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Charles River IMS vs. Finicity Connect

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    Charles River IMS

    Score9 out of 10
    N/AThe Charles River Investment Management Solution (Charles River IMS) automates front and middle office processes for buy-side firms. The solution helps enable accurate and timely investment decision support for institutional and wealth managers, alternative investment firms, insurers and asset owners. Charles River IMS helps clients streamline operations, reduce risk, and improve reliability.N/A

    Finicity Connect

    Score8.8 out of 10
    N/AFinicity Connect, now from Mastercard, is a fintech software that aims to make the consumer permissioning process simpler and faster. Finicity Connect links to the vast majority of financial institutions, providing an open banking APIs designed to put consumers in control of their financial data for additional security.N/A
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    Charles River IMSFinicity Connect
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    Pricing Offerings
    Charles River IMSFinicity Connect
    Free Trial
    NoNo
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
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    User Ratings
    Charles River IMSFinicity Connect
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    10.0
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    User Testimonials
    Charles River IMSFinicity Connect
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    State Street
    If your are large asset management company focused mostly on interest rate products and you are large institutional trader your way is the use of Charles River Portfolio Management & Risk Analytics account which is most reputable custodian institution which offers superior tool for bonds trading - Charles River IMS. Charles River Portfolio Management & Risk Analytics is focused on large bond traders, so is not offered for small hedge funds. It is not appropriate if you are small account holder and focused more on stock market offerings, margin trading and less focused on custodian reputation. There is no separate risk module for trading group risk management.
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    Mastercard
    It's a very comprehensive and plenty of features as compared to its competitors. I like how it shorten the time it takes to verify account details, monitor balances or create verification reports easily. I like how it makes the consumer permission process super simple and intuitive and makes them fast to data needed to provide service instantly.
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    Pros
    State Street
    • Focused on bonds
    • Risk approache based on counterparties risk measurement
    • Buid in scenario strategies and testing
    • CDS are available for trading (exlusive offering)
    • Portfolio construction
    • Yield analytics
    • Exotics: SWAPs, SWAPtions
    • Sophisticated options analytics
    • Currency forwards (exclusive offering)
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    Mastercard
    • Free access to our API endpoints.
    • Helps to connect supports the TSP protocol to secure our user credentials when accessing information from our financial institutions.
    • Integrate and connect anywhere within our web or mobile app using iFrame.
    • Connect SDK resources for both web and mobile apps.
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    Cons
    State Street
    • Equities - microstructure to consider detection of iceberg orders
    • Build in algos for large trades execution
    • Corporate or Banking level platform - not focused on mid sized business
    • SAP connectivity
    • Only Charles River Portfolio Management & Risk Analytics accounts
    • No trading group accounts capabilities
    • Needs arbitrage trading algo: spread, statistical, merger for stocks
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    Mastercard
    • Some features are complicated. Needs more training.
    • The Finicity Connect API documentation is not available in all areas.
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    Alternatives Considered
    State Street
    Charles River Portfolio Management & Risk Analytics is a state of the art company which owns state of the art products Charles River Portfolio Management & Risk Analytics. If you are considering long term value, capital preservation strategy and pension funds management that is the right choice if holdien one account versus several to get systematic diversification. You can run even department of banks treasury with use of Charles River Portfolio Management & Risk Analytics. So good but focused on large investors needs and diversification focus.
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    Mastercard
    It allows our customers to grant Finicity authorisation and use of their account credentials to access their financial data. I like how it integrate Connect anywhere within our web or mobile apps using iFrame. Connect SDK resources for both web and mobile apps. Add more Security features to our clients data. The support is great for all our needs.
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    Return on Investment
    State Street
    • Neutral. We are in system migration process.
    • We expect to get our P&L less volatile (+/- 5%). More international bonds in a mix
    • Top custodian is our first priority
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    Mastercard
    • Insights into customer-focused fintech innovation.
    • Phenomenal end-users experience.
    • Highest level security for our clients data.
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