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Analytics

The Next Gate Tech analytics Spark is built on, and how they feed your workspace.

Spark sits on top of Next Gate Tech's analytics. Before Spark gives you canvases, tasks, and an Agent to work with, Next Gate Tech computes a broad set of fund and portfolio analytics on your data. Those results flow into Spark as data objects you can explore, visualize, and automate, so the analytics are the foundation the rest of the platform builds on.

You don't run these analytics by hand. They are produced by Next Gate Tech and made available in your workspace, where they behave like any other data: you filter and sort them in a data view, chart them on a canvas, and act on them with workflows and the Agent. Which analytics your workspace can use depends on your subscription.

The components

Each analytic has its own page in the Analytics section, with what it is, how it works, and what you get.

ComponentTypeWhat it does
Benchmark EvolutionPortfolioCompares a fund against its benchmark on performance, risk, and allocation.
ContributionPortfolioBreaks a fund's profit and loss down by holding and by accounting entry.
TransactionPortfolioCatches booking errors and unusual trading activity in a fund's transactions.
Independent Price ValuationPortfolioIndependently checks the prices used to value a fund's holdings.
Sub-Fund EvolutionPortfolioPredicts how a fund should behave day to day and flags deviations.
ProxyPortfolioRebuilds a fund's daily performance from its holdings to catch NAV errors.
PeersPortfolioGroups each fund with genuinely similar funds and spots outliers.
NowcastingPortfolioExplains a fund's returns through broad market factors.
Share Class EvolutionShare classChecks each share class against a reference class and flags unexpected drift.
Share Class FlowShare classMonitors subscriptions, redemptions, dividends, and swing pricing.
FX & HedgingShare classIndependently checks that a share class is correctly hedged.
FeesShare classIndependently recalculates and checks the fees charged to a share class.
Performance FeesShare classIndependently recalculates performance fees and shows how they build up.
Performance CalculationOtherTurns NAV per share into a Total Return index and full performance metrics.

The exact analytics enabled for your workspace are set on your plan. If a component you expect is missing, it may belong to a tier your subscription doesn't include.