Summary Type of financial institution: Asset management company Headquarters: London, UK
Branches: 32 offices in 25 countries across Europe, Americas,Middle East and Asia Assets: $286.1 billion under management (30 September 2010) Project scope: Domestic and international investment management operations System/vendor replaced: In-house and Portia from Thomson Financial System/vendor installed: Simcorp Dimension from Simcorp
Current functionality: Portfolio accounting (fixed income, equity and balanced mandates)
Interfaces: Order management system (Charles River), electronic trade confirmation and custodian settlement instruction software (Salerio), data warehouse (Pace from Eagle Investment Systems), performance management system (B-One from Bi-Sam), third party reconciliations solution (Sungard Intellimatch), payment processing solution (ACE's Pelican), client valuation reporting (Fundreports from Fundworks) and a price-scrubbing management system (Cadis)
Selection team: Company and consultants Selection time: 10-12 months Installation team: Company and vendor Installation time: 15 months Level of satisfaction: High