Features
Supported by a single risk engine, data architecture and data mapping tools, Portfolio Construction and Risk Management for Fund Managers offers a wide range of advanced portfolio and risk analytics that can be used as the foundation for both investment and risk oversight functions.
Advanced risk measurement and management
Firms gain an extensive array of simulation-based absolute and relative risk analytics, ranging from probabilistic measures including VaR and tracking error, to stress testing measures such as user-defined risk factor shocks and historical replays. Portfolio Construction and Risk Management for Fund Managers also offers a variety of analytic functions such as duration, spread duration and yield exposure calculations at the instrument, portfolio and benchmark levels.
Extensive instrument modeling and analytics
Portfolio Construction and Risk Management for Fund Managers is packaged with a vast library of pricing functions, statistical models and risk analytics. Financial securities are modeled as generic instrument types that capture an exhaustive range of instrument terms and conditions, and facilitate the rapid configuration of newly issued securities. Additional third-party or proprietary valuation models may also be seamlessly integrated using the solution's API.
User-friendly interface
Algorithmics' asset management solution offers an easy-to-use, customizable interface that provides both an enterprise view as well as an easy drill-down capability, enabling users to navigate seamlessly through and ascertain key contributors to overall risk.
Real-time risk monitoring
Portfolio Construction and Risk Management for Fund Managers uses an on-demand feed to monitor a firm's risk profile throughout the day. It also supports dynamic portfolio re-aggregation capabilities and provides powerful 'what-if' functionalities, facilitating the exploration of trade ideas and allowing 'before and after' comparisons.
Optimized data handling capacity
Leveraging a high-powered simulation framework to process multiple requests from hundreds of users simultaneously, Portfolio Construction and Risk Management for Fund Managers offers financial institutions optimized calculation speed and data handling capacity.
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