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Concept Capital, SAS Partner on Risk Offering
Concept Capital has partnered with software provider SAS to offer a full suite of analytics providing integrated, multi-custodial risk and performance reporting to investment managers and hedge funds.
Leveraging the SAS risk management software, Concept Capital will expand its Conceptone product to offer the hosted portfolio analytics and risk management portal.
Users will have access to customized risk reports and analytics on a multitude of views including value at risk, factor analysis, customized stress testing, profit and loss, time-series analysis, performance attribution and measurement and products of ex-post risk indicators on a multi-custodial basis.
Michael Rosen, Managing Director at Concept Capital, said in a statement, “We believe there is a huge opportunity to bring an integrated solution to the market that will combine portfolio analytics and advanced risk management capabilities to the investment management and hedge fund space. This solution will give investors increased confidence in receiving risk reports that will be produced by an independent third party using industry-leading software from SAS.”
Added David Wallace, Global Financial Services Marketing Manager for SAS, “With SAS, Conceptone will be able to deliver a high level of auditable risk intelligence to clients that are now a requirement in today’s market. Hedge fund managers will now be able to move beyond ‘black box’ analytics to have fine-grained control of their risk analysis. “