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Ares Management LLC
Diversified alternative investment firm needed a portfolio management solution that could support a full range of asset types, and manage large trading volumes quickly and accurately. By utilizing Geneva they saw dramatic gains in speed, efficiency and growth.

CGOV Asset Management
CGOV sees efficiency gains while helping shape the new version of Moxy. “A lot of the things we have talked about before with Advent are now starting to show up in Moxy, we love the direction that it’s going and it’s certainly beneficial for us.” says Richard Sellner, Director of Finance and Operations 

Cortina Asset Management, LLC
Cortina Asset Management has built out its Advent software suite since opening in 2004. Starting with Axys® and Moxy,® the firm then transitioned to Advent Portfolio Exchange® and later added Advent Rules Manager and Revenue Center. So when Advent acquired the pioneering research management solution, Tamale RMS,® it got the firm’s attention. Today Tamale is an important part of Cortina's business.

Cortina Asset Management, LLC
In an increasingly complex and demanding regulatory environment, compliance officers are hard pressed to get the timely, accurate information they need to monitor and manage risks effectively. Firms that use Advent solutions across the investment process are at a decided advantage—provided that compliance officers know what the products are capable of doing. “There is functionality in all Advent products that can build a stronger compliance program,” says Lori Hoch, Principal and COO of Cortina Asset Management, who also doubles as the firm’s Chief Compliance Officer. The Milwaukee-based firm uses the full, integrated suite of Advent products throughout its operations to mitigate their compliance risk and be prepared for an SEC audit. 

Dolan McEniry Capital Management, LLC
Chicago-based fixed income value manager specializing in corporate bonds.

Frantzen Capital Management, Inc.
View Case Study Asset Manager  -  Frantzen wanted to take advantage of the best technology available in order to be competitive and win the trust of clients. The solution: accessing Advent’s leading-edge portfolio management and trade order management platforms through Advent OnDemand. Frantzen uses their relationship with Advent OnDemand—not only for increased efficiency, but also as a marketing tool. Chris Michaud, research analyst at Frantzen agrees that having Advent as a technology partner carries some competitive clout. “Almost anyone that we work with or that we’re trying to get business from knows of Advent. It’s a very well recognized name.” Adds CEO Eric Frantzen, “On conference calls with prospective institutional clients, we like to tell them that by outsourcing to Advent OnDemand, it saves us from employing two or three more people, and allows us to keep costs down.”

Matthews International Capital Management, LLC
Matthews needed an investment platform that offered both the rich global functionality required to track investments in 20 markets and the flexibility to automate its workflow. They selected Geneva. Geneva provided Matthews with improved accuracy and reliability, increased efficiency, reduced risks and streamlined reconciliation.

Rock Point Advisors
Rock Point is one of the first advisory firms to use Moxy® in conjunction with PortfolioCenter®, Schwab Performance Technologies’ portfolio management solution. Rock Point previously relied on a manual process using spreadsheets for trading. To continue to grow efficiently the firm needed to implement a trade order management solution that could integrate seamlessly with PortfolioCenter. Within just a few months of using Moxy®, Rock Point saw a number of significant improvements, including a 75% reduction in the time it took to begin trading.

Rushmore Investment Advisor
Advent’s Moxy trade order management system provides the firm with a single centralized hub for managing the entire trading process, from portfolio construction through execution and settlement. Aaron Vann, Head of Trading and Operations at Rushmore commented, “Moxy has improved our trade order management significantly in terms of speed, breaking up block orders and reducing errors. It makes it easier to trade across multiple custodians and managing order flow while trying to achieve best execution. Intraday reporting and real-time information via Moxy is key for our success.”

Stralem & Company, Inc.
An in-house analytics capability is increasingly essential in today’s environment, believes Jeremie Sebban, Performance Analyst at Stralem. “I think an easy-to-use analytics product, updated on a daily basis, really helps the portfolio manager have a keen and fresh idea of what’s going on and a better understanding of the short-term drivers. The main advantage of Advent’s analytics product is that it’s integrated into APX. So instead of having to import data from one system into another, I already have all the information ready. There are no bugs, no translation errors, or other issues that may arise when you translate files from one system to another. It saves me a lot of time and headaches not having to deal with those data issues.”