What data actually exists about this industry, who typically holds it, at what granularity, and how obtainable it is. Public means openly published; purchasable is sold by a vendor; partnership needs a bilateral deal; exclusive is effectively locked up by one party.
| Data category | Who holds it | Granularity | Access |
|---|---|---|---|
| pricing | Fund administrators and fund managers (NAV strike), stock exchanges for listed/ETF share classes, data vendors (Morningstar, Bloomberg… | Daily NAV per share class (money market funds often intraday/constant NAV)… | public |
| inventory & supply chain | Fund managers, custodians and administrators; portfolio holdings disclosed to regulators (SEC N-PORT/N-MFP, ESMA/AIFMD reporting) and… | Per-security position per fund, month-end or quarter-end (MMFs: weekly/monthly… | public |
| registry/licensing/permits | National regulators and supervisors (SEC, ESMA, CSSF Luxembourg, Central Bank of Ireland, BaFin, FCA), plus fund registers for cross-border… | Per fund / per sub-fund / per share class authorisation record, per management… | public |
| employment & workforce | Management companies' HR, national statistical offices and central banks (sector employment stats), industry associations (EFAMA, ALFI… | Headcount and remuneration aggregates per management company per year; sector… | public |
| financial filings | Fund managers and administrators; regulators and filing repositories (SEC EDGAR, national OAMs, CSSF); commercial aggregators | Per fund annual and semi-annual reports, KIID/KID and prospectus documents… | public |
| incident/safety/claims | Regulators and courts (enforcement actions, fines), management companies' operational-risk and errors-and-omissions records, insurers… | Per incident/enforcement case; per NAV-error or compensation event; aggregated… | public |
| transactional/sales | Fund transfer agents, fund administrators (e.g. BNY Mellon, State Street), platforms/distributors (fund supermarkets, insurance wrappers)… | Per subscription/redemption order at share-class level; aggregated to… | purchasable |
| reviews & sentiment | Rating and research houses (Morningstar analyst ratings and star ratings, Scope, Citywire manager ratings), platform user reviews… | Per fund and per manager rating, monthly/quarterly refresh; article- and… | purchasable |
| booking/utilization/occupancy | Fund administrators, managers, and vendors tracking capacity: AUM versus fund capacity, share-class dormancy, soft/hard closes… | Monthly AUM per fund and share class; capacity/closure status events per fund | purchasable |
| production output | Fund managers, administrators and performance vendors (Morningstar, Lipper, GIPS-verified composites) | Daily and monthly returns per share class, benchmark-relative performance, risk… | purchasable |
| communications/marketing performance | Management companies' marketing teams, distribution platforms, ad-tech and web analytics providers, Broadridge distribution-intelligence… | Per campaign / per adviser touchpoint; monthly gross sales attributed to… | partnership |
| quality & compliance testing | Depositaries, auditors, compliance functions of management companies; regulators (breach notifications, MMF stress test results submitted… | Per fund per reporting period: UCITS/MMF limit breaches, valuation-error… | partnership |
| customer demographics | Transfer agents, distributors, platforms and insurers holding the investor register; management companies' investor-base analytics… | Per investor account (KYC-level, restricted); aggregated to… | exclusive |
Compiled by the TriData research system from public registers, industry structure and regulatory reporting obligations; refreshed as the underlying catalogue grows. Look up the code itself in the NACE code finder.