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Performance Analytics:
Return Attribution & Volatility Decomposition

Understand portfolio performance across funds, sectors and geographies. Identify what is driving returns, where risk is concentrated, and how each holding compares to its peers — all in one platform.

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Performance Analytics

Performance Analytics: Return Attribution & Volatility Decomposition

Return Attribution

Understand performance across funds, sectors and geographies using the industry-standard Brinson attribution model.

Volatility Decomposition

Analyse risk contributions across funds — identify which fund is most volatile and contributes most to overall portfolio risk.

Peer Benchmarking

Benchmark your portfolio holdings against 500,000+ funds. See where each fund sits in its peer quartile across all key metrics.

Brinson Return Attribution — Understand Every Driver of Performance
Return Attribution

Brinson Return Attribution — Understand Every Driver of Performance

Understand exactly what is driving portfolio returns. The Brinson model breaks down performance by fund, sector and geography, pinpointing sources of alpha and underperformance with precision.

  • Return Attribution Analysis: identify which fund contributed most to YTD, quarterly and annual returns
  • Brinson Return Attribution Model: industry-standard attribution breakdown across all holdings
  • Trade Performance Insights: assess individual trade performance relative to fund size and trade duration
  • Sector & Geography Drill-Down: attribution across multiple dimensions simultaneously
  • Time-Series Attribution: track attribution drift over rolling periods
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Decompose Portfolio Risk at Every Level
Volatility Attribution

Decompose Portfolio Risk at Every Level

Go beyond total portfolio volatility. AlternativeSoft decomposes risk contributions by fund and strategy, so you can see exactly where risk is concentrated and act before it becomes a problem.

  • Volatility Attribution: analyse risk contributions at fund, sector and strategy level
  • Portfolio Liquidity Ladder: evaluate how quickly 50% of the portfolio can be liquidated over 3 months
  • Fee Management: full transparency into fees charged by administrators and custodians
  • Drawdown Analysis: maximum drawdown, recovery periods and drawdown contribution by fund
  • Correlation Matrix: understand how funds interact and where concentration risk lies
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Benchmark Every Holding Against Its Peer Universe
Peer Benchmarking

Benchmark Every Holding Against Its Peer Universe

With access to 500,000+ funds, AlternativeSoft instantly benchmarks any holding against comparable strategies — Sharpe ratio, Sortino, max drawdown, volatility and more — placing each fund in its peer quartile.

  • 500,000+ benchmark funds: hedge funds, mutual funds, private equity and ETFs
  • Quartile Rankings: see instantly where each fund sits across all key performance and risk statistics
  • In-Context Benchmarking: compare any fund against its peer group without leaving your workflow
  • Custom Peer Universes: define your own benchmark group by strategy, geography or AUM size
  • Risk-Adjusted Comparison: Sharpe, Sortino, Omega, Calmar and Treynor ratios vs peers
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Testimonials

Trusted by Leading Institutions

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AlternativeSoft streamlines many useful performance-based analytics including portfolio optimisation, peer evaluation, and relative analyses. One of the easiest softwares for portfolio what-if and customised fund fact sheets I have ever handled.

Aberdeen Asset Management
Head of Risk Management
★★★★★
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AlternativeSoft is a practical and user-friendly tool used as part of our portfolio construction and risk management process. Their extensive support and responsiveness provides added value.

AllianceBernstein
Risk Management & Portfolio Construction
★★★★★
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From statistical analysis on a single hedge fund, screening the investment universe, peer group analysis, FoHF portfolio construction to risks analysis and stress testing — one of the most effective, intuitive, and efficient tools I have handled.

BNP Paribas Capital Partners
Hedge Fund Solutions
★★★★★
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