The increasingly complex investment management environment and the current financial crisis have shown that improved risk management is crucial for financial institutions to stay competitive in ever-changing markets. Releasing the new version of its product SimCorp Dimension, the world's most advanced software solution for the investment management industry, SimCorp responds to this challenge in its continued effort to enable clients to mitigate risk, reduce costs and allow growth.
Mitigate enterprise risk in front, middle and back office
A key part of the 100,000 man-hours spent over the last six months has been dedicated to developing front, middle and back office functionality that enables clients to mitigate enterprise risk:
Risk management now extended with multi-factor models, powered by APTTM
Top level reconciliations functionality to ensure investment strategy execution based on correct data
New Fund FTP Server for cost-efficient workflows with customisable exception handling
Calculation of theoretical prices and key ratios for credit derivatives, based on market-tested, proven models and functions from FINCADTM(1)
Automation, improved client reporting workflow and audit trail
SimCorp stays ahead thanks to continuous client-driven innovation
SimCorp is strongly committed to client-driven innovation, investing almost 30% of its cost base in research and software development per year. Each year 200,000 hours are spent in accordance with the product development strategy of SimCorp, on which clients have a substantial influence. Its close contact with clients, monitoring of current market trends and high frequency of releases of updates and new functionality, ensure that SimCorp can meet client requirements faster than any other competitor. "I am not aware of anybody within our industry who, on one product alone, invests as much as SimCorp on R&D", says Executive Vice President of SimCorp, Peter Theill.