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Platform walkthrough guide

This guide will help you explore our powerful tools for managing wealth, investments, and financial data. Each section of the platform has a unique purpose, and this guide will break down their key features and how they can be used effectively. The goal is to show how these tools can save time, improve decision-making, and keep everything organized.

Sections Overview

Here’s a snapshot of what the platform includes:

  • Home: A customizable dashboard for quick insights.
  • Views: Detailed investment analysis with flexible perspectives.
  • Wealth: A full balance sheet view for tracking net worth.
  • Accounting: Financial details for performance and tax insights.
  • Reconciliation: Tools to ensure data accuracy.
  • Activity: Alerts, tasks, and reports to stay on top of things.
  • Connections: Account linkage and data management.
  • Datahub: Centralized storage for all financial information.
  • Documents: Secure document storage with easy access.
  • Pipeline: Tracking potential investments from idea to reality.

General Navigation

There are four options on the top right side of your screen when accessing the Asora platform.

  • Calendar control: The first drop down (left most) lets you select your preferred date range for which you want to see the data. 

The Calendar setting controls the timeframe used in all calculations across the platform, including performance, change in value, and transactions.

  • The next function is the Universal Search: It can be used to find information on any account, asset, entity, or person in your account. To use this feature, click on the Search symbol located in the top right corner, next to the blue + button. Then, type the name or ID of the object you wish to see. You will then be able to select an object from a drop-down list if the name or number typed matches that of an object within your account.

Left Navigation Menu

The Navigation Menu can be found on the left side of your screen when accessing the Asora platform.

Clicking on the different icons will take you to different applications:

Home: 

  1. What It Does: Home is the starting point—a personalized dashboard that delivers an instant overview of financial data. It’s built to show what’s most important without extra effort. 

  2. Key Features:
    1. Portfolio Widget Visualization: Custom charts or summaries showing: 
      • Asset allocation (e.g., 50% bonds, 20% cash). 
      • Value trends over time. 
      • Recent activity like transactions. 
    2. Portfolio Table: An list of Portfolios that show subsets of data, customized based on your needs.
    3. Cash: A visualization of Cash holdings across your accounts.
    4. Transactions: A table of transactions across your accounts based on the time period selected.
  3. Why It’s Useful: Home offers speed and flexibility. See the big picture or dig into specifics—all tailored to what matters most. 

Wealth:

  • What It Does: Wealth offers a complete balance sheet view, focusing on net worth with breakdowns of assets, liabilities, and ownership. 
  • Key Features:
    • Owner/Entity Selector (Right): Pick which individuals, trusts, or entities to include.
    • Net Worth Tab: A summary of total value, assets, and debts.
      • Statement of Assets & Liabilities: A customizable table:
        • Group by category (e.g., accounts, asset class). 
        • Filter for specifics (e.g., real estate only). 
        • Add columns like cost basis. 
        • Save custom views for reuse. 
    • Wealth Map: A visual breakdown of wealth distribution.
  • Why It’s Useful: Wealth ties everything together for a clear financial snapshot. It’s great for planning or reviewing your balance sheet. 

Views:

  • What It Does: Views provides in-depth analysis of investments, with tabs tailored to different focuses—like broad summaries or specific categories such as private equity. 
  • Key Features:
    • Portfolio Selector (Right): Choose a group of accounts or assets to analyze (e.g., “Investment Portfolio”). 
    • Sub-dashboards
      • Investments: Overall performance overview.
      • Private Equity: Details on private holdings and valuations.
      • Liquidity: Liquidity across accounts.
      • Compare: Side-by-side portfolio or benchmark comparisons.
      • Collectibles: Non-traditional assets like art, vehicles, or wine collections.
      • Collateral: Assets tied to loans or leverage.
  • Why It’s Useful: Views lets you analyze data your way—broad or narrow, simple or detailed. It’s all about clear, actionable insights. 

Accounting: 

  • What It Does: Accounting dives into financial details—gains, income, expenses—for performance tracking. 
      • Why It’s Useful: Accounting makes sense of the numbers, simplifying performance reviews or tax work with flexible tools. 

      Reconciliation:

      • What It Does: Reconciliation checks data accuracy, flagging mismatches in balances, prices, or performance. 
      • Key Features: 
        • Position Rec: Verifies asset units or valuations. 
        • Cash Rec: Confirms cash totals. 
        • Price Rec: Matches asset prices to external sources. 
        • Performance Rec: Spot potential performance issues errors. 
      • Why It’s Useful: It ensures the data is reliable, so decisions are based on solid ground. 

       

      Activity:

      • What It Does: Activity keeps things on track with alerts, tasks, and reports. 
      • Key Features: 
        • Activity Feed: Alerts for custom rules (e.g., “Asset X hit 15% of portfolio”). 
        • Tasks: A list of to-dos with deadlines. 
        • Mandates: Set rules to trigger alerts. 
            • Why It’s Useful: Stay proactive with real-time updates and organized tasks. 

            Connections:

            • What It Does: Connections links accounts and manages data flow in and out of the platform. Connect and check connection statuses of your bank and investment accounts.
            • Key Features: 
                • Why It’s Useful: Keeps everything current and lets you move data easily. 

                Datahub:

                • What It Does: Datahub stores and organizes all financial data—transactions, relationships, and more. 
                • Key Features: 
                  • Relations: Lists people or entities tied to the data. 
                  • Financial: Details on accounts, assets, and transactions. 
                  • Data Quality: Data Quality includes portfolios, ag-grid and FX rates. The main functionality is the flexibility to group data. 
                          • Why It’s Useful: It’s the backbone of the platform, offering full visibility into the underlying data. 

                          Documents:

                          • What It Does: Vault securely holds documents (e.g., tax forms, deeds) with easy search options. 
                          • Key Features: 
                            • Top Banner: Shows recent file activity. 
                            • Document Repository: Tag and link files to any object on the platform (i.e., Owners, Entities, Accounts, or Assets). 
                          • Why It’s Useful: Keeps important files organized and accessible. 
                                • Tip: Tag files on upload for faster retrieval later. 

                                Pipeline:

                                • What It Does: Pipeline tracks potential investments from idea to completion. 
                                • Key Features: 
                                  • Deal Tracking: Stages like “Proposed” or “Owned.” 
                                  • Integration: Completed deals join the main data. 
                                    • Why It’s Useful: Streamlines new opportunities and ties them into the bigger picture.