LONDON, March 6, 2013 /PRNewswire/ --
Misys, the global application software and services company is
pleased to announce it has won the award for "Best Buy Side Risk
Management Initiative" for its Sophis VALUE solution from leading
regional investment journal, Asia Asset Management (AAM).
The success marks the third consecutive year that Misys'
flagship buy-side platform has been recognized as an industry
leader by AAM's Best of the Best Awards and moreover, a
back-to-back winner in their risk category, complementing Misys'
recent Number One Ranking in the Risk Technology Survey. This
industry recognition underlines its leadership position in this
important space and follows the recent release of its risk-focused
offering, Misys Global Risk (MGR), which launched in Hong Kong at the Asia Risk Congress in
November last year.
AAM's Best of the Best Regional awards are designed to identify
Asia's top performers from
financial services companies and institutional investors, to
service providers who have led the way in terms of innovation,
service to clients and overall expertise in their field. Sophis
VALUE has been selected by leading asset management firms in the
region, including Nomura Asset Management. One of the main reasons
for the platform's recent success is its ability to deliver fully
integrated holistic risk management capabilities that enable
investment managers to measure portfolio risk, carry out stress
tests and perform VaR and liquidity risk calculations in real time
and across multiple asset classes.
Misys will announce a new generation of investment management
with the release of Sophis VALUE v5 later this year, which will
provide users with a modern and updated interface to improve the
usability of the system, as well as the addition of several key
modules to improve functionality and asset class coverage. Several
enhancements for pre-trade risk control, liquidity risk management
and investment accounting in the front-office have also been added
to answer the increasing need for further risk measures and
analytics, stricter controls and accurate reporting among
investment management firms.
Laurent Villiers, Risk Product
Manager at Misys Sophis comments, "We are very proud that Sophis
VALUE has again been recognised by Asia Asset Management as a
leading portfolio and risk management solution. We invest heavily
in the development of Sophis VALUE to ensure we are up to date with
the rapidly changing risk and regulatory environment. Our goal is
to continue to deliver market-leading risk management solutions to
our customers, which provide the ability to accurately manage risk
cross-asset via an integrated system that spans across the entire
business."
Sophis VALUE is a fully integrated cross-asset solution for
investment management that leverages straight-through-processing to
handle the complete trading life cycle from portfolio management,
to middle- and back-office operations, to risk management and
compliance. It combines sell-side level financial and technological
capabilities with the user-friendliness, modularity, connectivity
and ease of implementation required by the buy-side. Sophis VALUE
has been adopted by over 90 institutions worldwide, from start-up
hedge funds to global asset management companies.
About Misys
Misys is at the forefront of the financial software industry,
providing the broadest portfolio of banking, treasury, trading and
risk solutions available on the market. With 1,800 customers in 120
countries our team of domain experts and partners have an
unparalleled ability to address industry requirements at both a
global and local level.
Misys is able to address all customer requirements across both
the banking and trading book businesses. Misys is the trusted
partner that financial services organisations turn to for help
solving their most complex problems.
Find out more at http://www.misys.com
For further information please contact
Citigate Dewe Rogerson
Charlotte Bilney
Tel: +852-9314-3463
Email: charlotte.bilney@citigate.com.hk
Anna Bartram
Tel: +852-3103-0109
Email: anna.bartram@citigate.com.hk
Misys
Edward Taylor
Global Head of Public Relations
Tel: +44(0)20-3320-5530
Email: edward.taylor@misys.com