Question 1

What can I do on the Dashboard?

Accepted Answer

Get a high-level overview of the portfolio
View the top line which displays key value and performance metrics
Compare your performance against a benchmark
Breakdown your P&L by Asset Class, Sector, Geography, Currency or Account/Custodian
See your best and worst performing positions
View upcoming corporate actions and events occurring in your portfolio

Click the 5 colored donuts to breakdown your portfolio by Asset Class, Sector, Geography, Currency or Custodian
How you break this down, affects how the P&L chart is filtered
Change the period in the section on the left-hand side labelled Period
Change your benchmark in Portfolio Settings
View your performance against your net investments by sliding from Performance to Value
Historic P&L is the P&L you uploaded prior to the system’s inception date

Question 2

What can I do on the Fees & Charges page?

Accepted Answer

View and breakdown fees and charges paid on your portfolio
You can filter by custodian and currency by using the drop-down boxes in the top right of the page
The details table shows Fees and Costs totaled by month and year and filtered by Custodian or Currency

Expenses/Deductions appear as a positive on this page, whereas they are actually a deduction from cash
The detail table is not affected by the date range selection.

Question 3

What can I do on the Allocation ESG scores page?

Accepted Answer

The traffic light system allows you to quickly analyze how positions are scoring
Not all your positions will contribute to your ESG score; only certain equities and funds

Question 4

What can I do on the P&L Explorer page?

Accepted Answer

Visualize the different ways you want to have your P&L data displayed by clicking the options to the left of the pie chart
Identify the P&L impact on your portfolio by Asset Class, Custodian, Sector/Strategy, Currency and Region

Clicking on the different pie chart options for what you would like to view P&L by, will also change the P&L summary graph and table

Question 5

What can I do on the Dividends Detail page?

Accepted Answer

See an overview of all the income your portfolio has received from dividends over the selected time-period
See a projection of income your portfolio will receive from dividends, looking forward 12 months. illio estimates this amount based on previous year’s figures and payment dates
Dividend detail also breaks down your portfolio dividend contributions by long and short positions.
Hovering over the bars on the chart will detail which positions have made contributions to dividend income in the selected period.

Dividends will be displayed in the portfolio base currency when ‘all’ is selected, even if the income received was a different currency
Using the drop down located at the top right of the chart, you can filter by currency
illio doesn’t guarantee future income it just estimates what it may be based on previous declarations

Question 6

What can I do in Portfolio Settings?

Accepted Answer

As an owner you can edit the name of your portfolio
Owners can also add more custodians to the portfolio
Advanced settings allow you to toggle Asset Structure / P&L View between Instrument Asset Class and Risk Asset Class
You can change your selected benchmark you are tracking your portfolio against on this page

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