. With many ex-BlackRock, our team gives you access to the gold standard in training, process definition, data integration, and Aladdin knowhow to enable your teams.
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We bring clients the experience of our collective involvement in all major Aladdin implementations globally, with offices across the US, EMEA and APAC regions as a result of continued client success. Rely on our team to deliver your project or augment your team.
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