Active investors use Essentia to unlock behavioral alpha®

What is behavioral alpha?

Behavioral alpha is the excess investment return that results from mitigating the cognitive biases hidden in the investor’s decision-making process.

Better Feedback, Better Performance

Essentia’s Insight Advantage service for portfolio managers combines data analytics, tailored behavioral nudges and specialist coaching to provide a powerful feedback loop for active investment decisions. The result is continuous improvement, greater process discipline and proven gains in investment performance.

160 basis points of Behavioral Alpha using Essentia's decision attribution analytics services

Portfolio managers who engage with Essentia nudges outperform managers who don’t by an average of 160 bps per yearwithout taking on additional risk.

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New Investment Behavior Insight

With a combination of machine learning and deep domain expertise, Essentia identifies material, statistically-significant behavioral patterns in a portfolio manager’s investment activity.

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Intelligent, Tailored Nudges

Essentia’s Insight Partners work with each portfolio manager to design personalized, automated nudges that flag detrimental behavioral patterns, mitigate bias and encourage decision-making discipline on an ex-ante, day-to-day basis.

Measurably Better Decisions

Insight Advantage is built to deliver better decision-making habits, a reinforced investment process and improved performance. Its clear and objective reporting can also be used to evidence a fund manager’s value-add to investors, consultants and allocators.

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“Essentia has become an invaluable tool to iterate improvements to my investment process.”
Greg Dean, CFAFounder and Lead Investor, Langdon Equity Partners

Essentia Insight Advantage for Portfolio Managers Overview PDF

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