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Flanks

Advisors

Flanks is a WealthTech company redefining the industry through data-led insights and automation. Its modular, all-in-one platform empowers financial institutions — including private banks, family offices, asset managers, pension plan providers, and technology firms — to deliver faster, high-quality, and hyper-personalised advisory services.

Northern Trust Family Office Technology

Consolidated Reporting

Northern Trust is a global financial institution that provides asset servicing, investment management and wealth management services for institutions, high-net-worth individuals and families or their family offices.

Employees

100-500

Revenue

Founded

2019

Incorporated

Locations

Barcelona
Madrid
Paris

Top 5 Markets

France
Spain
United Kingdom
Sweden
Brazil

Total AUM

39B

Avg. AUM per client

Ownership

Owned by management

100-500 (in GFO’s division)

$6.1 billion ($286.3 million – GFO’s trust fees)

1889

United States of America

Chicago
London
Guernsey
Luxembourg
Abu Dhabi

$114 billion (Northern Trust’s GFO)

$900 million (median $350 million)

Client

Focus

Banks

Secondary focus

Banks
Brokerages
Custodians
Exchange platforms
Fund managers
Individual wealth owners
Investment & Financial Advisors (RIAs/IFAs)
Multi-family offices
Pension Plan Providers
Single family offices
Software and technology providers

Single-family offices

Individual wealth owners

Approx. 500 GFO clients

Product

Main Tasks

Advisors
Artificial Intelligence
Compliance
Data
Data Aggregation
Portfolio Management
Reporting
Security & Risk

Top features

Ability to Whitelabel
AI Powered
Consolidated View
Custom Reports
Data Ingestion
Full Multi-Currency Support

Assets supported

Alternatives
Art & Collectibles
Bankable or Financial Assets & Fund
Cash & Equivalents
Commodities
Cryptocurrency
Developing Markets Fixed Income
Digital Assets & Crypto Currency
Lifestyle Assets & Rare Collectibles
Equities
Direct Private Equity
Real Estate
Hedge Funds
Gold & Precious Metals
Private Debt
Insurance
Private Equity
Fixed Income
Private Equity & Direct Investments
REITS
Venture Capital
Residential
Private Equity Funds
Real Estate

Compliance

Whitelabel

Yes

Consolidated reporting
Portfolio management
Accounting
Governance
Compliance
Trading
Data aggregation
Risk management
Impact/ESG reporting

Holistic, aggregated single source of data
Automated cash & trade transaction tools
Comprehensive user report library
Ad-hoc custom reporting
Easily-accessible mobile platform
Dedicated client service team
Integrated partnership accounting & general ledger
Security & integrity of your data

All marketable and non-marketable assets
Bankable assets
Private equity
Real estate
Rare collectibles (e.g. luxury cars, boats, high-value jewellery)

MiFID II
GDPR
AIFMD
UCITS

Technology

Type of Software

SAAS

Ecosystem

Integrations

We are prepared to integrate with our client systems

Mobile App

Serviced software

Multi-factor authentication
Anti-fraud programs & IT security team
Three-tiered network architecture with redundant firewalls and DMZ layer
Network intrusion detections systems.
Regular network- and application-level penetration tests
Anti-virus practices at network, app and database levels
Several limits to employees’ ability to see and manage client data
Dedicated fraud prevention and investigations unit

Linux
Java

We interact with a variety of external vended software and send data (once authorized by the client) daily. Existing connectivity can be confirmed on request.