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An assets report says a relationship is healthy while the redemption watch puts it in row one. AI analytics reads the flow file and the CRM export, separates gross sales from redemptions, and answers the distribution head's question: which relationships are leaving, and who has not been seen.

Ask it in your own words

These are the questions asset managers ask. Each one maps to a measure our tools compute from your files. The AI model chooses the measure and explains the result; the arithmetic is done by our code, and every total is checked.

The questionThe measure behind itWhat comes back
Which clients are redeeming while their assets look flat?Redemption watchClients with trailing net outflows masked by market gains, ranked by outflow, with the last logged meeting.
Where are net flows coming from, by strategy?Net flows by client and strategyGross sales, redemptions and net by client and strategy, summing to the firm total.
What share of an intermediary's flows do we win?Share of intermediary flowsOur gross sales against the intermediary's reported total, by strategy, with the gap.
Are we covering the largest relationships at cadence?Coverage at cadence, by assetsAssets of clients met within their tier cadence over assets assigned, by salesperson.
How concentrated are flows?Flow concentrationTop-ten share and the effective number of clients behind net flows.
Which clients hold one strategy where similar clients hold three?Strategies held per clientStrategies per client against the norm for its channel, with the candidates for a second.

A conversation, with the figures

Every figure below was computed by a tool from the rows and checked before it was shown. The lines sum; the percentages match; each line opens to the rows that make it.

Which relationships are redeeming?

Trailing three-month net outflows total $110.0m across 3 channels, after separating gross sales from redemptions. Intermediary channel accounts for $61.0m, 55% of the net outflow.

Intermediary channel$61.0m55% of the total
Institutional channel$34.0m31% of the total
Private wealth channel$15.0m14% of the total
The 3 lines sum to$110.0m0 unexplained

Which intermediaries?

3 intermediaries account for $53.0m of the $61.0m net outflow in the Intermediary channel, 87% of it. Assets at each are within two percent of peak because markets rose, which is why the assets report shows nothing.

Halcyon Advisers$23.0mgross sales 18m, redemptions 41m; last meeting 5 months ago
Sterling Partners$19.0mgross sales 9m, redemptions 28m; last meeting 7 weeks ago
Cobalt Wealth$11.0mgross sales 4m, redemptions 15m; no meeting logged this year
These 3 are$53.0m87% of Intermediary channel

Who should be in front of them?

The salesperson who owns each, this month, with the flow split in hand and the strategy the redemptions are leaving. The channel head reviews the redemption watch weekly until the trend turns.

Intermediary salespeopleMeet Halcyon, Sterling and Cobalt with the flow splitThis month
Channel headReview the redemption watch weeklyWeekly
Head of distributionPut net flows by client in the monthly packMonthly
Which clients are redeeming while their assets look flat?Where are net flows coming from, by strategy?What share of an intermediary's flows do we win?Are we covering the largest relationships at cadence?

The measures behind the answers

Each measure has one formula, one source and one meaning. They are computed per salesperson and channel and in total, and every one carries an identity that must hold before it is shown.

MeasureFormulaFromWhat it tells you
Net flows by client and strategyGross sales − redemptions, per client, per strategy, per periodTransfer agency or platform flow fileWho is adding and who is leaving, by strategy
Gross sales and redemptions, separatelyEach as a share of opening assetsFlow file; asset fileRotation and retention hidden inside a flat net
Share of intermediary flowsYour gross sales at the intermediary ÷ its category gross salesFlow file; market flow data or stated allocationHow much of the available flow you win
Redemption watchIntermediaries whose trailing 3-month net flow turned negative while assets are still near peakFlow file; asset fileAssets about to fall, while there is time to call
Coverage at cadence, by assetsAssets of intermediaries touched within tier cadence ÷ total assetsCRM activity; asset fileWhether the largest holders are being seen
Channel share per strategyFlows by platform, wirehouse, independent adviser, institutional ÷ strategy flowsFlow file with channelWhich channel each strategy actually sells through
Flow concentrationTop ten intermediaries' share of gross sales; largest single shareFlow fileDependence on a few platforms or gatekeepers
Fee yield on flowsRevenue-weighted fee rate on new flows against the rate on the existing bookFlow file with share class; fee scheduleWhether growth is arriving in the cheapest share class
Strategies held per clientCount of strategies held, against the norm for the client typeAsset fileSingle-strategy relationships; cross-sell list
Consultant rating coverageStrategies rated by each consultant ÷ strategies eligible; meetings in the last 12 monthsRatings log; CRMGatekeepers nobody has called

Each measure is worked through, with the export it comes from and what to drop, in Distribution KPIs for asset managers.

What the AI model does, and what our tools do

The AI model chooses the measure

From your question and the measures declared for asset managers, the model picks the one that answers it, and the period and comparison the question implies.

Our tools do the arithmetic

Deterministic code reads the rows, computes the measure, and checks the identities below. The same question on the same data gives the same answer, every time.

The AI model explains, and cites

The AI model writes the sentence around the result, naming the salesperson or account behind it. It states no figure that is not in the result, and every figure links to its rows.

The identities that must hold

FlowsOpening assets + gross sales − redemptions + market movement = closing assets
Channel shareChannel flows sum to strategy flows; strategy flows sum to the firm total
CoverageIntermediaries = covered + uncovered; each in one tier
ConcentrationIntermediary flows sum to the flow file total

What it reads

The exports asset managers already produce. Column names are mapped once and the mapping is reused. A file is the way in; scheduled delivery and connections to your systems come with the plan, and every source is listed here.

  • Transfer agency or platform flow file
  • Flow file
  • Asset file
  • Market flow data or stated allocation
  • CRM activity
  • Fee schedule
  • Ratings log

Who owns each answer

An answer is a list with an owner and a cadence, or it is a chart nobody works.

MeasuresOwnerCadence
Redemption watch; coverage at cadenceHead of distribution; channel headsWeekly
Net, gross and redemption flows by clientSalespeople; channel headsMonthly
Share of intermediary flows; channel share; fee yieldHead of distribution; productQuarterly
Consultant coverage; concentrationHead of institutional; head of distributionQuarterly

Questions asset managers ask about AI analytics

Why separate gross sales from redemptions?

Because net flow of minus 23 million can be gross sales of 18 million and redemptions of 41 million, and the two halves say different things. The first says the salesperson is still winning; the second says a large holding is leaving. The tool reports both, and the redemption watch ranks on the second.

How does it cope with market movements?

By reading flows, not assets. Assets rise with markets and hide outflows; flows do not. Where the assets report shows a two percent dip, the flow file shows the first negative quarter in two years, and the tool reports that with the figures side by side.

What files does distribution need?

The flow file by client, strategy and month, with gross and redemptions separately, and the CRM activity export for coverage and last contact. Intermediary reported totals, where you have them, add share of flows. The names can be pseudonymised before upload on Enterprise.

Does it replace the salesperson's judgement?

No. It replaces the two days of spreadsheet work before the judgement. The salesperson still decides why Halcyon is redeeming and what to say; the tool makes sure they know before the client's next review rather than after.

See it on your data

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