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Perform® »

Perform® is a fixed income portfolio analysis system which combines portfolio reporting, total return analysis, simulations, presentations, and historical analysis into one complete package. These and other features of Perform® work for both taxable and tax-exempt securities.

Two specialized versions of Perform® are used by two different customer groups: Perform® FPC - (“Perform® For Private Clients”) includes features specific for managing in the private account (or “SMA”) market.  Perform® FSD - (“Perform® For Securities Dealers”) is a version to help bond securities dealers (whose customers are the bond managers) propose trading ideas and scan across client holdings.

CreditScope® »

CreditScope®: robust credit analysis software that marries credit analysis power with ready-to-analyze data.  CreditScope® combines consistently fielded financial data, supporting source documents, credit-analytic tools, monitoring, and credit research warehousing.  Users save time collecting and fielding data.  CreditScope leverages technology, linking credits to portfolio positions, enabling cross-sector analysis and evaluation of trading opportunities.   

Smart TM Short Portfolio System »

Smart™ addresses the daily tasks associated with institutional money market funds and other short duration portfolios, tasks that are more demanding than ever.  Operational features include compliance tests (SEC Rule 2a-7 and other compliance), data maintenance (including rate resets), account-specific compliance rules, and trade ticketing.  Analytically, the Smart™ software enables correct modeling of floaters, book costs at tax-lot level, issuer and enhancer exposures, re-creation of historical positions, shock analysis, and cash flow projections. 

Custom Index Manager™ »

Custom Index Manager™ enables bond managers to explain portfolio performance against a published or custom-blended index benchmark.  Custom Index Manager™ includes current and historical bonds from the Standard & Poor’s Municipal Bond or Barclay’s Municipal Bond indices.

Energy Credit Manager TM »

Energy Credit Manager™ is a monthly subscription-based financial software package offering a powerful combination of standardized credit data, credit analytics, and counterparty risk management tools.

 

 

 

 

Investortools’ products solve the unique business challenges faced by fixed income portfolio managers and analysts.

Challenge — To analyze fixed income structures, monitor yield spreads, project cash flows, create presentations, ensure compliance of individual accounts, or measure portfolio performance in aggregate or by bond. Continue
Solution
— “FPC” or regular version of Perform®
Challenge — To collect and “spread” credit data, analyze and score credit risks vs. peers, link credit to portfolio holdings, and evaluate new bond issues for asset managers.  
Solutions
CreditScope®, Energy Credit Manager TM
Challenge — Short maturity-specific presentations and reporting, historical analysis, and cash re-investment demands due to high turnover of money funds and short duration bond portfolios.
Solution
Smart™
Challenge — (New) SEC Rule 2a-7 compliance both pre and post-trade, individual private account compliance, and stress testing of portfolios to meet regulatory requirement guidelines.
Solution
- Smart™
Challenge — Measure total return using GIPS standards, compare structures and returns to indexes, attribute return to investment decisions, create transactions which move portfolios toward strategies based on index.                                     Solution - Custom Index Manager™