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Portfolio Analytics

Financial Portfolio Analysis

Holdings, risk and performance attribution brought into one analytics layer — so allocation decisions are backed by measured risk and return, not gut feel.

PythonpandasPower BIRisk Analytics
Financial Portfolio Analysis — illustrative photography

The challenge

Portfolio performance was reported as a single headline return with no honest view of the risk taken to earn it. Holdings, benchmarks and market data sat in separate places, so questions like 'where did the return actually come from?' and 'how much drawdown did we wear?' took days to answer — if they could be answered at all.

The process

End to end — how data moves from source to decision.

Holdings & Market
Positions, prices, benchmarks
Risk & Return
Vol, Sharpe, drawdown
Attribution
Allocation vs selection
Portfolio View
Risk-adjusted, per sleeve

Our approach

How we structured the work.

01
Consolidated holdings, benchmark and market data into one tidy dataset in Python (pandas) with a consistent, point-in-time history.
02
Computed the risk and return measures that actually matter together — volatility, Sharpe, and maximum drawdown — not just headline return.
03
Ran performance attribution to separate allocation from selection, so it's clear which decisions added value and which detracted.
04
Delivered it as an interactive Power BI view so allocation can be reviewed by sleeve, factor and period on demand.

What the reporting looks like

An illustrative view of the dashboards this engagement produces. All figures are sample data for illustration only — not client results.

Portfolio Analytics — Risk & Return
Sample data · illustrative
+11.6%
Return (sample)*
9.8%
Volatility
1.34
Sharpe
-7.2%
Max drawdown

Cumulative return vs benchmark (indexed to 100)

Asset allocation

EquitiesFixed incomeAlternativesCash

Outcome

What changed
Return is now reported next to the risk taken to earn it. Attribution shows where performance genuinely came from, and drawdown is measured honestly — giving allocation decisions a defensible, quantitative basis.

Related work

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