Database and Product Overview

The Convergence Database Includes:

• 2,000 data points on each Advisor/Manager updated daily, including:
• 16,200+ SEC Registered Investment Advisors
• 1,700+ Alternative State Registered Advisors
• 8,200+ Private Fund Advisors
• 7,300+ Private Fund Advisor Families
• 56,000 + SEC Registered Funds by Fund Type (HF/PE/VC/RE/SAF/LQ/OTHER)
• 2,900 + State Registered Funds by Fund Type (HF/PE/VC/RE/SAF/LQ/OTHER)
• 6,000 + Service Providers
• 55,000+ C-Suite Executives
• Email Addresses for at least one C-Suite Executive per Private Advisor Family
• 48,000+ Form D Filings (Hedge, Private Equity, Venture Capital and Other Funds)
• 30 + Primary Investment Strategies

Research

• RIA – Enterprise (Manager) View – profile
• RIA Advisor View – profile
• ADV Filing Changes – material filing change surveillance
• Form D Filing Changes – daily filing synopsis and history
• 3-D File-Fund/Advisor/Manager Views-All SEC Filers – file based for research and CRM integration
• 3-D File-Fund Level-All State Registered Filers – file based for research and CRM integration
• Time Series of key data points – We keep all data we source and enrich-creating a rich time series that reveals trends and opportunities that you find important.

Analytics

• ADVISOR COMPLEXITY PROFILES – Operating risk profile for Managers and Advisors broken down into 40+ factors that identify potential complexity and risk in an Advisor’s Operating Model.
• COMPETITOR AND VENDOR INTELLIGENCE – A custom built product monitoring key changes at select ADVISOR PEERS and SERVICE PROVIDERS in use and under consideration
• ADV ANALYZER SERVICE – Convergence analyzes and profiles the filing patterns of all SEC registered Advisors. Our analysis draws from the 100,000 Form ADV Part 1 and 2 documents in our database. Our analysis and profiling service addresses three main concerns expressed by the SEC- Completeness, Consistency, and Frequency. Our analysis will position your firm against the market and/or a select groups of peers.
• SERVICE PROVIDER GROWTH ANALYSIS – We track and reveal the key drivers of growth for all service providers, providing full transparency into key competitive and growth trends across the industry
• ASSET MANAGER GROWTH ANALYSIS – We track and reveal the key drivers of growth for all asset managers, providing full transparency into key competitive and growth trends across the industry
• FUND EXPENSE PRACTICES ANALYZER -Expense category disclosures are compared and contrasted to a Manager determined peer group. The service illustrates which of the Managers disclosures are common and uncommon expense categories
• REGULATORY HISTORY – Summary of Regulatory, Criminal and Civil violations at an Advisor and strategy level
• MARKET SHARE ANALYSES – Summary of Administrator and Audit Firm Market Share at an Asset and Strategy level comparing to key competitors
• TALENT IDENTIFICATION MANAGER – Identify talent across the industry by using 23 different factors to find technically qualified candidates, including the ability to search by gender

‘BIG DATA’ CAPTURE-ENRICHMENT- Original Content

• We create original content to help you make faster and more informed business decisions.
• You can act upon our data-We eliminate your need to make sense out of vast amounts of data