Likelihood to Recommend 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.
Read full review If a client is shy about investing or wants portfolio comparisons, Morningstar really hits the mark. Being able to show real-time data is great for putting a client's mind at ease. The downside to this product is, that if a client isn’t as financially literate, it takes some explaining to show them what’s going on, and they can get lost in all of the data.
Read full review Pros 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) Read full review Amazing Comparisons Easy to read charts Diverse database Read full review Cons 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 Read full review Ease of use Data sync Bond Database can be lacking Read full review Alternatives Considered 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.
Read full review In terms of diversity, Morningstar is the best on the market. The way they display data, and since many financial institutions use this software, it is easy to show clients how their money is doing outside of our institution. Also allows us to show portentously clients in-depth comparisons of different investment strategies.
Read full review Return on Investment 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 Read full review Gets Clients to Move their money to us Let’s you track portfolio performance to a variety of benchmarks The historical data is great Read full review ScreenShots