Purpose of Trended Securities Summary Portfolio Reports Credit Unions use Trended Securities Portfolio Summary Reports to easily discover trends and compare security values and yields. When used as part of good business practices in Investment- and Finance Departments, a company can improve its securities strategies and profitability, and it can reduce the chances that important trends and outliers are discovered later than necessary.
Example of a Trended Securities Summary Portfolio Report Here is an example of a Trended Securities Summary Report with monthly values and yields by security category as well as actual to budget comparisons.
Who Uses This Type of Monthly trend report? The typical users of this type of monthly trend report are: Investment managers, securities portfolio managers, analysts. Other Reports Often Used in Conjunction with Trended Securities Portfolio Reports Progressive Investment- and Finance departments sometimes use several different Trended Securities Portfolio Reports, along with securities transaction 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 portfolio management software 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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