Moves to long-only investing increase demands
As the industry witnesses
fading differentiations between
long-only, private equity and
hedge funds, investors are starting
to purchase software and databases
which combine all these investment
types – long only, private equity and
hedge funds. In this environment,
the combination of quality client service,
free training and customisable
fact sheets coupled with ease of use
and an attractive interface has seen
AlternativeSoft go from strength to
strength. The quantitative analytics
software firm has seen its revenues
increase organically by more than
30% in last 2 years and has opened
a New York office as testament to its
growing success.
Specialising in asset selection,
portfolio construction and customised
reporting, AlternativeSoft is the only
analytical tool on the market which
allows users to build and manage a
universe with long only funds, hedge
funds, private equity funds easily
imported from any source including
Bloomberg, Eikon, Morningstar,
Albourne, HFR, EurekaHedge, HFM,
Preqin, Barclayhedge. It simplifies
the asset selection and portfolio
construction process for institutional
investors. The aim of the firm is also
to empower users and enable them
to create a personalised investment
universe driven by state-of-the-art
analytics.
Several industry trends have contributed
to the growth and success
AlternativeSoft has achieved.
Laurent Favre, AlternativeSoft CEO
says: “The key areas of growth we
have experienced are related to the
move by team of hedge funds allocators
to add long only funds in their
offering (the opposite as well). As a
result, we are seeing a trend in the
industry of hedge fund teams merging
with long only teams within asset
management businesses and banks.”
He outlines a further trend which
is leading to increased business for
AlternativeSoft: “Pension funds and
family offices are leaving their consultants
and doing their funds selection
in-house.” This is therefore leading to
greater demand for software solutions
which are straightforward and simple
to use. According to Mr Favre: “Our
financial software is much easier to
use than any of our competitors.”
In fact, AlternativeSoft counts some
of the world’s largest pension funds,
sovereign wealth funds, endowments,
fund of funds and wealth managers
as clients. They use AlternativeSoft’s
solutions to create a unique investment
universe and perform complex
quantitative analysis to identify
top-performing funds managers and
subsequently build, optimise and
manage portfolios.
There are numerous functions
for which investors can use
AlternativeSoft. These include analysing
funds, performing quantitative
searches, building peer groups,
tracking and analysing fund exposures,
creating customisable funds’
fact-sheets as well as optimising, backtesting
and managing portfolios trades.
In its most recent development,
the firm introduced a new web-based
application in February 2020. Through
AlternativeSoft Web, clients are able
to choose among all hedge funds and
long only funds on the planet, create
bespoke factsheets and find which
funds has been above the other consistently
every year in any groups
of funds.
With over USD1.5 trillion in client
AuM, AlternativeSoft prides itself on
the quality and dedication of its client
service. Mr Favre comments: “We
offer a five-star quality service to our
clients, with free
financial training
and free customised
funds’
fact sheets.”
AlternativeSoft is an award-winning quantitative analytics software specialising in asset selection, portfolio construction and customised reporting. To find out more or register for a free demo, get in touch with our team.
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