mshPRIME offers reporting tools for age of transparency

Date: Thursday, November 5, 2009
Author: Hedgeweek.com

With the Madoff and other scandals still fresh in the mind and investors demanding that managers provide increased transparency, the hunt is on for software tools that meet clients’ portfolio reporting needs with a maximum of efficiency at minimum cost.

mshPRIME, a secure web-enabled platform that can be accessed from any internet connection, has been created by institutional broker-dealer M.S. Howells & Co. in collaboration with Archway Technology Partners, a specialist in software applications for the alternative investment industry, to boost the operational efficiency and reporting capabilities of hedge fund managers and registered investment advisers.

A multi-prime portfolio system, mshPRIME draws on straight-through processing technology to help managers track attribution more efficiently, develop customised portfolio themes and monitor portfolio risk. Its structure allows multi-custodian portfolio reporting with the same ease and accuracy as single custodian reporting.

M.S. Howells provides clients with prime brokerage services including mshPrime portfolio reporting, market strategy reports, direct access trading, trade desk access, portfolio statistical analysis,  administrative support and institutional clearing through relationships with Jefferies & Company  and Goldman Sachs Execution & Clearing.