Prime broker Merlin Securities now will offer the MerlinSHARP analytics and reporting platform as a standalone software solution to the investment community.
The unbundled version of MerlinSHARP has minimal implementation requirements as users can access the platform via the Internet on a software-as-a-service model. Historically, MerlinSHARP has only been available to Merlins prime brokerage services clients.
Launched in 2004 as one of Merlins flagship products, MerlinSHARP (shadow, attribution, risk, performance) allows professional investors to seamlessly aggregate information from multiple prime brokers and custodians and produce customized reports. The software improves back-office efficiency by streamlining and automating manual processes.
Merlin also announced it had appointed partner John Quartararo as head of sales and marketing for Merlin Technology.
Merlins approach is to understand and address the needs of our clients and their need to meet the requirements of their investors, Quartararo says. Now we are able to bring that approach to a much broader universe of money managers, including hedge funds, mutual funds, family offices and high-net-worth individuals. Investors today require multi-prime and multi-custody arrangements; managed account capabilities; increased transparency; and portfolio, risk and attribution reporting. MerlinSHARP has long been an industry standard for helping money managers cost-effectively meet these needs.