Financial analytics is the process of applying analytical techniques to financial data to gain insights, make informed decisions, and improve financial performance. It involves collecting, cleaning, and analyzing financial data from various sources, such as financial statements, market data, and economic indicators. Financial analytics software carries out robust data analysis on investment-related data sets. Investment managers use these solutions to pull all investment portfolio data and then query and manipulate it to answer investment-related questions.
Investment and fund managers leverage financial analytics software to build reports, identify potential investment opportunities, and vet those opportunities. Financial analytics tools often offers customizable tagging features that allow users to tag and store data in whichever way they need. Investment professionals use solutions in this category to evaluate past investment decisions, monitor current holdings, and strategize future investments.
Financial analytics software is a part of the financial services software ecosystem. These applications often import investment data from third-party sources. Additionally, financial analytics software can be integrated with other financial services software, such as portfolio management systems and trading platforms, to create a seamless workflow.
To qualify for inclusion in the Financial Analytics category, a product must:
- Contain financial data aggregation capabilities
- Build investment portfolio reports
- Track investment portfolio performance with segmented filtering
- Provide investment attribution functionality
