Asia Asset Management Names Charles River IMS “Best in Trading Technology” for 2012

MELBOURNE, Australia--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Charles River, a front- and middle-office investment management solutions provider, today announced that the Asia Asset Management Awards 2012 has named the Charles River Investment Management Solution (IMS) “Best in Trading Technology.”

“Charles River invests heavily in its solutions to help buy-side firms address the latest regulations, industry-driven requirements, and best trading workflows”

The award recognises Charles River’s strong regional presence and complete solution of software, managed services, FIX connectivity and data, that combines order and execution management capabilities in a single trading system.

According to Asia Asset Management Publisher Tan Lee Hock, “Among the main reasons for the judging panel recognising Charles River for ‘Best in Trading Technology,’ was the firm’s continued commitment to expanding its presence with local experts who understand the region’s unique market and technology needs.”

“Charles River invests heavily in its solutions to help buy-side firms address the latest regulations, industry-driven requirements, and best trading workflows,” said Cameron Field, Managing Director – APAC, Charles River. “This award recognises our ability to provide domestic firms across Asia-Pacific, and global firms with a regional presence, with a complete trading solution that simplifies operations, eliminates the need for multiple systems, and lowers the total cost of ownership.”

Charles River has five local offices across Asia-Pacific, including Beijing, Hong Kong, Melbourne, Singapore and Tokyo.

About Charles River

Charles River provides an enterprise solution to automate the investment management process across asset classes and streamline front- and middle-office operations for buy-side firms. A single solution integrates software, hosting, application management, data and FIX connectivity to support portfolio management, performance and risk, compliance monitoring, order and execution management, and post-trade processing. The company has more than 350 clients in 43 countries in the institutional asset and fund management, alternative investments, wealth management, insurance, banking, pension and custody markets.