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Compass

Fund data exploration web application

Client
Project type Fintech
Duration 2025 — 2026

Due to the confidential nature of the project, screenshots cannot be shared publicly. The product is an internal, non-public solution and the presented work is therefore shown without original product screenshots.

Overview

Compass gives Fund Providers and Distribution Partners a single place to explore, monitor and report fund data across the Clearstream ecosystem.

I focused on making complex financial data easier to interpret and act on — improving the visibility of fund changes while reducing the amount of manual tracking required from users.

Compass dashboard shown on a laptop

Clarity in Complex Data

Helping financial professionals explore, monitor and understand large volumes of fund data without losing the context behind it.

The challenge

Users worked with

  • Hundreds of funds
  • Complex relationships between Funds, Providers and ISINs
  • Large and information-dense tables
  • Multiple combinations of filters
  • Frequent fund changes that were difficult to identify

The existing experience made relevant changes difficult to spot and increased the cognitive load of routine monitoring.

My approach

Improving data visibility — Restructured the dashboard to distinguish between all changes, fund changes and provider changes, turning an undifferentiated stream of information into clearer areas of focus.

Optimising dense tables — Reduced unnecessary columns, improved information hierarchy and introduced clearer filtering and scanning patterns. The goal wasn’t simply to show less information — it was to provide the right information in the right context.

Designing for predictability — Established clear states, explicit system behaviour and scalable interaction patterns. In a data-heavy environment, users need to understand what the system is doing and why, particularly when actions and changes have downstream consequences.

Designing for auditability — Treated traceability and transparency as part of the UX rather than purely technical requirements. Important changes needed to remain understandable and verifiable throughout the experience.

Outcome

Business Impact

  • Improved transparency of fund data
  • Created a clearer foundation for monitoring fund changes
  • Made the product easier to approach for a broader range of users

UX Impact

  • Improved visibility of relevant fund changes
  • Reduced reliance on manual tracking
  • Made navigation and filtering through complex datasets more efficient
  • Reduced cognitive load when working with large tables

Designing for trust

Fund data carries real financial and regulatory weight. Every screen had to hold up not only from a usability perspective, but also under scrutiny from compliance, operations and financial professionals.

That creates a different design challenge from most consumer products. The interface cannot simply feel simple — users need to understand what the data means, what has changed and what the system is doing before they can confidently act on it.

For Compass, clarity was therefore not just a usability goal. It was part of making the product trustworthy.


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