Allocare AMS release 20.3 comes with a new Private Equity module. A variety of new transaction types, methods and reporting components have been developed as a part of this module that support the management of Private Equity funds.

In addition, several existing functionalities have been enhanced. The Values Graph, for example, may now be used to show time series values of portfolios corresponding to the investments, and the graph settings may be saved via templates and favorites. The order list can be configured to automatically show updates in current list contents, which is useful when managing trades. Improvement in operating speed of the Reporting 2.0 module is also an important development in this release.

In Allocare WEB, a new and multi-purpose dashboard component ‘PIS Chart’ is now available. The PIS chart allows users to design and create custom components for dashboards. This component will be a helpful tool for relationship managers enabling them to generate summaries and proposals with components specific to their clients and requirements. Moreover, the Notes editor, Breach list and editor are now available via web.

Following are the most prominent developments:

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• Private Equity: A new Private Equity module for private equity fund management is available.
• Order List Refresh: The order list now comes with options to configure an automatic refresh or repeat search to view updated list contents.
• Reporting 2.0: The Reporting 2.0 module is now available with a twofold improvement in its performance.
• Morningstar Data Service: The Analysis Tree shows realtime prices delivered by the Morningstar data service.

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• PIS Chart: A new and multi-purpose dashboard component ‘PIS Chart’ is available.
• Notes Editor: Portfolio and client notes can be added or changed directly via the web application.
• Breach List and Editor: Breaches can be viewed and edited via the web application.

These and several other interesting new features and developments are described in the remaining chapters of this document.

Important: Support for some obsolete file types from the GDF feed will be discontinued from release 20.9 onwards. These are: P02, P08, P09, P12 and P13.

• Allocare AMS Release Information 20.3

For Allocare AMS Release 19.9, the focus has been to support our customers in meeting new requirements from the Financial Institution Act (FinIA) and the Financial Services Act (FinSA), more commonly known as the FINIG and FIDLEG regulations in German-speaking regions. We are introducing checklists that are meant to support clients in regulating information exchange, both internally and externally. This new module may also be utilized for other business cases like onboarding in general, or for complying with the Anti-Money Laundering (AML). The checklists can be viewed as well as edited in Allocare WEB. This makes checklists the first editing capability in Allocare WEB.

Another effort towards making information exchange processes efficient for clients is the investment proposal functionality. It supports in the process of defining a custom proposal for existing or new clients with options to execute checks and generate reports. Eleven new report modules have been developed as a part of this functionality.

The possibility to add notes (including documents) to investment proposals as well as to orders is also an important new feature. Furthermore, balloon tips are now available for order editors showing information on the selected portfolio. These new features together with the existing order defaulting and pre-trade check functionality will support clients in the processes required by FINIG/FIDLEG.

Following are the most prominent developments:

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• Checklists: Checklists provide a formal mechanism within Allocare AMS Portfolio and Allocare WEB to track and fulfil any obligations concerning portfolios or legal entities specifically concerning the FIDLEG and FINIG regulations.
• Investment Proposal (IP): The investment proposal functionality provides support in the process of composing comprehensive proposals and managing feedbacks.
• New Methods: New methods have been developed for explaining the gain/loss amounts.

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• Checklists: Checklists defined in the Allocare AMS Portfolio application can also be managed via Allocare WEB.

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• FXall (Refinitiv): For efficient FX Trading it is now possible to send orders directly to FXall (Refinitiv).
• DTCC (Depository Trust & Clearing Corporation): To simplify the customer settlement processing an interface between Allocare AMS and the DTCC-CTM Message Translation Interface (MTI) has been developed.

• Allocare AMS Release Information 19.9

Altishofen (LU), 9. September 2019 – Diem Client Partner setzt bei der Umsetzung ihrer Optionsstrategie auf die Unterstützung der Portfolio Management- und Reporting-Software Allocare AMS

Der Zürcher Vermögensverwalter Diem Client Partner AG nutzt für seine Asset Management-Aktivitäten zukünftig die Software Allocare AMS. Allocare AMS ist eine seit über 15 Jahren in der Schweizer und internationalen Finanzbranche weit verbreitete State-of-the-Art Asset Management- und Reporting-Software, die von Banken sowie von Wealth und Asset Managern genutzt wird. Diem Client Partner hat nach einem internationalen Screening 18 Softwareanbieter einer detaillierten Due Diligence unterzogen. Das Unternehmen am Limmatquai verwaltet Vermögen von institutionellen und privaten Kunden mit einem Gesamtvermögen von mehreren Milliarden Schweizer Franken im In- und Ausland.

Mit Allocare AMS werden sowohl die Luxemburger UCITS-Regeln und KAGB-Regeln in Deutschland als auch die Anlagereglemente von Schweizer Pensionskassen und Stiftungen geprüft. Die Einkommen orientierte Investmentstrategie von Diem Client Partner setzt auf attraktive Zinsen aus nachrangigen, sogenannten hybriden Unternehmensanleihen, sowie auf Cashflows aus Dividenden und Optionsprämien. Viele Softwareanbieter konnten die Zahlungsströme des Optionsgeschäfts und deren Risikoparameter nicht adäquat abbilden. Allocare AMS weist genau in diesem Bereich spezielle Funktionalitäten auf. Die Kunden von Diem profitieren künftig von einem State-of-the-Art Reporting, welches auch eine Depotbank übergreifende Konsolidierung bietet. Marcel Moog, Partner und Mitglied der Geschäftsleitung der Diem Client Partner AG, zeigt sich überzeugt: „Wir haben uns für die Standardsoftware Allocare AMS entschieden, da wir sicher sind, dass diese unseren Investmentprozess optimal unterstützt. Wir können die Einkommensströme unserer Optionsstrategie nun optimal digitalisieren, den strengen Qualitätsansprüchen unserer institutionellen Kunden und Family Offices gerecht werden und individuelle Reportings zur Verfügung stellen.“

Auch der CEO von Allocare AG, Peter Staub, äussert sich positiv: „Mit Diem Client Partner können wir unsere Präsenz im Vermögensverwaltersegment mit einem renommierten Kunden mit FINMA-Bewilligung weiter ausbauen und freuen uns über das gewährte Vertrauen“. Vermögensverwalter, Family Offices und Asset Manager sind neben Banken Zielkunden, die von der Software Allocare AMS profitieren können. Allocare AMS unterstützt heute schon eine Vielzahl von Playern in diesem Markt bei der Umsetzung von regulatorischen Anforderungen wie MIFID II, Prüfung von UCITS-Fondsregeln, aber auch im Bereich Risiko Management, Performance Messung sowie individuellem Kundenreporting.

Über die Diem Client Partner AG:

Die Diem Client Partner AG wurde im Jahr 2004 als unabhängige Vermögensverwaltungsgesellschaft in Zürich gegründet. Das Unternehmen verwaltet mehrere Milliarden Assets und zählt UHNWI, Family Offices und institutionellen Anleger zu seinen Kunden. Das Unternehmen verfügt über eine BaFin-Freistellung und wird durch die eidgenössische Finanzmarktaufsicht FINMA beaufsichtigt.

Über die Allocare AG:

Die im Jahr 2001 gegründete unabhängige und im Besitz des Managements befindliche Allocare AG ist ein Schweizer Software-Unternehmen und einer der führenden Anbieter von Wealth & Asset Management Software am Schweizer Markt. An den Standorten Altishofen (LU) und Zürich arbeiten über 40 Softwareentwickler, Business Analysten und Finanzexperten. Professionelle, hoch spezialisierte Teams entwickeln innovative Lösungen rund um die bewährte Standardsoftware Allocare AMS und das browserbasierte Zusatztool Allocare WEB.
Das Kundenportfolio der Allocare besteht aus mehr als 50 grösstenteils langjährigen Kunden im Banken, Versicherungs- und Vermögensverwaltungsumfeld im In- und Ausland.

Kontakt Medien:

Diem Client Partner AG
Limmatquai 50, 8001 Zürich
Marcel Moog, m.moog@clientpartner.ch, Tel. +41 43 888 55 88

Allocare AG
Kantonstrasse 3, 6246 Altishofen
Peter Staub, peter.staub@allocare.com, Tel. +41 62 748 65 72

For Allocare AMS release 19.3, the developments for usability went on. Mass changes for portfolio classifiers, links and especially for investment objects are the highlights of this initiative in the current release.

Another focus was to make constraint calculations faster. Apparently, a small en-hancement, the development effort involved in the background for optimizing and parallelizing the calculations was large and the results are worthwhile.

Finally yet importantly, various new standard reports with Reporting 2.0 functionalities are ready for you to use as a part of this release. These and several other interesting features and developments are described in the subsequent chapters.

Following are the most prominent developments:

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• Improved Performance of Constraint Calculations: The processing time of constraints check calculations has been reduced significantly.
• Usability: The usability project introduced with the previous release is being continued in re-lease 19.3, to further enhance user experience and efficiency.
• New Reporting 2.0 Modules: Several new composition modules have been added to the Re-porting 2.0 modules collection.
• Templates for Info Messages: A new type of working template ‘Info Message’ is now availa-ble to create messages containing hyperlinks to lists.

• Allocare AMS Release Information 19.3

Altishofen (LU), 11th April 2019 – European Capital Partners (Luxembourg) S.A. relies on the portfolio management system of the Swiss company Allocare AG

Since the end of 2018, the funds management specialist ECP (Luxembourg) S.A. deploys the Swiss portfolio management software Allocare AMS to support its activities. All ECP business processes can be supported efficiently and audit-compliant by AMS, the tool proven in banking, wealth management and asset management.

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For Allocare AMS release 18.9, we aim at improving the users’ experience with our application by enabling them on one hand to accomplish tasks efficiently and on the other hand to be on top of their data just with a glance of precisely designed summaries.

The ‘Usability’ project was initiated for operative efficiency and an ease in using the application for end-users. It covers several enhancements for simplifying the user tasks e.g. a new option to view time series directly from investment definition without having to detour over to the investment object list. A flexible order list with greater possibilities to include and arrange order data is also a part of this project. We will continue this initiative in the coming releases based on customer requirements.

We address the managers’ need to view an abridged version of their required data by introducing a more specialized dashboard component ‘Portfolio Information Summary’ in Allocare WEB. Providing information at a glance is our idea behind this new functionality. The new visualization feature ‘Sparklines’ (introduced in both Allocare WEB and reporting) allows conveying more about the data within a quick scan. Portfolio statistics calculations based on transaction and movements, or custom procedures support this powerful component on the backend.

Another highlight of this release is our cooperation with IBO that lets our customers perform an IBO performance check directly from Allocare WEB. IBO is an independent organization that offers a platform for comparing and monitoring portfolios (https://www.ibo.swiss).

Following are the most prominent developments:

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• Usability: The application has been enhanced in various areas with new or supplementary options in order to improve user experience and efficiency.
• Transaction Tickets: Users can print tickets for different transaction types directly from the transaction list similar to the Trade Tickets functionality.
• New Reporting 2.0 Modules: A variety of new modules are available for composing reports.

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• Portfolio Information Summary (PIS): Users now have the possibility to configure summarized views of their required data by means of a new component in the Page Composer Toolbox.
• IBO Performance Check: The IBO Performance Watcher has been integrated to the Allocare WEB application providing clients an opportunity to compare a portfolio to a chosen level of risk and performance.

• Allocare AMS Release Information 18.9

Altishofen (LU), 4th December 2018 – Swiss Rock Asset Management chooses the portfolio management software from Allocare

The Swiss fund and asset management specialist Swiss Rock Asset Management AG, which is well-known for its multi-factor investing in Zurich, will use Allocare AMS software for asset management and fund management activities. Allocare AMS is a state-of-the-art asset management and reporting software widely used in the Swiss and international financial industry for over 15 years. Amongst other things, Swiss Rock counts on gaining efficiencies in a rapidly growing team as well as the same digital processes across all asset classes, equities and mixed mandates (straight-through processing). The tool's diverse analysis options optimally support the systematic investment approach pursued by Swiss Rock. In addition, the audit of statutory fund rules as well as compliance checks and analyses with the software can be automated and made efficient. Customers will benefit from state-of-the-art customer reporting with a high degree of customisation options.

Roman von Ah, Member of the Board of Directors and Managing Director of Swiss Rock Asset Management AG, is confident: "After a comprehensive evaluation process, we decided to use the software Allocare AMS, because we believe that it optimally supports our fund and asset management activities. We can further digitise our processes, meet the high regulatory requirements in asset management, and provide comprehensive reports tailored to our clients' needs."

The CEO of Allocare AG, Peter Staub, also comments positively: "With Swiss Rock, we can further strengthen our presence with a renowned client in the Swiss market and we are delighted to welcome Swiss Rock Asset Management AG and support its very systematic asset management approach.”

Banks, Asset Managers and fund companies, as well as wealth managers and family offices, are target customers who can benefit from the Allocare AMS software. Allocare AMS already supports a large number of players in this market to cope with regulatory requirements such as MIFID II, review of UCITS fund rules, but also in the areas of risk management, performance measurement and individual customer reporting.

About Swiss Rock Asset Management AG:

Swiss Rock Asset Management is a bank-independent fund company under Swiss law, approved and supervised by the Swiss Financial Market Supervisory Authority FINMA. Swiss Rock specializes in high-quality asset management of institutional funds for banks, pension funds, insurance companies, external asset managers and investment funds in Germany and abroad. Its systematic methods identify the most attractive investments from a universe of over 6,000 shares and 21,000 bonds worldwide. Those are put together in optimal portfolios with client interest at heart. The company has a team with many years of experience in asset management, with excellent track records for renowned institutions. There is also a co-investing of management with customers funds.

About Allocare AG:

Founded in 2001, Allocare AG is a Swiss software company and one of the leading providers of wealth and asset management software on the Swiss market. More than 40 software developers, business analysts and financial experts work at the Altishofen (LU) and Zurich sites. Professional, highly specialized teams develop innovative solutions around the proven standard software Allocare AMS and the browser-based tool Allocare WEB.

The customer portfolio of Allocare consists of more than 50 mostly longstanding clients in the banking, insurance and asset management business in Switzerland and abroad.

Contact Media:

Swiss Rock Asset Management AG
Rigistrasse 60, 8006 Zurich
Dr. Roman von Ah, roman.vonah@swiss-rock.ch, Tel. +41 44 360 57 00

Allocare AG
Kantonsstrasse 3, 6246 Altishofen
Peter Staub, peter.staub@allocare.com, Tel. +41 62 748 65 72

Altishofen (LU), 12th October 2018 – European Capital Partners (Luxembourg) S.A. relies on Swiss software for Wealth and Asset management

The investment and boutique management specialist ECP (Luxembourg) S.A. is implementing the Swiss Wealth & Asset Management software Allocare AMS for its portfolio management activities. Allocare AMS is a state-of-the-art portfolio management and reporting software that is widely used in the Swiss and international financial sector by many banks as well as wealth and asset managers. ECP expects to achieve a more automated approach to managing their portfolios, as well as enhanced collaboration with Swiss cooperation partner Colombo Wealth Management S.A., an asset manager and family office in Lugano, Zurich and Geneva.

The ECP Flagship Fund, a European equity fund based on the Value approach and an important ECP product, is already being managed with Allocare AMS, including pre- and post-trade compliance. All other fund management activities of ECP will also be successively supported with the new software tool.

CEO Léon Kirch expects the use of Allocare AMS will further increase efficiency for his organization and sees the opportunity to consequently expand ECP's business: "With our small team and constantly growing regulatory requirements in fund management, we rely on the use of efficient automated processes. We need to control the risk for our customers all the time but also to act fast enough in the markets to take advantage of opportunities. We will also be better positioned to further expand Third Party ManCo Business as a business activity within our organization. In all these topics, the standard product Allocare AMS with its interfaces to market and fund data offers us great support."

The CEO of Allocare AG, Peter Staub, is also confident: "With ECP (Luxembourg) S.A. we can further strengthen our market presence in the Luxembourg financial market. We look forward to supporting the highly entrepreneurial ECP with its diverse portfolio management activities in the area of equities and private equity."

Allocare already has other client relationships in Luxembourg and intends to further increase its presence in this market over the next few months. Banks, fund companies and family offices are target customers who could benefit from the Allocare AMS software. Allocare AMS not only supports various institutions in the implementation of regulatory requirements such as MIFID II and the review of UCITS fund rules, but also in the area of risk management and performance measurement.

About ECP (Luxembourg) S.A.:

The ECP (Luxembourg) S.A. is a fund and asset management boutique founded by Luxembourg entrepreneurs with a focus on European equity investments but also private equity investments for international investors. ECP also offers Management Company Services for Luxembourg third-party funds. CEO / CIO Léon Kirch has more than 15 years track record in European Value Investments and has managed European equity funds for large institutions for many years before joining ECP.

About Allocare AG:

Founded in 2001, Allocare AG is a Swiss software company and one of the leading providers of wealth and asset management software on the Swiss market. More than 40 software developers, business analysts and financial experts work at the Altishofen (LU) and Zurich sites. Professional, highly specialized teams develop innovative solutions around the proven standard software Allocare AMS and the browser-based tool Allocare WEB.

The customer portfolio of Allocare consists of more than 50 mostly longstanding clients in the banking, insurance and asset management business in Switzerland and abroad.

Contact Media:

ECP (Luxembourg) S.A.
35 A, Avenue John F. Kennedy, 1855 Luxembourg
Léon Kirch, lkirch@ecp.lu, Tel. +352 27 84 36 43

Allocare AG
Kantonsstrasse 3, 6246 Altishofen
Peter Staub, peter.staub@allocare.com, Tel. +41 62 748 65 72