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Aleta

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Consolidated Reporting

Gone are the struggles with inflexible portfolio systems and error-prone Excel sheets. We transform complex data into clear and crisp reports to unlock valuable insights that elevate your wealth strategy. With our intuitive interface, you get a complete overview of the entire family wealth presented in concise reports and dynamic visualizations.

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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

  • 11-50

Founded

  • 2006

Incorporated

  • US and Denmark

Locations

  • New York
  • Copenhagen
  • Aarhus

Top markets

  • United States of America
  • Denmark
  • United Kingdom
  • Singapore
  • Canada

Total AUM

  • $100 billion+

Ownership

  • Owned by management
  • Clients are also owners


100-500 (in GFO’s division)


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


  • 1889


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  • 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

  • Wealth managers
  • Multi-family offices
  • Investment & Financial Advisors (RIAs/IFAs)


  • Single-family offices


  • Individual wealth owners


  • Approx. 500 GFO clients

Product
Main Tasks

  • Consolidated Reporting
  • Portfolio Management
  • Risk Management
  • Impact & ESG
  • Data Aggregation
  • Governance
  • Compliance
  • Financial Statements

Top features

  • A sleek and intuitive platform
  • Business-Intelligence module with dynamic visualisations
  • Performance reporting
  • X-ray of public funds
  • Sustainability insights
  • Alternative investments overview
  • Comparable Private-Equity overview
  • Risk and exposure reporting
  • Fee controlling and reporting
  • Bank integrations
  • Fully enabled API for export and import

Assets supported

  • Bankable or Financial Assets & Funds
  • Derivatives
  • Foreign Exchange
  • Lifestyle Assets & Rare Collectibles
  • Private Equity & Direct Investments
  • Real Estate
  • Digital Assets & Crypto Currency

Compliance

  • MiFID II
  • GDPR
  • SOC 2
  • SFDR

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
  • Serviced software

Ecosystem

  • Microsoft

Integrations

  • Office 365 security integration
  • Integration to ERP systems
  • Microsoft Power BI
  • Excel
  • API

Mobile App

  • Yes


  • 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