What a financial audit of a portfolio dashboard application actually covers
The work is about the application that produces the figures, not about whether the dashboard looks modern.
Practice notes
Writing from the file, not from a product blog
Short pieces on what we actually see when we audit applications that feed investment portfolio dashboards.
Common breaks between custodian files and dashboard totals
The mismatch is often not a “wrong price”. It is a cash account, a pending trade, or a mapping that never had an owner.
How Malaysian reporting calendars affect dashboard cut-offs
Public holidays, Bursa calendars, and unit-trust dealing days do not always match the cut-off baked into an imported application.
Questions to ask before signing an application vendor
A pre-implementation review is cheaper than discovering, after go-live, that overrides have no expiry.
Working papers: what we keep and what the client receives
The report is yours. Our sampling notes stay in our file unless the engagement letter says otherwise.
When a dashboard number is an override, not a calculation
Pinned prices and suppressed lines can be legitimate. They should still be visible to the person who signs the pack.