Purpose of Security Summary Portfolio Reports Banks use Security Summary Portfolio Reports to give managers an easy way to compare book value with market value and analyze the variances. When used as part of good business practices in Investment departments, a bank can improve its securities strategies and profitability, and it can reduce the chances that managers react slowly to significant book to market value variances.
Example of a Security Summary Portfolio Report Here is an example of a graphical securities portfolio summary report with details for book and market value metrics.
Who Uses This Type of Dashboard Report? The typical users of this type of dashboard report are: Investment managers, securities portfolio managers, analysts. Other Reports Often Used in Conjunction with Security Summary Portfolio Reports Progressive Investment departments sometimes use several different Security Portfolio Reports, along with securities transactions reports, investment dashboards, KPI dashboards, securities dashboards and other management and control tools.
Where Does the Data for Analysis Originate From? The Actual (historical transactions) data typically comes from securities management systems and enterprise resource planning (ERP) systems like: Microsoft Dynamics 365 (D365) Finance, Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central (D365 BC), Microsoft Dynamics AX, Microsoft Dynamics NAV, Microsoft Dynamics GP, Microsoft Dynamics SL, Sage Intacct, Sage 100, Sage 300, Sage 500, Sage X3, SAP Business One, SAP ByDesign, Acumatica, Netsuite and others. In analyses where budgets or forecasts are used, the planning data most often originates from in-house Excel spreadsheet models or from professional corporate performance management (CPM/EPM) solutions.
What Tools are Typically used for Reporting, Planning and Dashboards? Examples of business software used with the data and ERPs mentioned above are:
- Native ERP report writers and query tools
- Spreadsheets (for example Microsoft Excel)
- Corporate Performance Management (CPM) tools (for example Solver)
- Dashboards (for example Microsoft Power BI and Tableau)
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