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Prior chapters in the Total Portfolio Approach (TPA) series explored the key challenges organizations face and the operational approaches they can take to support a TPA framework. The first two papers established the foundation by examining industry trends driving adoption of TPA and the architectural decisions required to enable it. The subsequent papers explored specific
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2026 Investment Performance, Risk, and Attribution Vendor Landscape
Trends in Performance, Risk, and Attribution Systems Introduction While a few years have passed since Meradia’s last Performance Vendor Landscape article, many of its stated trends still hold true. Data aggregation, quality control, and governance remain top priorities for clients evaluating performance platforms. Intuitive workflows and strong exception management continue to shape how efficiently operations
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After-Tax Benchmarking: Developing an Industry Standard to Level the Playing Field
After-tax benchmarks are increasingly critical for evaluating investment performance for taxable investors. While after-tax portfolio returns are well defined under existing standards, the development of consistent, defensible after-tax benchmark methodologies has lagged, creating challenges for firms seeking to accurately measure tax-aware investment strategies. This paper introduces Meradia’s recommended approach to after-tax benchmarks using a Shadow
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Building Backwards: Delivering Total Portfolio Attribution, Analytics, and Liquidity
At its core, the Total Portfolio Approach (TPA) demands that firms consistently generate three outcomes: total portfolio attribution, integrated analytics, and forward-looking, total portfolio level liquidity forecasting. Together, these form the backbone of informed, portfolio-wide decision-making. Yet many asset owners struggle to produce these outputs in a way that is timely, coherent, and scalable across
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The Investment Data Behind a Total Portfolio Approach
The first paper in this series examined the questions executives inevitably face in the wake of major macroeconomic events: How quickly can we rebalance the portfolio to a new strategic posture without breaching liquidity, leverage, or regulatory constraints? How does a shift in emerging markets impact our portfolio over the next 24 hours? Despite the
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Less Is No Longer More: FactSet’s Performance Solution Rewrites Historical Performance Data Migrations
Less history, less risk. For more than a decade, Meradia approached investment performance implementations with this mantra. Two key assumptions underpinned the “less is more” philosophy: Assumption 1 – Performance implementations become more difficult with longer histories and more granular data. Assumption 2 – The exponential increase in project risk from migrating longer and more
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The Evolution of Meradia’s Approach to Investment Performance Data Migrations
Less history, less risk. For more than a decade, Meradia approached performance implementations with this mantra. Conventional wisdom says to migrate as little historical performance data as possible, because anything more brings unnecessary complexity without a commensurate payoff. This defensive stance was born from hard-won experience. Too many projects became bogged down by large data
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Meradia’s Playbook for a Successful FactSet Performance Solution Implementation
For many firms, implementing a modern performance platform such as FactSet Performance Solution is about more than replacing legacy tools. It is an opportunity to improve how performance data is produced, reviewed, and delivered across the organization. One of the key reasons for FPS is its fully customizable solution within a single system to meet
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The Case for a Total Portfolio Approach
In early 2026, U.S. action in Venezuela triggered a swift market reaction. Venezuela’s 17% share of global oil reserves led some investors to see renewed potential in its assets, while others viewed the development as a sharp shift in emerging‑market risk. These types of major events are more common than many assume. Over the past
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Is Poor Quality Custodian Data Constraining the Maturity of Your Performance Operating Model?
Performance reporting plays a vital part in the investment management process, yet upstream systems rarely deliver the data required to support high-quality returns. As a result, performance operations teams must compensate for these gaps by detecting true issues, conducting root cause analysis, and ensuring proper remediation, all while delivering final results on tight timelines and
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