Style Research Introduction

Style Research is an independent investment software research firm providing services facilitating the analysis of Style, Risk and Performance in equity markets, funds and investment portfolios. The provide a comprehensive array of core services—from published global equity market statistics and internet-based research platforms to client-installed and online portfolio and funds analysis software.

Style Research started business in London in 1996 and currently has a client base of over 250 international investment institutions in 25 countries (investment managers, fund of funds managers, private client firms, investment consultants, plan sponsors, and investment advisers).

Style Research Portfolio Analyzer

Flexible Style, Risk, and Performance Appraisal Software for EQUITY portfolios. Holdings-based and returns-based portfolio analysis covering 62 markets and over 60,000 securities. Comprehensive reports communicate the key aspects of portfolio Style, Risk, and Performance for individual portfolios and funds of funds. The service also includes a Fixed Income Reporting Module covering over 120,000 BOND issues in 24 currencies, delivering structure and risk analysis of fixed income and balanced portfolios.

 

Style Research Funds Analyzer

A Funds Competitor Evaluation Platform for the management and positioning of mutual funds invested in the UK, US, Japan, across Europe, Asia, the Emerging Markets and Global Markets.  The service, used by fund of fund managers, advisors and fund managers, facilitates the user definition of tailored peer groups and highlights how individual managers have behaved through time relative to competitors and against the return patterns of basic fundamental factors, market sectors and Styles.

Style Research Markets Analyzer

 An Internet-Based Equity Research Facility to specify, run, and statistically verify Style-based and factor-based research enquiries. Users can investigate the relevance of potential investment strategies (including a comprehensive variety of selection, weighting and rebalancing techniques) and design, construct and maintain specific performance benchmarks. This service also offers direct access to the Style Research 20+ year database of security level equity information across 62 markets.

                        Equities                                  Bonds

  1. holdings based analyses of equity portfolios in terms of Style, risk, country and sector positions
  2. detailed fund contributions to fund of fund combined positions
  3. snail tail historical review of positions
  4. liquidity and VaR analysis
  5. Carbon footprints and corporate governance of managers and funds
  6. Performance attribution – including performance attribution of fund of funds
  7. Holdings based analysis of bonds covering duration, convexity, credit, industry and risk
  8. Holdings based analysis of the combined bond and equity portfolios
  1. Covers of 11,500 funds using holdings based analyses of equity portfolios over time
  2. Compare managers against peers in terms of risk, style, sector, country and performance
  3. Blend managers to build fund of funds
  4. liquidity analysis
  5. individual sheets on each fund and its characteristics
 
  1. Allows testing of investment approaches in easy to understand output
  2. Covers 62 markets and over 40 different Style factors
  3. use market cap or fundamental weighting to build portfolios
  4. test the impact of different rebalance periods

 

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