There’s a science to creating the perfect fund fact sheet. Elements like charts, tables, ratings, and text work together to produce a well designed and informative fact sheet. View a gallery of fund components that Kurtosys has standardized with our fact sheet automation platform. Download the PDF and view the Gallery at http://www2.kurtosys.com/fund-component-gallery

2. There’s a science to creating the perfect
fund fact sheet. Elements like charts,
tables, ratings, and text work together
to produce a well designed and
informative fact sheet. Here’s a
selection of fund components that
Kurtosys has standardized with our fact
sheet automation platform.

3. Allocation

4. TOP 10 HOLDINGS PERFORMANCE
ALLOCATION
A tabular representation of a
product’s top ten underlying
securities positions which
can be any type of asset
including stocks, bonds,
funds, ETF’s and properties.

5. COUNTRY BREAKDOWN PERFORMANCE
ALLOCATION
This representation is typically
applied to a product that has a
broad geographic spread in
terms of investments. It’s
usually presented as a
pie/doughnut for maximum
visual interpretation and most
often with the top holdings only.
For all holdings, it is often
neater to consolidate the
lowest concentration of
positions into a single “others”
category.

6. CREDIT RATING PERAFLOLORCMAATNIOCNE
Constituent breakdown by
credit exposure and shown in
a simple tabular format.
Note, the inclusion of all
Cash/Forward positions in
this format to ensure 100%
constituent coverage for a
particular product or fund.

7. MORNINGSTAR STYLE BOX PERAFLOLORCMAATNIOCNE
This is a proprietary
Morningstar data point. The
Morningstar Style Box is a
nine-square grid that provides
a graphical representation of
the “investment style” of stocks
and mutual funds. For stocks
and stock funds, it classifies
securities according to market
capitalization (the vertical axis)
and growth and value factors
(the horizontal axis). Fixed
income funds are classified
according to credit quality (the
vertical axis) and sensitivity to
changes in interest rates (the
horizontal axis).

8. RATINGS (WITH BENCHMARK) PERAFLOLORCMAATNIOCNE
Constituent breakdown by
credit exposure and include
(optionally) the benchmarks
credit exposure. Note: the
inclusion of all Cash/Forward
positions in this format to
ensure 100% constituent
coverage for a particular
product or fund.

9. POSITIVE/NEGATIVE POSITIONS PERAFLOLORCMAATNIOCNE
This chart is specifically
constructed to accommodate
two data series: Overweight
and underweight underlying
positions relative to a
benchmark or sector. These
are calculated by comparing
the fund/product directly
against the comparable
position in the associated
benchmark or sector. This chart
can also be provided in a two
column table format.

10. SECTOR BREAKDOWN (WITH AUM) PERAFLOLORCMAATNIOCNE
An example of an annotated
sector breakdown chart where
the product’s assets under
management is added onto the
graph to provide further
information.

11. DRIFT VS BENCHMARK PERAFLOLORCMAATNIOCNE
A horizontal bar chart
representation that shows the
underweight/ overweight
positions within a product
against the prevailing
constituents of the associated
benchmark. This is shown
against a asset classification
which, in this example, is
Country but could be applied
by sector, currency and credit
exposure.

12. REGIONAL (WITH BENCHMARK DEVIATION) PERAFLOLORCMAATNIOCNE
A more sophistication
representation which combines a
regional breakdown (available
through a country roll-up if
necessary) and includes the
sectors weighting alongside a
graphical analysis of the product
weighting against the sector.

13. SECTOR BREAKDOWN PERAFLOLORCMAATNIOCNE
A tabular breakdown of a
products holdings by market
sector. This can be classified
using standard markets available
sectors such as GICS or
customized taxonomies that are
bespoke particulars funds or
products.

14. SECTOR (WITH INDEX DEVIATION) PERAFLOLORCMAATNIOCNE
A horizontal bar chart
representation that shows the
underweight/overweight
positions within a product against
the prevailing constituents of the
associated sector. This is
typically shown against the
sectors classification.

15. SECTOR (WITH BENCHMARK) PERAFLOLORCMAATNIOCNE
A horizontal double bar chart
representation that shows the
product, broken down by sector,
and compared against the same
breakdown of the associated
benchmark.

16. Performance

17. DISCRETE PERFORMANCE
This double bar chart shows
discrete trailing performance
(typically cumulative but can be
annualized with appropriate
footnote) plotted alongside the
benchmark. This is displayed
from one or more of 3 month, 6
month, 1 year, 2 year, 3 year, 5
year, 10 year and Since
Inception.

18. TRAILING PERIOD PERFORMANCE
This tabular format shows
discrete trailing performance
(typically cumulative but can be
annualized with appropriate
footnote) alongside the
benchmark and or the
associated sector. Typically this
is shown from one or more of 3
month, 6 month, 1 year, 2 year,
3 year, 5 year, 10 year and
Since Inception. Since
Inception can also be shown as
an annually compounded rate
(ACR).

19. STANDARDIZED PERFORMANCE
Standardized Performance
numbers as proposed by the
consultation paper CP-387 s
available directly from
Morningstar and Lipper. This
can be shown as rolling 12
months returns and/or calendar
quarter returns.

20. MONTHLY CUMULATIVE (WITH BENCHMARK) PERFORMANCE
This is a two series chart
(typically drawn in line format)
plotting monthly cumulative
returns since inception against
the fund’s associated
benchmark. Variants of this
chart include plotting the sector
returns as a third series or
replacement for the
benchmark. Data is sourced
through Morningstar, Lipper or
customer originated
performance.

21. MONTHLY TRAILING PERFORMANCE
This table shows discrete
trailing monthly performance by
calendar year, typically going
back to inception. Note the use
of customized footnotes here
that explain the calculation
basis for the performance
calculation.

22. WITH PEER RANKINGS PERFORMANCE
This tabular format combines
Calendar Year discrete annual
performance with the Ranking
within each year against the
associated sector. It also
shows the number of products
in the sector universe. This
data is supplied directly from
Morningstar or Lipper.

23. GROWTH PERFORMANCE
This multi-series line chart
provides an indexed
comparison of a product(s)
performance against a sector
or a benchmark. For ease of
interpretation, these charts can
be reindexed to an initial
investment amount (in this
case $10,000) so monetary
comparisons can be made.
These charts are typically
shown in the currency of the
share class being plotted.

24. Ratings

25. MORNINGSTAR PERFORMANCE
RATINGS
[left] Morningstar OBSR ratings
can be incorporated on a
dynamic basis using rules
depending on display
preferences.
[right] When related to Passive
Funds, Closed End Funds
(Investment Trusts) or any fund
page/report deployed outside
of the UK, they are simply
Morningstar Analyst Ratings.

26. THE MORNINGSTAR STAR RATING PERFORMANCE
The Morningstar RatingTM for
funds, often called the “star
rating”, debuted in 1985 and
was quickly embraced by
investors and advisors. Using a
scale of one to five stars, the
original rating allowed investors
to easily evaluate a fund’s past
performance within six broad
asset classes.
RATINGS

27. CITYWIRE PERFORMANCE
Citywire Ratings (AAA/AA/A/+)
are available across a
significant cross section of
funds. Citywire is the only firm
to exclusively rate fund
managers, not funds.
RATINGS

28. LIPPER SELECTION CRITERIA PERFORMANCE
RATINGS
Funds are ranked against their
peers on each of four measures:
Total Return, Consistent Return,
Preservation and Expense. A fifth
measure, Tax Efficiency, applies in
the United States. Scores are
subject to change every month and
are calculated for the following
periods: 3-year, 5-year, 10-year and
overall. The overall calculation is
based on an equal-weighted
average of percentile ranks for each
measure over 3-year, 5-year and
10-year periods (if applicable).

29. Risk

30. SRRI PERFORMANCE
This component is the Synthetic
Risk & Reward (SRRI) calculation.
This calculation is based on the
volatility of the fund. For market
funds, the calculation uses
annualized volatility of the total
returns over the past 5 years. The
NAV returns are based on weekly
values, and where they are not
available, the monthly NAVs are
used. For strategic funds, there is a
slightly different calculation. There
are 7 SRRI Categories that
correspond to the Volatility Range
for the fund.
RISK

31. RISK PROFILE PERFORMANCE
A graphics based layout designed
around our customers’ profiling
method. These graphics are
generally color coded and the
various permutations of profiles are
stored as image libraries in our
customers’ tailored library.
RISK

32. RISK ANALYSIS PERFORMANCE
Typically used with alternate
strategies, Risk Analysis is a
customizable table based component
for displaying risk metrics and
statistics. This component typically
requires extensive footnotes and
accompanying explanation text.
RISK

33. Static Data

34. FOOTNOTES AND DISCLAIMERS PERFORMANCE
STATIC DATA
This stylized text component
represents data driven footnotes and
disclaimers of the product. It can
include bullet points, indentation and
stylized fonts. These text components
can change depending on jurisdiction,
language, fund structure and domicile.

35. INVESTMENT OBJECTIVES PERFORMANCE
STATIC DATA
This stylized text component
represents the “official” Investment
Objective or investment goals of the
product. It can include bullet points,
indentation and stylized fonts.

36. FUND DETAILS PERFORMANCE
This component allows for standing
Product data to be incorporated into
marketing documents. Can include
many different properties from a
comprehensive library of data items.
STATIC DATA

37. FEES PERFORMANCE
STATIC DATA
Product Fee’s data including initial and
trailing charges. It can also contain
expense ratios such as TER’s.

38. FUND FACTS PERFORMANCE
STATIC DATA
A customizable table component for
presenting product data. This example
shows how share class specific data
can be incorporated into a single
component.

39. FUND MANAGER PROFILES PERFORMANCE
STATIC DATA
Print quality images and bio’s of
individual Fund Managers or
Investment Teams.

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