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Addepar

Category
Consolidated Reporting

A wealth management platform that infuses transparency into complex financial information across functions and reporting, Addepar connects data, family office technology and people. The solution is designed to assist in achieving multi-generational family objectives by facilitating informed decisions through actionable insights and tailored reporting.

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Northern Trust Family Office Technology

Category
Consolidated Reporting

Northern Trust is a global financial institution that provides asset servicing, investment management and wealth management services for institutions, high-net-worth individuals and families or their family offices.

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Company
Employees

  • 800+

Revenue

-

Founded

  • 2009

Ownership

  • Owned by management
  • External investors
  • Key staff have ownership

Incorporated

  • United States of America

Locations

  • New York
  • Salt Lake City
  • Mountain View
  • Edinburgh
  • London

Top 5 Markets

  • United States of America
  • Canada
  • Switzerland
  • Brazil
  • United Kingdom

Total AUM

  • $4 trillion

Avg. AUM per client

-


100-500 (in GFO’s division)


$6.1 billion ($286.3 million – GFO’s trust fees)


  • 1889


-


  • United States of America


  • Chicago
  • London
  • Guernsey
  • Luxembourg
  • Abu Dhabi


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  • $114 billion (Northern Trust’s GFO)


$900 million  (median $350 million)

Client
Focus

  • Single-family offices

Secondary focus

  • Multi-family offices
  • Individual wealth owners
  • Independent financial advisors
  • Registered investment advisors
  • Banks

Number

  • 800+


  • Single-family offices


  • Individual wealth owners


  • Approx. 500 GFO clients

Product
Main tasks

  • Data aggregation
  • Portfolio management, forecasting & optimisation
  • Consolidated reporting
  • Ownership look-through
  • Trading & rebalancing

Top features

  • Data aggregation & management
  • Portfolio analysis
  • Consolidated and bespoke reporting
  • Governance
  • Client portal
  • Multi-custodial feeds
  • Look-through for complex nested ownership structures
  • Consolidated net worth tracking across assets, accounts, custodians, geographies and currencies

Assets supported

  • Bankable assets
  • Private equity
  • Real estate
  • Rare collectables (luxury cars, boats, high-value jewelry)
  • Cryptocurrency

Compliance

  • FinSA/FinIA

Whitelabel

  • Yes


  • Consolidated reporting
  • Portfolio management
  • Accounting
  • Governance
  • Compliance
  • Trading
  • Data aggregation
  • Risk management
  • Impact/ESG reporting


  • Holistic, aggregated single source of data
  • Automated cash & trade transaction tools
  • Comprehensive user report library
  • Ad-hoc custom reporting
  • Easily-accessible mobile platform
  • Dedicated client service team
  • Integrated partnership accounting & general ledger
  • Security & integrity of your data


  • All marketable and non-marketable assets
  • Bankable assets
  • Private equity
  • Real estate
  • Rare collectibles (e.g. luxury cars, boats, high-value jewellery)


  • MiFID II
  • GDPR
  • AIFMD
  • UCITS


  • Yes

Technology
Type Of Software

  • SaaS

Security

  • Hosted on AWS
  • 2-factor authentication & single-sign-on (SSO)
  • Encrypted data in transit and at rest
  • SOC 2 Type 2 Certification

Ecosystem

  • Java

Integrations

  • CRM: Salesforce, Practifi, Salentica
  • Trading & rebalancing: RedBlack, Blaze
  • ALTs data management: PCR, Canoe, Strata
  • Financial planning: eMoney, MoneyGuide Pro, Libretto
  • Risk management: RCI, Hidden Levers, Jacobi
  • General ledger: QuickBooks, Sage
  • Custodial portals: Fidelity, Schwab, Pershing
  • UMA/SMA: Adhesion
  • Custom integrations: Addepar API Toolkit

Mobile App

  • Yes (iOS)


  • Serviced software


  • Multi-factor authentication
  • Anti-fraud programs & IT security team
  • Three-tiered network architecture with redundant firewalls and DMZ layer
  • Network intrusion detections systems.
  • Regular network- and application-level penetration tests
  • Anti-virus practices at network, app and database levels
  • Several limits to employees’ ability to see and manage client data
  • Dedicated fraud prevention and investigations unit


  • Linux
  • Java


  • We interact with a variety of external vended software and send data (once authorized by the client) daily. Existing connectivity can be confirmed on request.


  • Yes