Angela Centeno, CPA
Senior Research Lead
Angela Centeno has more than 25 years of experience in financial services. Prior to joining Cutter in 2015, Angela worked for The Northern Trust Company in multiple roles including sourcing and procuring enterprise market data, investment operations outsourcing, and vendor and custodian relationships. She previously held senior positions in operations management, project management, data management, and solutions implementation. Angela earned a bachelor of science in accounting and a bachelor of science in business administration from the University of Kansas, as well as an MBA in finance from DePaul University. She is a registered CPA.
Recent research assignments and publications include the following:
- AI Use Cases in Investment Management: Infinite Possibilities
- Alternative Investments
- Client Reporting Systems
- Cutter Benchmarking: Alternative Investments
- Cutter Benchmarking: Derivatives and Collateral Management
- Cutter Benchmarking: Firmwide ESG Capabilities
- Derivatives and Collateral Management Solutions
- ESG Data Management
- ESG: It’s a Jungle Out There ─ A Look at the Data Provider Landscape
- ESG Investing: One Vision, Many Lenses
- Market Data Administration
- Private Debt
Performance measurement and attribution (PMA) is evolving from a reporting function into a strategic capability. This report examines the trends reshaping PMA, including private markets, real-time analytics, AI, data architecture, and integrated investment workflows.
PMA is no longer confined to calculating and explaining returns. As investment managers modernize their operating models, PMA is becoming a core component of investment decision-making, data strategy, and enterprise-wide analytics. This report explores the trends driving that transformation and how the performance analyst's role is changing as automation and advanced technology reduce operational workloads and increase demand for insight.