Investment Funds & SICAV

One system to manage
investment funds and portfolios.

DBn integrates the register of investors and unitholders, assets and liabilities, multi-currency accounting and CMVM and ESMA regulatory reporting — for investment funds (UCIs) and investment companies (SIC/SICAV), securities, real estate or venture capital, under the Portuguese Asset Management Framework (RGA). Developed in Portugal and tailored to the Portuguese regulatory, tax and accounting framework.

◆ Built for the Portuguese market ◆ CMVM reports in XML ◆ ESMA reports (AIF/AIM) ◆ Integrated accounting
Compliance & instruments CMVM ESMA · Equities · Fund units · Bonds · Swaps · Forwards · Options · Commercial paper
/ solutions

Every type of collective investment undertaking

One core for management, accounting and reporting for UCITS and AIFs — investment funds and investment companies, self-managed or externally managed, closed-ended or open-ended, run by UCI management companies (SGOIC) or venture capital management companies (SCR).

FIM

Securities · Funds & SICAV

  • ◆ Securities funds and investment companies, closed-ended or open-ended
  • ◆ Automatic import of prices and security master data
  • ◆ Interest accrual with multiple day count conventions
  • ◆ Equities, fund units, bonds, swaps, forwards, options and commercial paper
  • ◆ Integrated multi-currency accounting with automatic journal entries
SIC

Real estate · Funds & SIC

  • ◆ Real estate funds and real estate investment companies (closed-ended or open-ended)
  • ◆ Register of investors, unitholders and SIC shareholders, plus tenant management
  • ◆ Lease agreements, services and sundry charges
  • ◆ Invoicing and loan management
  • ◆ Recording and monitoring of property acquisitions and disposals and of their valuations by independent valuers
FCR

Venture Capital · Funds & SIC

  • ◆ Venture capital funds (FCR) and venture capital investment companies
  • ◆ Investee companies, entry/exit strategies and valuations
  • ◆ Equity instruments, shareholder loans and supplementary capital contributions with interest calculation
  • ◆ Integrated accounting with automated journal entries
  • ◆ Management company reports RDB, SCR and GCR
Across all funds
LIM

Legal and regulatory limits

Monitoring of the legal portfolio composition limits set out in the RGA and RRGA, with the option to create the limits defined in each fund’s management regulations.

FEE

Fees, provisions and accruals

Automatic calculation of all fund fees, provisions and accruals at every close.

/ portfolio management

Client portfolios, managed separately from funds

A dedicated module for individual client portfolios, with investment profiles, rebalancing and reporting to clients and to the CMVM.

  • ◆ Investment profiles per client, with deviation monitoring
  • ◆ Portfolio rebalancing according to the defined profile
  • ◆ Multilingual client statements
  • ◆ Consolidation and posting through omnibus accounts
  • ◆ CMVM reports CCG, GCO and OPR
GD

Discretionary management

Portfolios managed by the management company on behalf of the client, under the agreed mandate and investment profile.

DA

Asset custody

Portfolios for safekeeping and recording of assets only, with valuation, statements and movement tracking, without a management mandate.

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Far beyond valuation

KYC, client management and interoperability are part of the same system — no scattered tools.

KYC

KYC & Compliance

  • ◆ Complete KYC module, with API integration to onboarding platforms
  • ◆ Ultimate beneficial owner and legal representative records
  • ◆ Due Diligence and Risk Classification records
  • ◆ FATCA and AML reporting (anti-money laundering and counter-terrorist financing)
CLI

Client Management

  • ◆ Investment clients and operations clients
  • ◆ Single client record and consolidated history
  • ◆ Segmentation and document management
  • ◆ Automated communication with investors and clients: expiring ID document alerts and client record update requests at risk-based intervals
API

Integrations & Extranets

  • ◆ Integration with Bloomberg Data License, LSEG DataScope Select and external system databases
  • ◆ Publishing to client websites and extranets
  • ◆ Automatic exchange of data and valuations
  • ◆ Automatic or manual bank statement import for bank reconciliation and transaction posting
/ market data

Security master data and prices, read straight from the source

DBn integrates with the two largest financial data providers. Security master data and prices flow into the system automatically, with no manual input.

Bloomberg

Bloomberg Data License

Automatic loading of reference data (bonds, equities, funds and derivatives) and closing prices for daily portfolio valuation.

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LSEG

LSEG DataScope Select

Import of terms and conditions, reference data and end-of-day prices, including evaluated pricing, from the LSEG data platform.

Learn about LSEG DataScope Select ↗
/ daily operations

The entire back office in one system

From supplier payments to accounting close, every recurring task of the management company has its own module.

Supplier payments

Automatic import of supplier invoices and documents, with data extraction for automatic completion. Approval workflow, SEPA file generation and confirmation with current account reconciliation. Integration with the Portuguese Tax Authority (AT) and e-Fatura.

Open accounting

Automatic journal entries, trial balance import, provision accounts and accounting reports from Excel templates.

Transactions & internal control

Grouping of purchases, sales and contracts into transactions, for Compliance, internal control and CMVM reporting.

Document management

Filing of documents linked to funds, clients, assets, contracts, properties and other records. Automatically sent notification templates built from Word documents.

Scheduled tasks & checklists

Scheduled automatic processes and configurable checklists for daily and monthly close.

Users & permissions

Access control: user profiles and permissions configurable by group or individually.

Interest accrual
Supported day count conventions
ACT/nACTACT/ACT30/36030E/360ACT/360ACT/365(366)ACT/365ACT/365.25(ACT+1)/360(ACT+1)/365ISMA 30/360(ACT-1)/360
/ regulatory reporting

Key CMVM and ESMA reports, generated in XML

Automatic generation of regulatory reports in XML, including the ESMA AIF and AIM reports under CMVM Instruction 8/2016.

CMVM reports
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ESMA reports

XML format compliant with CMVM Instruction 8/2016.

FATCA reporting

FATCA compliance, with automatic generation of the information for tax reporting.

Other supported CMVM reports
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Excel ⇄ XML/XBRL/DAT conversion and validation against CMVM, ESMA and EBA XSD schemas — CMVM Regulations 5, 6, 7, 8 and 9/2020, 5 and 7/2022, 7/2023 (RGA) and 3/2025.
/ already using another system?

Use only the reporting platform

If your firm already uses another fund management system, you can use the reportes.dbnsoftware.com platform to convert and validate your regulatory reports for the CMVM and ESMA.

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/ how to get it

Software-as-a-service, no upfront investment

On a subscription basis, installed on the management company’s servers or hosted by Variograma. Get started without significant upfront investment.

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Hosting of your choice
On premises on your servers, or hosted by Variograma.
2
Subscription model
Predictable cost, no upfront CAPEX.
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Variograma support
Platform built entirely by Variograma, with custom development available
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Back-office outsourcing
Partnerships with accounting firms to outsource the management company’s back office.

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