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 NAV calculation agents, exchanges (for ETFs), data vendors (Morningstar, Bloomberg, Refinitiv, FE fundinfo)… | Daily NAV per share class; intraday for listed funds; fee schedules per share… | public |
| registry/licensing/permits | National regulators (SEC IAPD/Form ADV, FCA Register, BaFin, AMF, CSSF, CBI), ESMA fund registers, LEI issuers (GLEIF), fund domicile… | Per management company, per authorised fund/sub-fund, per registered… | public |
| financial filings | Regulators and their repositories (SEC EDGAR N-PORT/N-CEN/13F/Form PF, AIFMD Annex IV to national regulators, MMF reporting), companies… | Per fund per quarter/semi-annual (holdings, leverage, liquidity); per… | public |
| transactional/sales | Fund administrators (BNY, State Street, Northern Trust), transfer agents, fund platforms/supermarkets (Allfunds, Calastone, Fidelity)… | Per subscription/redemption order at share-class level (daily); aggregated to… | purchasable |
| reviews & sentiment | Rating agencies and research houses (Morningstar star/analyst ratings, Scope, FE fundinfo Crown ratings, Mercer/bfinance/Willis Towers… | Per fund or per strategy, monthly/quarterly rating refresh; per consultant… | purchasable |
| waste & emissions | Asset managers' ESG teams and ESG data vendors (MSCI ESG, Sustainalytics, ISS ESG, Clarity AI) computing portfolio carbon footprints; SFDR… | Per fund per year (financed emissions, PAI indicators, weighted average carbon… | purchasable |
| employment & workforce | Asset managers (HR systems), regulators (SEC Form ADV employee counts, FCA SM&CR register of certified persons), industry bodies (EFAMA… | Per firm headcount and function; per registered individual for approved roles… | partnership |
| incident/safety/claims | Asset managers' operational risk functions, ORX operational-risk loss consortium, depositaries (NAV error/compensation records)… | Per operational loss event (NAV pricing errors, trade errors, breaches… | partnership |
| quality & compliance testing | Asset managers' compliance and risk functions, external auditors, depositaries/trustees, regulators (thematic reviews); GIPS verification… | Per fund per period: mandate/UCITS limit breach records, best-execution (RTS… | partnership |
| customer demographics | Transfer agents, distributors/platforms, wealth managers, and the asset manager's own CRM (Salesforce); institutional client data held by… | Per investor account (retail: age band, geography, channel, holding size) or… | exclusive |
| communications/marketing performance | Asset managers' distribution and digital marketing teams, their agencies, fund platforms reporting on placement/listing performance | Per campaign, per adviser/institutional prospect touchpoint, per web session… | 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.