Charles River Development (Charles River), a front- and middle-office software solutions provider for investment firms, today announced the expansion of its global operations with a regional office in Beijing, China. Located in the Excel Centre in the Financial Street area of Beijing, the office is staffed with experienced Charles River employees and multi-lingual Chinese nationals who provide China-based investment managers with professional implementation, consulting and support services. Charles River’s client base in China includes China Life Asset Management Company, the country’s largest institutional investor.
“The opportunity to invest in international securities has increased Chinese asset managers’ demand for front- to middle-office systems that can support complex investment strategies including domestic Chinese instruments, products and workflows,” said Tom Driscoll, Managing Director, Global, Charles River Development. “The Charles River Investment Management System (Charles River IMS) can address any specific regulation, asset class, trading or language requirements our Chinese clients might have.”
Charles River IMS is available with full Chinese language capability and supports over 35 Chinese security types and associated workflows. Clients can use the system to trade, execute and manage complex Chinese domestic and international asset classes, portfolios and regulations. The system also offers direct Chinese exchange connectivity via a bi-directional real time interface to a widely-used domestic trading platform.
“Charles River has always grown its business organically,” said Cameron Field, Managing Director, Asia Pacific, Charles River Development. “We build local teams of Charles River experts who understand the local investment management market, language and culture. These teams support our clients from local offices. And we make a significant investment to localizing our solutions. For the past three years we’ve taken this approach in China.”
Continues Field, “We are pleased to be the first global investment management solutions provider in China, and are continually enhancing our local solution. Charles River is currently working on a number of strategic initiatives with key market bodies and closely monitoring how the adoption of NGTS and the STEP Protocol will enhance connectivity, data integration and STP for Chinese clients.”
一家向投资公司提供前台和中台软件及方案的供应商), 今天宣布在中国北京建立办事处以扩展其全球运营。北京办事处设于金融街的卓著中心，配备富有经验的Charles River员工及通晓多国语言的大陆员工，以向大陆投资管理公司提供专业的项目实施，咨询及支援服务。Charles River在中国的客户包括中国最大的机构投资者 – 中国人寿资产管理公司。
“投资于国际资产使得中国的资产管理公司对前台和中台系统的需求增加，而这些系统必须支持复杂的投资策略其中包括中国国内资产，产品及工作流程。” Charles River Development全球董事总经理Tom Driscoll说。“Charles River Investment Management System （Charles River IMS)可以支持我们的中国客户可能需要的任何条规，资产类别，交易及语言方面的需求。“
Charles River IMS具有全面的中文功能，并支持35种以上的国内证券类型及相关的工作流程。客户可使用Charles River IMS进行交易，执行以及管理复杂的国内及国际资产类别，组合及条规。系统也通过与一家国内普遍使用的交易平台的双向实时接口提供对国内交易所的直接连接。
“Charles River一直以来都是在有计划地拓展自己的业务，“Charles River Development亚太地区董事总经理Cameron Field说。“我们建立了解当地投资管理市场，语言及文化的富有经验的本地团队。这些团队从当地办事处支援我们的客户。而且我们投入可观的投资以使我们的方案本地化。在过去的三年里我们在中国一直是这样做的。“
他接着说，”我们非常高兴我们成为首家进入中国的全球投资管理方案提供厂商，并会继续增强我们的本地化方案 。Charles River目前正与主要市场机构联系并正在进行一些战略措施，我们也在关注新一代交易系统以及STEP的采用将会如何使中国客户的连接性，数据集成以及直通式处理的功能增强。
Source: Charles River, 13.10.2009
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