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Data teams often face a familiar challenge: aligning performance analytics with accurate attribution across complex investment strategies. That's where ODIN makes the difference. With ODIN's Performance & Attribution feature, firms gain full transparency into what drives returns—across asset classes, regions, and time periods. Our modular architecture means you can tailor your analytics framework to reflect…

Unlock clarity in your data benchmarking with SAYS. One of the most common challenges in analytics? Comparing performance across portfolios or strategies that don't follow a standard benchmark. Traditional methods fall short—often forcing teams to choose between oversimplified models or complex manual workarounds. Enter Blended Benchmark Generation from Opturo's SAYS platform. This feature empowers users…

Ever made a decision based on data—only to later wonder if you could've chosen better? That's where ODIN's Ex-Post Analytics comes in. Purpose-built for asset managers and data-driven teams, this feature delivers precise insights into how past decisions performed against available alternatives. It's more than just performance measurement—it's about continuous improvement, transparency, and accountability. One…

Ever faced the challenge of accurately allocating performance to sub-portfolios or sleeves within a larger strategy? It's more common than you think—and it can lead to major insights (or blind spots) in your analytics. That's where SAYS from Opturo steps in. Our Carve-out Allocation feature enables firms to precisely extract and assign portfolio performance across…

Data teams often face a common challenge: transforming raw data from multiple sources into something usable, fast. Enter Composite Construction—one of the most powerful features in Opturo's SAYS Platform™. It empowers users to seamlessly build customized datasets (Composites) by layering logic across disparate data streams—all without writing complex code or managing fragile pipelines. Whether you're…

We’re proud to announce that State Street Corporation has launched Enterprise Performance, now live for clients of State Street and Charles River Development. At the heart of this solution is Opturo’s performance calculation engine—a single, fully integrated system designed to: ‣ Streamline performance operations ‣ Ensure consistency across data and reporting ‣ Scale with enterprise needs This milestone reflects Opturo’s commitment to…

Ever wish you had a clear view of portfolio risk before making critical decisions? Meet the Ex-ante Risk Summary—one of ODIN's most impactful features. It transforms raw data into actionable insights by delivering forward-looking risk metrics across portfolios, asset classes, and strategies. Instead of piecing together multiple reports or building custom models from scratch, ODIN…

Data waits for no one. Neither should your reports. In fast-paced investment environments, static or delayed analytics can mean missed opportunities. That's why ODIN's Adaptive Real-Time Reporting (ART) is a game-changer. One of our clients—an asset management firm handling multiple strategies across platforms—used to spend hours reconciling and stitching together performance data at day-end. Now?…

One of the biggest hurdles in data analytics? Reconciling multiple data streams into a single, reliable report—without sacrificing transparency or control. That's where Composite Reporting from SAYS Platform™ by Opturo steps in. Instead of manually stitching together outputs from disparate systems or relying on rigid workflows, users can now build dynamic, rules-based composite reports that…

Ever wondered how to go from a high-level data insight to the root cause—without getting lost in spreadsheets? With Drilldown / Rollup Analysis in the SAYS Platform™, it's possible. Whether you're looking at performance attribution, operational risk, or compliance metrics, this feature lets you seamlessly move between summary and granular views of your data. One…

Imagine trying to scale your data operations without knowing exactly what changed, when it changed, or why. For many firms, that's the daily reality—managing complex analytics workflows with limited transparency and version control. That's where ODIN's Configuration Control makes a difference. ODIN empowers teams to track every change in their configuration—from business logic to processing…

Messy data in, poor insights out — it's a challenge every analytics team knows too well. That's where SAYS Platform™ from Opturo makes a real difference. Our Data Management & Normalization engine transforms disparate, inconsistent datasets into one clean, unified structure—ready for seamless analysis across platforms and teams. One of our asset management clients used…

Transforming Raw Data into Actionable Insights — Seamlessly In the fast-paced world of investment analytics, access to clean, consistent equity market data can make all the difference. That's where SAYS Platform™ from Opturo steps in. Our Equity Market Data Subscription feature streamlines one of the most time-consuming parts of the analytics process: ingesting and validating…

Data teams are constantly looking for ways to accelerate insights without sacrificing precision or control. Enter ODIN's Application Builder—a no-code/low-code solution that empowers business users and developers alike to configure, automate, and scale complex data workflows in minutes—not months. One of our clients, a global asset manager, leveraged Application Builder to streamline daily portfolio analytics.…

Ever wonder how to make sense of performance and risk — after the fact, with precision and speed? With Opturo's SAYS Platform™, our Ex-Post Return / Risk Analytics feature turns historical data into actionable intelligence. Whether you're analyzing portfolio volatility, drawdowns, or Sharpe ratios across custom timeframes, we automate what traditionally takes hours — down…

Data clarity shouldn't be a luxury—it should be the standard. With ODIN's Dashboard Builder, turning complex data into clear, decision-ready visuals takes minutes—not days. One of our asset management clients recently streamlined their entire performance reporting process by using Dashboard Builder to create tailored visual workflows directly from their data pipelines. The result? Cleaner insights,…

Ever spent more time formatting reports than analyzing data? With ODIN's PDF Report Builder, those days are behind you. This powerful feature streamlines the process of converting complex analytics into professional, presentation-ready PDFs—automatically. One of our users in asset management reduced manual reporting hours by 75%, enabling their team to focus on deeper insights instead…

How do you streamline performance reporting while maintaining compliance with industry standards? That's a question many asset managers face—especially when managing GIPS® composites across diverse portfolios and data sources. With ODIN's GIPS® Composite Management feature, Opturo delivers a smarter way forward. Designed to ensure transparency, accuracy, and audit readiness, this solution automates the complex rules…

Ever wonder how to make sense of performance and risk — after the fact, with precision and speed?With Opturo's SAYS Platform™, our Ex-Post Return / Risk Analytics feature turns historical data into actionable intelligence. Whether you're analyzing portfolio volatility, drawdowns, or Sharpe ratios across custom timeframes, we automate what traditionally takes hours — down to…

State Street Corporation announces that Enterprise Performance, a comprehensive performance solution, is now live for clients of State Street and Charles River Development. The fully integrated solution, powered by Opturo, offers a single performance calculation engine that enables greater efficiency in performance operations.

Opturo Inc. today announced the launch of its redesigned website, featuring a unified design language that brings together the company's ODIN and SAYS platforms under one cohesive visual identity. This strategic design approach showcases Opturo's unique market position as the only provider offering comprehensive bolt-on analytics solutions that seamlessly scale from enterprise-level implementations to flexible,…

Opturo, a leading provider of investment analytics and data management solutions, announced the issuance of U.S. Patent No. 11,681,504, for the code-free Application Building product within its Investment Analytics & Data Management Platform.

This unique partnership combines institutional level analytics and operational efficiency with industry-leading performance capabilities, allowing for an unmatched integration of advanced analytics and white glove managed services.

GLOBAL ASP ASSET MANAGEMENT SOLUTIONS (A MEMBER OF THE EBS INTERNATIONAL GROUP) ANNOUNCES A COLLABORATION WITH OPTURO INC. TO PROVIDE ADVANCED ANALYTICS AND A SUITE OF OPERATIONAL EFFICIENCY TOOLS TO ENHANCE SOUTH AFRICAN INVESTMENT FUND ADMINISTRATION CAPABILITIES.

Investics Data Services Company, Inc. and Opturo, Inc. have entered into an arrangement for Investics to utilize Opturo's performance measurement and data management capabilities (ODIN and VIA) in the Investics Cloud Ecosystem (ICE) ©. These next generational capabilities provide for maximum flexibility to instantly calculate in real time a truly customized risk and return service,…

How should a performance modeler address the following? What criteria should be used to decide between different methods of iteration, including the seeding procedure, for the calculation of IRR? This is especially relevant if it turns out that different iteration procedures give significantly different resulting IRR values a non-negligible portion of the time. For example, would…

If the central insight of Modern Portfolio Theory is that information about returns without commensurate information about risk is dangerously misleading, under what circumstances should one report, to portfolio managers or to asset owners, the results of an ex-post performance attribution that evaluates how much of the active return is due to each type of…

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How does an attribution modeler address the following challenge?Which are better for ex-post attribution:Temporal smoothing algorithms that change the impact of decisions made on Monday due to results achieved on the subsequent Friday, as the smoothing methods of Carino and Menchero do, or temporal smoothing algorithms that can attribute non-zero impact to null decisions that…

How does an attribution modeler address the following challenge?If a Fund achieves 50% one year and 0% the next, and its Benchmark achieves 0% the first year and -50% the next, then the active return each year is 50%. Is the annualized active return 50%? Or is the annualized active return the annualized Fund return…

How does an attribution modeler address the following challenge?Karnosky and Singer provided an ex post decision attribution methodology that attributed active returns to currency decisions in an investment process that could actually be carried out. Are there ever valid reasons, in an ex post decision attribution process, for attributing active returns to currency-related properties that…

Today, Opturo has launched SAYS Application Builder. This Platform offers any industry a robust coding-free framework, enabling users to quickly source data from multiple sources in native format, design the middleware and UI to create and host the Application of their choice.Take a look at our use cases in finance and healthcare.

If you use “Purchases in the Basis Dietz”, how do you approach the following scenario?The cash in a portfolio starts the day with a small gain and then the portfolio uses all of the starting cash and half of that small cash gain (“sells cash”) to purchase a non-cash instrument. Thus, nothing ever goes short.…

How should a performance modeler address the following?For an illiquid, how do you assign/interpolate returns for each day in a year in a manner that does not misrepresent its daily volatility, when one only knows the returns for each of the four quarters in the year?

Free Text Search allows for identifying 138 types of sensitive data elements such as EMAIL_ADDRESS, DATE, ORGANIZATION_NAME, and DOMAIN_NAME.Opturo can search through your documents and perform anonymization techniques including Masking, Pseudonymization, Swapping, Perturbation, and Encryption as part of a full Enterprise Data Governance solution.

How should a performance modeler address the following?Is the return of a short, considered itself as a financial instrument or derivative investment vehicle, the return of its underlying (i.e., the shorted holding), implying that when the short loses money that “the return of the short” itself is positive? That is, if a short lost money…

What if I invested by first doing an allocation among countries and then an allocation among sectors within countries, could I evaluate my sector allocation using a single-allocation Brinson model?See the paper and Excel example in Opturo's newsroom.

Read Dr. Andre Mirabelli's explanation of the limitations of Elementary Brinson Attribution. An Excel example can be found above.

An Excel example for Dr. Andre Mirabelli's explanation of the limitations of Elementary Brinson Attribution.

When using a Dietz calculation for the returns of traded components of a portfolio on a single day, do all components have to use the same timing rule, or can some use all trades at open and others use purchases at open and sales at the close, etc., and still have these component returns roll…

Read about our Hybrid Dietz functionality explained by Dr. Andre Mirabelli.

Opturo provides the best of breed analysis of the impact of each of the actual decisions that created investment results.

When there are flows into or out of a portfolio, can fees that are paid at the end of a period be accrued over the days of the period in a manner that preserves, from before implementing the accrual to after implementing the accrual, both the ending market value and the net return for the…

Read how if your system doesn't use enough significant figures, it will produce incorrect results.

Opturo launches Enterprise Data Governance, a Bolt-On platform to define policies and rules in real-time across the entire enterprise to securely access and protect sensitive data

Should the gross portfolio return reported for day t depend on the amount of fee accrued to day t-1 when the fee was not actually paid until day t+1?In the Opturo Newsroom, this is brought up in ‘Challenges Building A Performance & Attribution Application’ and is addressed in the published research paper “Portfolio Net of…

Download the Excel spreadsheet that illustrates the issues with Excel's XIRR.

Read how Opturo's proprietary IRR engine fixes the issues found in traditional IRR calculations like Excel's XIRR function.

Opturo launches workflow management tool for batching & monitoring series of processes using an easy to use administration console.

Opturo Integrates EDI's Extensive Data Sets With Opturo's Enterprise And Turnkey Solutions To Offer Pay As You Go Portfolio Analysis System

For 4th Annual Performance And Risk Forum--Andre Mirabelli, Ph.D.-- Presentation on Evaluating A PM By the Steady Success Of Each Kind of Decision That the PM Controlled

Video related to the powerpoint - Evaluating a PM by the Steady Success of Each Kind of Decision that the PM Controlled

Opturo--Andre Mirabelli, Ph.D.-- Building a robust ex post Performance and Attribution system involves a number of difficult challenges. It requires careful attention to a number of particular considerations and their convoluted interactions in order to consistently provide economically meaningful results, and not formally motivated calculations that are hidden behind familiar sounding names.

Opturo’s Verification Extract is a straightforward export of information needed to prepare for GIPS® verification. The zip file exported contains the below files which contain statistics and information at both the account level and composite level. The verification extract is run for a selected time period and a selection of composites. It can be run…

Sarasota, FL, May 13, 2019 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Opturo, Inc, an enterprise data management and analysis software provider of performance, attribution and risk analytics, announced the release of its new Software At Your Service‚ (SAYS) Platform; a PATENT PENDING versatile cache driven, cloud hosted platform which provides users with the tools to rapidly deploy Custom…

Sarasota, FL, May 14, 2018 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Opturo, Inc, an enterprise data management software provider of performance, attribution, risk and GIPS composite analytics and reporting, today announced a significant new release to its platform, which adds multi-language analytics and reporting. Users may now select their preferred language to use within the platform, as well…

Brinson Attribution was originally conceived as a single-period evaluation of the impact of sector effects vs. issue effects. Its development has moved along two dimensions. The first is its expansion to include multiperiod evaluations. The second is toward a clearer understanding of its purpose as an evaluation of controllable investment decisions.

Written by the CFA Society NY's Performance & Risk Analytics Committee--Krista Harvey, CFA, CIPM , Andre Mirabelli, Ph.D.-- This paper is intended to help investment professionals by articulating common and acceptable industry practices as they relate to the calculation of timeweighted returns for a portfolio of investments on a net-of-fee basis...

NYSSA Performance & Risk Analytics Committee--Krista Harvey, CFA, CIPM - TIAA, Andre Mirabelli, Ph.D. - Opturo -- Presentation on paper for Net-of-Fee Performance Calculations

For PMAR X Conference 2012--Andre Mirabelli, Ph.D.-- Presentation on the linking of all averages

First Rate 2014 Performance Conference: Solutions through Integration--Andre Mirabelli, Ph.D.-- Presentation on understanding Performance & Attribution Systems

The Journal of Performance Measurement--Andre Mirabelli, Ph.D.--This paper presents a simply additive, yet formally exact, approach to multi-period performance attribution. It also introduces a visual representation, which makes this new approach and its relationship to prior approaches intuitively clear.

For Carl Bacon's Advanced Portfolio Attribution Analysis--Andre Mirabelli, Ph.D.--Annualization is necessary whenever one needs a temporally intensive property that can be used to compare the values of a temporally extensive property describing periods of different duration...

For FRA's Crash Course in Attribution--Andre Mirabelli, Ph.D.-- Presentation on the Annualization of an Active Return

Opturo--Andre Mirabelli, Ph.D.-- Modeling is more than a mathematical exercise. Its proper intent is to provide insight into the actual structure of the system being addressed. This requires more care then is typically exercised in the construction of models evaluating the amount to be attributed to each decision that contributes to a fund's active return…

BOSTON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Opturo, Inc., has created a new web-based deployment of its Investment Analytics software, which it calls ODIN. Users of ODIN have access to Opturo's wide range of performance, attribution and risk analytics with the portability, scalability and ease-of-use of the web.