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The day after…Trying to give a next day outlook on what is going on in the investment manage‐ ment world today, it seems that the global economy is on the road to recovery. Banks and in‐ vestment firms are focusing on strengthening their position and regaining lost ground. Finvent remains close to its customers, but one step ahead of the market, bringing to the surface hid‐ den needs while equipping you with the necessary tools to manage evolving changes. Find out below how we can help you improve your every day business.
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Do you value your perform‐ gives the opportunity to track the performance of ance reporting? We do… any portfolio (e.g. Hedge Striving to offer our custom‐ Fund, Institutional portfo‐ ers added value via powerful lio, Private portfolio) com‐ reporting capabilities, we pared head‐to‐head to the have developed a num‐ ber of specialized re‐ ports for you to better analyze your Portfolio Performance. You can now track your Portfolio Returns in more detail, both on a Money‐Weighted (IRR) and on a Time‐ Weighted basis (TWR – compliant to CFA Insti‐ tute Standards and Performance since Inception by Security GIPS). The comparison of relevant Index. Portfolio Returns with Bench‐ ♦ Internal Rate of Return mark Returns is a very helpful (IRR) compared to a tool that allows you to better Benchmark: All calcula‐ analyze Portfolio perform‐ tions and numbers are ance. presented for Year to date, With this report package we last month and since Port‐ offer you : folio inception. Users are ♦ Time Weighted Returns able to compare model (TWR) by Security and portfolios to benchmarks Sector, compared to without needing to update Benchmarks: This report
performance history re‐ cords. This report can be a very useful tool for Asset Managers who use model portfolios in a daily basis. ♦ Internal Rate of Return MTD, YTD, rolling 12M, best & worst performance | indi‐ vidual security level: this report calculates IRR figures for Month‐ to‐Date, Year‐to‐Date, a User Defined Date Range and Rolling 12 months from today. The month with the highest and lowest rate of returns is also calculated for every individual security. All reports are easily config‐ ured in order to obtain the look and feel that every client wants. For more details contact our Sales department on sl@finvent.com.
Reinforce your Compliance Asset Management Companies need to comply with various international and local regulations regarding their expo‐ sure in specific Asset Classes, Issuers & Credit Institutions. This requirement is even more important and crucial in turbulent times when markets are vola‐ tile and you need to value your Portfo‐ lios on a Real Time basis. Finvent offers a Custom solution that widens the scope of the Limits & Re‐ strictions checking functionality that is available in Advent’s Trade & Order Management tool, Moxy. A list of fea‐ tures that has been added can be
found below: ♦ Percentage Market Value exposure in specific Issuers or Group Issuers. Provision for ‘guaranteed’ or ‘protected’ instruments from EU Countries etc (different percentages of Holdings apply). ♦ Aggregate percentage Market Value exposure in all issuers that fall be‐ tween a defined range of portfolio percentage holding (e.g. between 5% and 10% of Portfolio MV). ♦ Portfolio MV exposure in Fixed De‐ posits (and/or Repurchase agree‐ ments and Swaps) in a specific Credit institution.
♦ Portfolio MV exposure in Fixed In‐ come instruments of the same issuer that have been marked as 'protected'. ♦ Limits on number of Issues for every Issuer apply ♦ Specific Security Types can be ex‐ cluded from the exposure calcula‐ tions. All restrictions can be configured as hard‐unable to override, or soft‐ specific users can override them. For more details contact our Sales de‐ partment on sl@finvent.com.
Report Values in Time Series Reporting and plotting various Values in Time Series in APX has never been eas‐ ier! Finvent has developed a set of Re‐ ports that allow APX Report users to: ♦ Retrieve Portfolio values such as Quantity held in any Security, Secu‐ rity Weight in the Total Portfolio and Market Value for the Security Posi‐ tion for any date range in a Time Se‐ ries manner. ♦ Time series of Portfolio’s or Consoli‐ dated Group’s Internal Rate of Return by Asset Class. ♦ Export of Prices, FX Rates, Index
plot the results. ♦ Time series of Total Market Values for Portfolios & Groups of Portfolios. When selecting Groups, the portfolios that belong to the group are pre‐ sented in columns ‐ a Graph can also be generated to plot the results. All report results can be exported in Ex‐ cel, csv and text for further use. Exchange Rates on Time Series report
Rates and Total Market Values for Portfolios for any date range chosen – a Graph can also be generated to
For more details contact our Sales de‐ partment on sl@finvent.com.
Gartner & TowerGroup Analysis Reports on Advent Software Solutions In the Gartner Outlook 2009 report in reference to Trade Order & Portfolio
Management Systems, Advent Soft‐ ware ranked top and was the only com‐ pany to be positioned in the most de‐ sired top right quadrant. In addition, in the TowerGroup Analysis 2000‐2008 report in reference to total client population globally in the Trade Order Management Systems, Advent Software was ranked #1 and, as such, it mum 2,5 times more active users than outranked numerous global competi‐ any other company in the Trade Order tors in this business area. It was re‐ Management category. corded as serving in 2008 at a mini‐
Financial Statement Reporting (FSR) Most of the times when referring to reporting we only limit discussion to in‐ ternal reporting. There is however an extensive re‐ porting activity which is external: Annual Report, Balance Sheet, Quarterly Reports etc which are pub‐ lished for the authorities and investors. These reports are usually prepared by the Finance department, with the par‐ ticipation of many depart‐ ments in an organization and the final touch of some advertising agency. Issues that often arise from this process include:
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♦ Data integration and va‐ lidity (today data valida‐ tion is manual, leading to restatements and auditor fees)
♦ Security issues with auto‐ mated tracking of any changes made to the document by any user (today there is no auto‐ mated tracking and ver‐ sioning of the document) ♦ Complexity and time as documents need revision and need time to manage completion (no auto‐ matic workflow, exten‐
sive use of e‐mail) Clarity Systems integrates all the above functionality to provide a secure, easy to use way of completing fi‐ nancial statement reporting. As a result, risk of restate‐ ment and data leakage are minimized, while time is optimized through workflow and automatic approvals. Data is always correct since it is directly pulled from your system and updated dynamically. For more details contact our Sales department on sl@claritysystems.gr.
Finvent in Africa Finvent recently announced new agreement with Feber Associates in Mauritius. Our presence in Kenya and Mauritius for 7 years already with multiple clients, as well as the fact that this growing market chooses us for our solutions and expertise, confirms our belief for enhanced activity in this region. Having experience of several implementations in
the region, has converted Fin‐ vent into a trusted, interna‐ tional partner, building strong relations with clients who be‐ come reference for growing our business. This is a reward for our ceaseless effort to provide cus‐ tomers with best‐of‐bread, international solutions, as well as professional services with accuracy and efficiency.
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