Make better decisions across every manager and every portfolio
Evaluate current and prospective managers
See every manager and SMA as a position in the portfolio. Understand how a prospective manager changes expected performance, factor exposures, and overall risk before allocating capital.
Distinguish skill from beta
Break performance into sizing, selection, hit rates, and event-driven returns to understand where each manager’s alpha actually comes from.
Steer the firm from the top
Model allocation shifts, build topco hedge overlays, and stress-test the aggregated book to understand and manage firm-wide risk.
How CIOs & Allocators use Arcana
Portfolio Construction
Optimize capital allocation across managers while controlling unintended factor, thematic, and concentration risk.
Manager Comparison & Capital Allocation
Compare managers on a consistent basis to understand sources of alpha, overlapping exposures, diversification benefits, and where incremental capital is best deployed.
Multi-Manager Stress Testing
Stress the aggregate portfolio against historical and hypothetical scenarios to identify which managers, strategies, and exposures drive firm-wide risk.
TopCo Hedging
Simulate hedges before execution and measure their impact on aggregate risk, factor exposures, and individual manager books.
Manager Due Diligence
Evaluate managers through the portfolios they run, analyzing exposures, factor dependencies, drawdowns, concentration, and sources of historical returns before allocating capital.
“This is absolutely extraordinary. Hugely enlightening.”
CIO
Hedge Fund
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Head of Delta One
Multi-National IB
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CIO
Hedge Fund
One platform designed to elevate every workflow
Portfolio Construction
Systematically improve performance while reducing unintended risk.
