Creating a Snapshot PDF Report

The Snapshot is a one-page report that displays graphs and charts representing an account's return, Net Asset Value (NAV), asset allocation and distribution of returns. The Snapshot gives you a downloadable and printable summary of an account’s performance and is suitable for presentation to advisor and broker clients.

To create and run a Snapshot PDF report in PortfolioAnalyst

1. Click Report Management in the left pane, then click PortfolioAnalyst. The PortfolioAnalyst main page.
   

   

   
   
   If you have previously created and saved Snapshot PDF reports, they are listed on this page in the Saved Reports section. PortfolioAnalyst includes default Snapshot PDF reports, including a 2010 Annual, 30-Day Snapshot and a 12-Month Snapshot. Run these reports or any other in the list by clicking the Run icon.

2. Click Create New. The Snapshot Report settings appear.
   

   

   
   Type the name of the new report in the Name field.

3. Select a time period:

1. Select Daily, Monthly, Quarterly, Month To Date or Year To Date, depending on how you want to view the data.

2. If you selected a daily time period, select a starting and ending date (up to a maximum of 60 days). If you selected a monthly time period, select a starting and ending month. If you selected a quarterly time period, select a starting and ending quarter. Click the icons next to the Starting Period and Ending Period
   fields to pick dates from a calendar.
   
   Analysis results include data available from January 2008 to the present.
   

   

3. If you are a Master account user responsible for client or sub accounts, select one or more accounts from the list of Available accounts. Use the green arrow buttons to move accounts between the Available and Included in Analysis lists. Your report will analyze the performance of the accounts you select.

●         For Performance Measure, select Time Weighted Return or Money-Weighted Return.

• Time-Weighted Return (TWR): Select this metric to view the percent return produced over time independent of contributions or withdrawals.TWR eliminates the impact of the timing of fund cash flows and isolates the portion of a portfolio's return that is attributable solely to the manager's actions. TWR is typically used for public fund managers because they normally do not control cash flowing into or out of their funds.

• Money-Weighted Return (MWR): Select this metric to view the performance of your portfolio during the specified report period. MWR is calculated using the Modified Deitz method and is influenced by the time of decisions to contribute or withdraw funds, as well as the decisions made by the portfolio manager of a fund.

4. Select Snapshot as the report type.
   

   

5. Click Save to save the report. Once you save a report, it will appear in the list of saved PDF reports.
   
   Click Cancel to cancel the report.

6. View the report by clicking the Run icon in the list of saved reports. Your report appears in a new window.

Advisor, Brokers and any users with a multiple-account structure who select two accounts or more for a report will be prompted to save a zip file, which includes a separate PDF file for each selected account.

The Snapshot includes the following sections:

●         Account Information: Displays your account name and number, account alias if you have one, your base currency, account type and the specified time period.

●         Return Over Time: Displays a line chart showing the account's return percentage over the specified time period.

●         Net Asset Value: Displays a bar chart showing the account's Net Asset Value over the specified time period.

●         Distribution of Returns: Displays a bar chart showing the range of return percentage for each day, month or quarter in the specified time period and the number of times the return performance fell within that range for the entire period.

●         Key Statistics: Displays several statistics for the specified time period, including beginning and ending NAV, one- and three-month return percentages, the best return and the worst return.

●         Asset Allocation: Displays two pie charts, one representing the account's asset allocation at the beginning of the specified time period and one representing the account's asset allocation at the end of the specified time period.

The following example shows a typical Snapshot report.