Advent Software, Inc., software provider for the investment management industry, has been named best buy-side technology provider by Buy-Side Technology magazine.
Advent’s portfolio accounting platforms were also recognized: Geneva was named best buy-side portfolio accounting platform, and Advent Portfolio Exchange (APX) was named best buy-side client reporting platform. Geneva is Advent’s platform for alternative assets, providing institutional portfolio managers, hedge funds, prime brokers and fund administrators with an application that supports complex, global investment strategies and high-volume trading in multiple instruments and currencies.
APX is Advent’s next-generation platform, providing institutional and high-net-worth asset managers with the functionality of portfolio management, client management and reporting in a single solution that integrates front and back office functions.
“We’re extremely honored to have been named the best buy-side technology vendor, and to have our flagship portfolio accounting platforms recognized with top honors,” says Stephanie DiMarco, CEO and founder of Advent. “These three awards demonstrate that Advent is successfully addressing a growing need in the investment management industry, where reliable, scalable solutions are vital to the continued growth of buy-side firms. Our expanding client base for APX and Geneva highlights their status as innovative solutions that are streamlined, efficient and easily configured around the way our customers operate their businesses.
“We remain committed to meeting and exceeding our customers’ expectations over the long term by providing continuous enhancements and new functionality to our solutions that will help increase value for our customers,” DiMarco continues.
“Advent was awarded the best overall buy-side technology vendor for 2007′ on the basis of its lengthy buy-side track record and the quality and breadth of its offerings spanning the front and back offices,” says Victor Anderson, editor, Buy-Side Technology. “Advent’s buy-side initiative is jointly spearheaded by its ubiquitous Moxy OMS and Geneva, the benchmark for buy-side portfolio accounting platforms, both of which have large numbers of existing installations at a variety of buy-side organizations. APX, winner of this year’s best client reporting tool’, was added to the Advent line-up in 2005. Finally, and perhaps most significantly, Advent has a reputation for outstanding customer service, an increasingly important differentiator in the competitive buy-side technology market.”
The awards were presented on 2 Nov. during the Buy-Side Technology Awards luncheon in London. In late October, Advent was also recognized as the top portfolio management provider to the financial services industry by Securities Industry News and Financial Insights, an IDC company.