APT News
Neptune Investment Management Selects SunGard’s APT to Help Manage Risk and Meet UCITS Requirements November 02, 2011 - London, UK
Neptune Investment Management, a boutique investment manager, has selected SunGard’s APT, a leading risk management and portfolio construction solution, to help with internal and external risk reporting. Neptune, which has over £7 billion assets under management, will use APT to help it meet UCITS IV regulatory requirements and enhance its risk management processes.
AmpegaGerling Selects SunGard’s APT for BaFin MaRisk Compliance
August 10, 2011 - Cologne, Germany
AmpegaGerling Investment GmbH (“Ampega”), the asset management division of the Talanx Group, has implemented SunGard’s APT to help comply with German financial regulations. APT The German finance industry regulator, Bundesanstalt für Finanzdienstleistungsaufsicht (“BaFin”), has introduced revised minimum requirements for risk management: ‘Mindestanforderungen an das Risikomanagement’ (“MaRisk”). Ampega will be using APT to help comply with these requirements, relying on APT’s outsourced batch market risk reporting across all its multi-asset class portfolios.
SunGard’s APT Named Best Risk Management Software at the Hedgeweek USA Awards 2011
July 26, 2011 - New York, NY
SunGard’s APT has been voted best risk management software at the Hedgeweek USA Awards 2011. The Hedgeweek Awards for excellence among hedge fund managers and service providers honored the U.S. industry’s best performers and their ability to demonstrate consistency and depth of expertise against a backdrop of a more complex, but also potentially more rewarding, investment climate.
FocusShares Selects SunGard to Provide Portfolio Management & Risk Solutions for FocusTM Morningstar ETFs
May 16, 2011- Montvale, N.J. and Totowa, N.J.
FocusShares, LLC, a registered investment advisor (RIA), exchange-traded fund (ETF) sponsor, and affiliate of online investing firm Scottrade, Inc., has implemented SunGard’s Asset Arena Investment Management, APT and Asset Arena Reconciliation integrated solution for its newly launched exchange-traded funds (ETF) business. The solution supports the entire portfolio management process from portfolio construction through trading, compliance and reconciliation.
Martin Currie Selects SunGard’s APT for Risk Management
May 09, 2011 - Edinburgh, Scotland
Martin Currie, a specialist investment management business headquartered in Edinburgh, Scotland, has implemented SunGard’s APT, a leading risk management, portfolio construction and optimization solution for buy-side institutions. SunGard’s APT will help Martin Currie measure, manage and report market risk, and provide the portfolio insight needed to help fund managers build better portfolios and integrate risk factors into investment decisions.
NASDAQ OMX and SunGard APT Extend Partnership to Deliver Risk Analytics for NASDAQ OMX Green Economy Indexes
April 06, 2011 - New York
SunGard’s APT and The NASDAQ OMX Group, Inc. (NASDAQ:NDAQ) today announced their existing risk analytics partnership has been extended to include the NASDAQ OMX Green Economy Indexes, helping portfolio managers explore the investment risk and opportunities associated with stocks in the Global Green Economy.
TT International Selects SunGard’s APT to Help Gain Enhanced Insight into Drivers of Risk and Return
January 13, 2011 - London
TT International, a London-based investment manager with $18bn assets under management, has implemented SunGard’s APT, a leading risk management, portfolio construction and optimization solution for buy-side institutions. TT International manages both long/short and long only funds. APT’s multi-factor models, transparent methodology, intuitive interface and broad coverage will help TT International to enhance its risk management infrastructure.
IN THE PRESS
Vega, Volatility and German Efficiency
August 19, 2011 - Buyside Technology
Vega risk, especially when it comes to derivatives, is more important than ever in today's volatile markets. While commentators speculate about the likelihood of a double-dip recession, markets continue their death spiral, and intra-day swings occur with such frequency and severity that it's impossible to predict what's next, echoes of the financial crisis continue to resound. Risk exposure is of significant concern for market participants, especially when it comes to derivatives markets.
Operational Risk, IT & Outsourcing
November 22, 2010 - Hedgeweek
The crisis that engulfed the industry two years ago prompted a renewed concern among many hedge fund managers to gain control over their positions and exposures. Investors started asking managers more questions about how positions were being valued. This greater activism on the part of investors has turned out to be a lasting phenomenon, with managers under pressure to answer questions about their investment exposures and operational risk.
Opalesque Exclusive: Scenario analysis in risk management is now very important, says SunGard
March 1, 2010
Investors now demand greater transparency and better risk management measures from asset managers, and this has changed the marketplace psychology to a great extent.
Smaller Hedge Funds Seek Industrial-Strength Technology
January 25, 2010 - Securities Industry News
With some form of hedge fund adviser regulation a virtual certainty, the consequences for hedge funds in terms of risk management are clear.
Opalesque Exclusive: Protecting the downside major driver of hedge fund outperformance (+88%) against equities (-23.33%) over past ten years - Hennessee
January 20, 2010 - Opalesque
A ten-year overview of hedge fund performance makes the case for increased exposure to the alternative investment vehicles.