2014

Unveiled Launched
Investment Charles
Book of River IMS as
Record (IBOR) a Service
Services
Capabilities
2011 Compliance as a
Charles River Service launched
Data Service
2005 launched Launched Value
2003
Added Services
Charles River Managed
Investment Services Launch of Charles River
Management launched OEMS Wealth Hub
Solution (IMS) launched
1995 launched Introduced
2009
1984 Compliance 1997 Charles River
Network (FIX)
Launched OMS
Founded Introduced

Custom
Software Software Enterprise Solution SaaS

Charles River Timeline

Since 1984
Charles River has distilled the best • Better Investment decisions
practices from a diverse, global client
• One organization-wide view of
base and incorporated them into the
investments
Charles River Investment Management
Solution (Charles River IMS). With a long • Accurate, actionable data throughout
term view and singular focus on the the investment process
front and middle office, Charles River has • Reduced costs
helped large and small firms achieve:

Today
More than 350 investment firms in over • Improve trade execution
44 countries rely on Charles River to: • Monitor & reduce risk
• Simplify & streamline operations

Tomorrow
In an environment of ever-changing • Grow and retain assets through
market, competitive and regulatory continuous innovation
pressures, Charles River continues to
• Diversify and expand products and
invest heavily in R&D to help clients:
geographic coverage
• Keep up with regulatory requirements
Charles River Investment Management Solution
Charles River IMS automates front and middle office investment management functions
for buy-side firms in the institutional asset and fund management, private wealth, Key Advantages
alternative investments, insurance, banking and pension markets. Charles River helps
• Reduce risk, cost and
clients optimize operations, reduce risk, and improve reliability and consistency with:
complexity
• Increase end user productivity &
End-to-End Investment Lifecycle Support satisfaction
Charles River IMS supports the entire investment lifecycle on one platform, from decision
• Streamline front- and middle-
support activities through trading and post-trade settlement, with the broadest available office workflows
asset class support and integrated compliance and risk management throughout.
• Simplify infrastructure &
Built-in Investment Book of Record (IBOR) capabilities further improve efficiency and
management
accuracy by removing dependence on back-office data feeds. Charles River’s Enterprise
Data Management (EDM) facilities help firms improve the accuracy, consistency and • Launch new products faster
completeness of their reference, analytics, pricing, and benchmark data.

Delivered as a Service
Charles River IMS is delivered as a hosted service, with integrated data and end user
support, which enables clients to access the latest functionality faster, improve data
quality, and streamline operations. This simplified Software as a Service (SaaS) operating
model helps clients make better investment management decisions and respond more
quickly/effectively to business, investor and regulatory demands. This increases end
user satisfaction, ensures more predictable costs, and helps mitigate operational risk.
The SaaS-based offering includes seamless upgrades and 24/7, follow-the-sun support
provided by Charles River’s in-house support staff. Most importantly, Charles River
provides the proper foundation for the investment process by providing, validating and
managing all necessary data.

One Platform for Multiple Business Lines

Charles River IMS combines best of breed components in a platform that meets the
diverse and demanding requirements of institutional asset and fund managers, banks,
wealth managers, alternative investment managers and hedge funds, pensions and
insurers. Best practice workflows help improve investment productivity, and a high
degree of scalability, configurability and openness enables clients to consolidate
the management of multiple business lines. Only Charles River IMS supports the full
spectrum of financial product offerings, from basic asset class specific products to
solution oriented and complex multi-asset products.

Anytime, Anywhere Access

Charles River provides several end user deployment options, and easily scales to
support thousands of users. In addition to desktop deployment, a fully-configurable,
browser-based dashboard allows financial advisors to quickly personalize information
for managing complex accounts and client relationships. Charles River’s mobile app
meets the growing demand for remote access by giving users a “big picture” view into
Charles River IMS when away from the office via iPad and Android devices. Financial
advisors and other client-facing users can make in-person meetings more interactive by Charles River offers easy remote access via
using tablets as graphical reporting and presentation tools. web browsers and mobile devices, with
desktop deployment for sophisticated
workflows and actions.
Market Segments
Institutional Asset & Fund Management
By consolidating separate products in an enterprise solution, firms are able to automate
processes, streamline workflows and reduce the points of integration that contribute to
inefficiencies and errors:

Improve decision support by Ensure efficient risk management

centralizing all portfolio analysis and with automated compliance checking
construction activity throughout the investment lifecycle
Increase trader productivity Reduce technology costs and
with a single order and execution simplify management by leveraging
management system Charles River’s infrastructure and
application management expertise

Grow & retain assets

Wealth Management
Charles River IMS brings institutional capabilities that support discretionary and non-
discretionary private wealth product lines, enhance client interactions, and efficiently
Diversify products
manage large volumes of accounts and trades:
Expand geographies
Speed introduction of new products Ensure tax-efficient portfolios and
with built-in support for all asset tax optimization across households
classes, including mutual funds, ETFs,
Maintain a holistic view of family
Keep up with regulatory
futures, options, fixed income
assets, including household-, and multi- requirements
Support region-specific frameworks generation-oriented views
and products, such as SMA, UMA, UMH,
Improve throughput by rebalancing
Simplify systems &
Rep as Manager, and Mutual Fund
high volumes of separately managed, operations
Wraps
unified and household accounts
Effectively implement investment
Enrich client presentations with Reduce risk & cost
strategies using characteristic-
graphical reports on mobile devices
based allocation models and custom
benchmark portfolios

Alternative Investment Management & Hedge Funds

Charles River’s enterprise solution meets the requirements of both large and small
organizations, enabling alternative investment managers to:

Create and manage multiple Alleviate staffing and infrastructure

strategies and sub-strategies with pressures with a turnkey solution that
institutional capabilities across all asset simplifies day-to-day operations and
classes, including derivatives & FX scales with business needs

Minimize ramp-up time with out-of- Streamline regulatory obligations

the-box templates for quick set-up and such as global shareholder disclosure
flexible configuration of user interfaces (GSD) reporting with automated
and workflows compliance checking and built-in
libraries
Support active management styles
that add alpha, with strong decision
support and execution capabilities,
including a global view of investment
performance and risk, and the ability to
monitor P&L in real time
A Simplified Operating Model
SaaS-based deployment provides clients with significantly faster access to new capabilities and
ensures the necessary data for Charles River IMS. Clients can leverage the economy of scale in Key Advantages
Charles River’s global support teams and the expertise that comes from supporting a diverse • Improve data accuracy
client base. Having a single point of contact for software, hardware, data and connectivity saves • Access the latest software
time and improves accountability.
• Improve day-to-day operations
• Minimize staff requirements
Data Services & Support
and training
Investment management systems consume enormous quantities of data, and ensuring
consistent data quality is one of the biggest challenges for most firms. Properly mapping, • Lower technology costs
feeding and managing ever-growing data volumes across instrument types is an industry- • Reduce operational risk
wide problem that is compounded by frequent changes and quality issues with data providers. • Increase user satisfaction
Charles River alleviates data problems by providing an all-inclusive data solution incorporating:

A managed Charles River Data Service Additional providers based on asset class
using best of breed providers, that maps with standardized integration and support
and enriches reference and real-time data, (e.g., FinCAD analytics, The Yield Book real-
and supports new security setup time mortgage analytics)
Certified Bloomberg interfaces that Enterprise Data Management (EDM)
work out-of-the-box and are continuously facilities to manage, monitor and promote
maintained and managed by Charles River golden copy data within Charles River IMS
and to other systems
Built-in Investment Book of Record (IBOR)
to ensure an accurate view of positions
and cash throughout the trading day

Charles River helps reduce data costs, technical issues and administrative headaches
by managing the entire data process for clients, aggregating all necessary data and
incorporating it directly into the Charles River IMS across nearly a thousand data fields.
Charles River coordinates with data vendors to manage interfaces, handle changes in data
feeds, adapt to new data requirements, and ensure smooth software upgrades.

Private Cloud-Based Delivery

Charles River keeps software current by managing regular upgrades and ensuring optimal
application performance and reliability. Application specialists manage Charles River IMS
according to best practices, and provide application and integration expertise that is difficult
for firms to build and maintain in-house.

Compliance Advisory Services

Charles River’s compliance services team provides a level of knowledge and depth of skills
difficult to maintain with in-house staff alone. Compliance Advisory Services acts as an
extension of the client’s compliance organization to ensure that their compliance rules and
workflows are efficient, follow accepted best practices and align with client mandates and
regulatory requirements.

FIX Connectivity
Charles River ‘s broker-neutral financial network supports global electronic trading via
FIX with access to over 600 global liquidity venues. Full integration facilitates direct access
between buy-side clients, sell-side brokers and trading venues to simplify operations and
improve trading reliability. Charles River provides complete FIX administration, connectivity
management and support for each sell-side broker and trading destination, eliminating the
need for customer involvement and increasing service levels through continuous testing,
certification and monitoring of sell-side end points.
Portfolio Management
Charles River IMS provides extensive decision support for fixed income, equity, FX and
derivatives on one platform with integrated data. Excel-like data visualization and Key Capabilities
aggregation capabilities and best practice workflows provide portfolio managers with • Portfolio Construction
a readily familiar tool that is easy to use and frees them from dependency on individual • Asset Allocation & Rebalancing
spreadsheets. Integrated performance measurement and risk management provide • Performance Measurement &
real time visibility into performance and risk exposure. Scenario analysis and advanced Attribution
analytical capabilities help portfolio managers understand investment risks. • Scenario Analysis
• Ex-Ante Risk
Fixed Income • Ex-Post Risk
Charles River IMS provides portfolio analysis tools and analytics for standard and emerging • Value-at-Risk (VaR)
corporate bond markets, a comprehensive set of government bond types from more
than 50 countries, plus fixed income derivatives, including interest rate and credit default
swaps, forwards, futures and options. Fixed income views can group portfolios by multiple
classifications, including sectors, ratings, issuers and duration bands, with flexible drill-
down, enabling portfolio managers to:

Evaluate portfolio strategies by conducting benchmark comparisons and dispersion

analysis
Understand and manage risk leveraging Charles River’s powerful built-in analytics
tools and third-party sources for exposure management, sensitivities, risk analytics,
stress testing, ex-post risk, Value-at-Risk (VaR) and ex-ante risk
Ascertain portfolio-level impact before generating orders by proposing on either a
“what if” or “generic” basis

With Charles River’s single workspace, portfolio managers can easily view their accounts,
drill down to holdings, and display multiple concurrent views of the same accounts.
Equity
Advanced Capabilities
Charles River’s portfolio analysis tools support equities and equity derivatives, including
futures, options, and total return swaps. Portfolio managers can create and implement • Strategy/Model Management
both active and passive investment strategies using asset allocation and security selection • Currency Overlay Management
tools, to help optimize workflows for one or many portfolios using customizable views to: & Hedging
• Instrument Exposure Look-
Efficiently manage holdings by targeting on country, region, currency, industry/sector,
Through
and market capitalization roll-ups
• Investment Book of Record
Fulfill organizational and fund mandates by rebalancing portfolios or utilizing cash
invest/divest capabilities to align positions with their respective model or index
Determine risk impact of potential orders by conducting hypothetical “what-if” analysis
Optimize operations by automatically factoring client-specific restrictions into all order
generation activities

Foreign Exchange
Full multi-currency support allows portfolio managers to view any portfolio in any
currency, using real-time FX rates, enabling them to:

Effectively manage and hedge currency risk with currency overlay

Quickly assess FX/hedging needs with currency-based settlement day forecasting and
flexible viewing options (by asset currency, currency clusters, across portfolios, etc.)
Fine-tune currency exposure by consolidating/rolling forward positions

Flexible tools enable portfolio managers

to classify their holdings and implement
investment decisions for one or
many portfolios, align positions with
benchmarks or models, and monitor the
status of orders across the trading desk.

Comprehensive multi-currency and

FX support help portfolio managers
manage currency exposure across
multinational portfolios.
Performance Measurement & Attribution
Charles River IMS enriches the portfolio management process with up-to-date performance
measurement and attribution analysis (PMA) and facilitates GIPS compliance, without the
need to integrate a standalone PMA system. Users can directly access all return, contribution,
attribution and risk data for each portfolio, for a variety of timeframes and user-defined
classification levels. Charles River reference and pricing data reduces operational complexity
and helps ensure a consistent view of performance and attribution across the firm. Users
can also perform backward-looking performance analyses for any historical time period or
account using multiple search criteria.

Eliminate standalone systems with Reflect investment objectives and/

fixed income and equity performance and or strategies using custom blended
attribution on a consolidated platform benchmarks
Provide context for decision making Automatically reconcile performance
by bringing results directly into portfolio contribution, attribution and ex-post
management workspace or reports risk data by eliminating multiple data feeds
from disparate systems
Streamline workflows with “look-
through” calculation down to the Reduce “noise” and inaccuracies by easily
individual security level and dynamic restating performance data (price changes,
recalculation of results when corporate actions, etc.)
methodologies and classifications are
Automate GIPS support with rules to
changed on the fly
maintain GIPS composite memberships;
standard reports include firm and
composite disclosures

Performance reports provide detailed breakdowns of

performance figures and summarize results in bar or trend charts
that can be viewed from Charles River IMS or a web browser.

Configurable workbench views consolidate

performance contribution, attribution and ex-post risk
results for by portfolio managers.
Risk Management & Scenario Analysis
Integrated risk management and scenario analysis functions enable firms to meet client
and regulatory demands for greater transparency and stricter guidelines throughout the
investment management lifecycle. Charles River IMS provides portfolio managers, risk
managers and compliance officers with curve-based analytic measures, ex-post and ex-ante
risk metrics, accessible directly from portfolio management workflows and reports.

More informed decision making - Increased visibility and availability

view key rate durations and sensitivities of ex-post and ex-ante risk metrics -
to other analytical factors for the entire report risk contribution and attribution
portfolio and benchmark, calculated for tracking error, volatility, variance,
natively information ratio, beta; summary risk
measures include Jensen’s alpha, Sharpe
Framework for stress-testing
ratio, Treynor ratio, Sortino ratio, downside
portfolios - specify interest rate and
risk and others; calculate Value-at-Risk
credit scenarios; then view effects
(VaR) using historical simulation, as well
on the portfolio and benchmark for
as ex-ante volatility and tracking error (TE)
portfolio fair value, yield, duration and
using Charles River’s statistical factor model
other analytics
or a third party factor model
Centralized risk management - seamless
integration with Charles River’s compliance
functions automates risk monitoring across
the enterprise

With Charles River IMS, risk measurement and management

become an integral part of daily portfolio management
activities, using the same data and metrics as compliance
managers and risk analysts.

Flexible scenario definitions help investment managers analyze

the full spectrum of conditions and stress events as defined by
regulators or anticipated by portfolio managers.
Trading & Execution
With Charles River’s combined order and execution management system (OEMS), traders
can work more productively by creating, placing and executing orders in one trading Key Capabilities
blotter. From one screen, traders can manage trade execution strategies, streamline
• Order & Execution Management
complex workflows into “one-click” execution, act on an entire program as if acting on a (OEMS)
single order, and monitor market data and active orders. Full integration with portfolio
• Data Charting & Visualization
management functions enables better communication between traders and managers.
Interfaces with sell-side and execution venues support cross-asset class coverage. • Trading Analytics & Transaction
Cost Analysis (TCA)

Charles River’s trading blotter offers numerous advantages over discrete order and • Broker & Commission
execution systems. Traders can work more efficiently by eliminating multiple interfaces, Management
fragmented workflows and order staging problems inherent in utilizing separate order
and execution platforms. Traders no longer have to switch between systems or re-key
critical information, which saves time and reduces errors. Benefits beyond the trading
desk include improved compliance and auditing, reduced operational risk, and simpler
infrastructure.

Fixed Income
Charles River IMS improves trader decision making with quick and efficient workflows and
built-in quote management. Traders can find liquidity and negotiate with counterparties,
monitor the market, and execute both cash and derivative trades, with:

Comprehensive asset support including Integration with leading fixed income

government, investment grade, high yield, ECNs, allowing traders to stage orders to
municipal, structured, inflation-linked, TradeWeb, MarketAxess, BondVision and
emerging market debt, TBA, and listed and Bloomberg, and receive completed trade
OTC derivatives details after execution
Accurate and up-to-date security Advanced trading capabilities including
information, including benchmarks and generic order handling, multiple-quote
curves, with tight integration to fixed support, streamlined booking of complex
income market data providers swaps, trading on price, yield, spread,
swap rate and deal spread

Charles River’s configurable trading

blotter automates manual processes
with integrated quoting and built-in
access to trading platforms.
Equity
Today’s equity trader requires quick access to all relevant data and liquidity. Charles River’s Key Capabilities
intuitive trading blotter encompasses all the key workflows for equity cash and equity • Real-Time Market Data
derivative orders, including:
• Automated Smart Order Routing
Easy access to fundamental trading Integrated critical market data and • Program/List Trading
analytics at all stages of the trade charting, including real-time level I • Algo Trading
lifecycle, with integrated transaction and level II exchange data, price history, • Multi-Leg Spread Trading
cost analysis (TCA) from order news, watch lists, time and sales, and
• DMA Trading
generation through execution venue analysis
• Venue Analysis
Support for multiple trading methods Built-in access to liquidity with a
• Pre- & Post-Trade TCA
and strategies including program broker-neutral FIX network, providing
trading, single name trading, algorithmic connectivity to more than 600 trading
trading, DMA trading and spread trading destinations and ability to quickly add
new destinations
Freedom to focus attention on more
complex, less liquid orders by utilizing
automated smart order routing for low
touch orders

Charles River brings together the tools

and data traders need to effectively
implement trading strategies.

Foreign Exchange
Charles River’s automated FX capabilities help investment managers hedge out currency
exposure and risk, and reduce the cost of settlement for cross-border trading. Charles River
enables firms to manage their own FX trades with a highly efficient workflow that easily
links FX trades back to the original equity, fixed income or derivative trade, and ultimately
reduces costs with:

Fully automated settlement and Streamlined access to the best rate

hedging trades based on pre-defined through streaming quotes (RFQ/RFS)
settlement and hedging rules
Best execution analysis and
Complete transparency into reporting, including the ability to
Charles River helps traders achieve best
portfolio cash through full integration store historical quotes
execution by gathering multiple quotes and
to cash flow forecast automatically identifying the best rate.

Direct access to multiple liquidity

destinations including bank direct,
ECNs and bank algorithms
Compliance
Charles River helps clients meet demands for more stringent risk management with
centralized compliance monitoring and management capabilities, and advisory services Key Capabilities
that utilize a comprehensive library of built-in rules for worldwide regulatory requirements
and mandates, including US SEC 1940 Act and Rule 2a-7, UCITS and CESR, Dodd-Frank, • Compliance Lifecycle Monitoring
KAGB, global shareholder disclosure (GSD) regulations and others. Charles River IMS • Comprehensive Rule Libraries
automates the compliance workflow and provides advanced compliance rule building, • Rule Building & Testing
testing and maintenance, customizable reporting and a complete audit history, including
• Model Compliance
the ability to:
• Advisory & Global Shareholder
Reduce intra-day risk by validating Supply regulators and auditors with Disclosure Services
compliance at any stage of the trade end-to-end audit trail and extensive • “As of” Compliance
lifecycle: pre-trade, in-trade, post- trade compliance reporting
• Derivative Exposure Calculations
execution, end-of-day/post-trade
Improve responsiveness to alerts and • Calculation Builder
Streamline portfolio management warnings via browser or mobile device
• Integrated VaR Monitoring
workflows by incorporating Stay current with best practices,
compliance rules into “what-if” analysis • “Four Eyes” Test Authorization
client mandates and regulatory
Optimize compliance monitoring by requirements by leveraging Charles
prioritizing and filtering alerts River’s Compliance Rule Advisory
Service and Global Shareholder
Easily trace violations and perform
Disclosure Service
historical trend analysis through “As of”
compliance reporting

Charles River automates

compliance validation and
reduces risk with monitoring
integrated throughout the trade
lifecycle.

Comprehensive reporting
tools, including historical trend Rich repository of compliance
analysis and “As of” reporting, rules and advanced rule-building
supply documentation needed tools provide diverse instrument
for regulatory or audit inquiries. and regulatory support.
Post-Trade & IBOR
Post-Trade Matching, Confirmation & Settlement
Charles River boosts operational efficiency and reduces risk by automating the post- Key Capabilities
trade process and providing centralized confirmation, trade matching and settlement
• Block & Allocation Matching
instruction workflows. For each transaction, dealers and traders, portfolio managers,
compliance, and operations personnel have the same real-time view of all post-trade • Accounting Import/Exports
processing activity and data. The resulting low-touch settlement process minimizes • OTC Clearing
manual steps and enables investment managers to: • Reconciliation

Expedite settlement by routing Manage “by exception” with

individual trades and allocations in real personalized views and alerts that save
time to facilitate same-day matching and time and speed up corrective intervention
confirmation
Consolidate post-execution operations
Reduce failed trades and settlement by centralizing all reference data and
issues with consistent views of post- settlement instructions
trade activity and data

Charles River IMS automatically routes transaction details and ensures central or local
matching with centralized exception management and configurable, rule-based local
tolerance matching. Built-in interfaces include:
• Omgeo OASYS, CTM & TradeSuite • Local match/affirm with any destination
• MarkitSERV swap clearing • ISO 15022/SWIFT for custodian notification
• FIX 4.2 or 4.4 allocation workflow

Investment Book of Record (IBOR)

Charles River’s integrated Investment Book of Record provides traders and portfolio
managers with an accurate, real-time, and consolidated view of positions and cash. Key Capabilities
Purpose-built for the front office, Charles River IMS provides an investment-centric view of • Multi-asset, multi-currency
positions that reduces trade errors and time spent manually reconciling position data. solution
• Audit trail of transactions and
Charles River increases confidence in investment decisions by providing consistent position
positions
data and actionable analytics throughout the investment process. Unlike closed systems,
Charles River IMS makes position data easily available to downstream systems including • Exception based position
reporting, performance attribution and risk management, enabling them to access the reconciliation
same accurate view of positions in real time. • Supports mandatory and
voluntary corporate actions
Incorporating IBOR in the investment management platform enables organizations
• Full security lifecycle support
to decouple the front office from the back office, and helps firms that do not have an
accounting system and rely solely on feeds from custodians and prime brokers. It also
benefits wealth managers who need to consolidate positions from multiple accounting
systems, or control tax lot tagging for newer multi-sleeve or multi-strategy products, such
as Unified Managed Accounts (UMA). Charles River’s IBOR solution allows users to:

Improve accuracy and reduce end- Help portfolio managers remain fully
of-day processing time by eliminating invested by providing accurate intraday
dependency on back-office data cash balance information

Reduce the possibility of trading errors Increase transparency and improve

and compliance violations by ensuring recordkeeping by incorporating external
that investment managers are trading on transactions that affect positions
timely, accurate, complete information

Decision Support u Compliance u Trading u Post-Trade

About Charles River
Charles River provides an end-to-end solution to automate front and middle office
investment management functions across asset classes on a single platform. Delivered
as a hosted service, the solution offers a simplified operating model that improves data
quality and investment professional productivity, controls risk and lowers technology
costs. Charles River serves more than 350 investment firms in over 44 countries in the
institutional asset and fund management, private wealth, alternative investments,
insurance, banking, and pension markets.

Clients by Primary Business

Institutional Asset and Fund Management - 39%
Wealth Management - 20%
Banking - 12%
Hedge Funds - 15%
Insurance - 10%
Pension Funds - 4%

Charles River Staff by Function

Research and Development - 37%
Client Services - 45%
Sales / Marketing - 9%
Management / Administration - 9%

Locations
Boston (Headquarters)
Beijing
Dublin
Hong Kong
Indianapolis
London
Melbourne
New York
Singapore
Tokyo
Toronto

For any of the information in this document that is presented as planned or projected, Charles River
Development reserves the right to change plans, priorities and future enhancements at any time
without notice. (Updated January 2015)
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