Charles River IMS Named “Best OEMS” at Markets’ Choice Awards 2012

BOSTON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Charles River, a front- and middle-office investment management solutions provider, today announced that the Charles River Investment Management Solution (IMS) won “Best OEMS” at Markets Media’s inaugural Market Choice Awards.

“Our single OEMS allows the trader to most effectively manage orders, access pre-trade analytics, find liquidity, and execute trades.”

The award recognizes Charles River for excellence in integrating Order and Execution Management capability in a single trading blotter, as part of a complete solution of software, FIX network, hosting, application management and data.

“Over the past eight years, we have completely re-architected our products including combining Order Management and Execution Management; this award acknowledges our efforts,” said Tom Driscoll, Global Managing Director, Charles River. “Our single OEMS allows the trader to most effectively manage orders, access pre-trade analytics, find liquidity, and execute trades.”

Other recent industry recognition for Charles River IMS includes: OMS and EMS “Best-in-Class” ratings from independent analyst CEB TowerGroup; “Best Integrated Front-Office Platform” from Buy-Side Technology 2012; “Best Order Management System in Southeast Asia” from Alpha Southeast Asia Magazine; and “Best in Trading Technology” from Asia Asset Management Awards 2012.

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.