Portfolio and risk management technology vendor Sophis and multi-dealer institutional trading platform TradingScreen have entered a partnership to provide an integrated asset management system covering the full investment life cycle from electronic order routing to back office processing.
Under the agreement, the two companies will establish interfaces between their respective systems for asset managers.
The combined solution will cover execution management tools and automation of trading strategies; FIX connectivity with more than 40 destinations; routing and management of complex orders including baskets; multi-asset portfolio management for classic and alternative investment managers; subscriptions/redemptions management and real time asset value calculation; real-time risk management and pre- and post-trade compliance management; benchmarking and performance analysis; and electronic confirmations, payment instructions and accounting entries.
Philippe Buhannic, CEO and president of TradingScreen, comments: "This unique agreement will enable asset managers to benefit from a unified solution for all steps of the investment management process and to integrate easily for their benefit the best-of-breed systems environment : client-server for asset management processing and XML based messaging for transactions."