Arbor Portfolio Manager

Arbor Portfolio Manager is a portfolio management system designed for buy-side institutions. According to Arbor Financial Systems Ltd, the product caters to both small and large companies in the financial services industry, including hedge funds, asset managers, family offices, pension funds, brokers, and middle office providers. This software solution offers trade and position management, portfolio analysis, compliance setup, and general ledger reporting for the front office, mid-to-back office, and risk management functions.

Key Features

Portfolio Management: According to the vendor, Arbor Portfolio Manager provides trade and position management, portfolio analysis, compliance setup, and general ledger reporting for the front office. It supports multiple asset classes and provides real-time P&L/NAV, time series analysis, performance attribution, risk reporting, and more.

Crypto Management System: Arbor's Crypto Management System seamlessly integrates with the existing portfolio management and order management systems. According to the vendor, it allows users to trade in major cryptocurrencies and their complex derivatives. The system supports intraday financing, perpetual futures contracts, options with underliers to both cryptocurrencies and crypto futures, staking and saving, and more. Arbor's Crypto Management System connects to various crypto exchanges, providing real-time market data and operations 24/7.

Order Management System: Arbor's Order Management System (OMS) provides an electronic communication channel between users and the market. According to the vendor, it automates order processing features and ensures compliance with investor prospectus. Users can control the release of orders to the market, with approvals and pre-trade compliance checks. The OMS supports various order types, allocations, entitlements, order approval workflows, and portfolio rebalancing.

Risk Management System: Arbor's Risk Management System is seamlessly integrated into the portfolio management system. According to the vendor, it automates risk reporting, covering areas such as Value at Risk (VaR), risk ratios (Sharpe, Sortino & Treynor Ratio), and statistical fund volatility indicators. The system provides risk analysis, performance statistics reports, tracking error, correlation coefficient, and more. Users can manage and monitor the risk exposure of their portfolios.

FIX & Broker Connectivity: Arbor's multi-asset class FIX service assists in automating transaction and order processing. According to the vendor, it routes and monitors approved orders to the market for execution. The system supports FIX connections through direct broker connections, FIX hubs, or service bureaus. Users can benefit from real-time reporting of partially filled orders, linked with market prices.

Mobile Reporting: Arbor's Mobile Reporting allows users to view real-time positions on their mobile devices. According to the vendor, users can access live updates on prices, positions, cash, exposures, market value, NAV, P&L, and more. The reporting format can be customized based on user preferences. The mobile app provides front-end features such as arithmetic functions, filtering, grouping, and performance attribution.

System Hosting & BCP: Arbor offers a hosted failover solution for high availability, system resilience, and business continuity. According to the vendor, the hosting solution does not require additional hardware, software, or operating systems. The system replication, backup, and data integrity are managed by Arbor. All data is kept secure and encrypted in global data vaults, with full scheduled backup.

Middle Office Services: Arbor provides flexible middle office services tailored to client needs. According to the vendor, services include reconciliation, valuations/pricing, product setup, reporting, corporate actions, cash management, trade settlement/confirmations, compliance management, and more. Clients can choose from different service levels and benefit from expert system and process knowledge. Arbor offers out-of-hours cover as standard.