The asset vendor atlas
A living map of the categories, capabilities and vendors that define how modern asset managers run. Click any domain to go deeper.
Every vendor that ships product into an asset manager — features catalogued, not press releases.
The job-to-be-done breakdown — each capability is a workflow a firm has to run.
The macro layers — advisor desktop, ops, data, distribution — every vendor maps under one.
Concrete vendor features — the unit a buyer actually evaluates and a PM ships.
Layer 1 · Macro Ecosystem
Tap a domain →Research & Insight
Where an investment idea comes from: analyst workflow, systematic signals, alternative datasets and sustainability data.
Portfolio Construction
Turning an investment view into positions: modelling the target book, optimising it, and keeping it on target as markets move.
Trading & Execution
Getting investment intent to the market: raising orders, routing them, sourcing liquidity and proving the execution was good.
Risk & Compliance
Knowing what could go wrong before it does, proving what happened afterwards, and evidencing both to mandates and regulators.
Investment Data & Ops
The instrument, price and position truth every other system reads from — mastered, priced, reconciled and kept current through the day.
Fund Operations & Servicing
Everything after the trade: striking a NAV, safekeeping the assets, and keeping the investor register straight.
Distribution & Client
Raising and keeping assets: institutional mandates, platform distribution, and the reporting clients judge you on.