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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

    LSEG Eikon

    Score9.6 out of 10
    N/ALSEG Eikon, formerly from Refinitiv, is an open-technology solution for financial markets professionals, providing access to data, insights, and news. Through an array of relevant apps that deliver content and analytics, Eikon helps users move from insight to action.N/A
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    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
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    S&P Capital IQ
    Score7.5 out of 10
    Enterprises
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    Score7.5 out of 10
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    User Ratings
    Charles River IMSLSEG Eikon
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    User Testimonials
    Charles River IMSLSEG Eikon
    Likelihood to Recommend
    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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    LSEG (London Stock Exchange Group)
    Very likely to recommend to a colleague if he deals with researching companies on a day-to-day basis since it captures real-time market data, financial information such as income statements and balance sheet items, as well as news items around strategic updates and analyst reports from top investment banks.
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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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    LSEG (London Stock Exchange Group)
    • ESG ratings - allowing us to benchmark practices and reporting.
    • Real time market data - allowing us to track target companies.
    • Financial information - allows us to gauge companies' historical and forecasted performance.
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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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    LSEG (London Stock Exchange Group)
    • Not very easy to navigate - needs user to spend time.
    • Should have an intelligent search option to enable targeted search.
    • Should have more granular coverage in terms of financials.
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    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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    LSEG (London Stock Exchange Group)
    Refinitiv Eikon is a wholesome product that scores over the above products in terms of the coverage universe, features, and credibility of data Refinitiv Eikon is a go-to source for financial and ESG data, whose credibility is well established in the industry and scores above other competitors in this aspect.
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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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    LSEG (London Stock Exchange Group)
    • Negative - Tool is pricey so not everybody can afford.
    • Positive - Coverage of real time market data is unmatched.
    • Positive - ESG data coverage is very useful.
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