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.

Allocare WEB

• 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.

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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

For Allocare AMS release 18.3, the development focused primarily on extending the possibilities for adding, storing and viewing more data for different objects. Features like multiple transaction references, dynamic lists and additional search fields are a part of this effort. Background maintenance was conducted for several application areas as an (internal) housekeeping project. Last but not the least, preliminary development towards a system for notifications and alerts is also an important part of this release.

Finally, a noteworthy change is the renaming of Allocare AMS Web to ‘Allocare WEB’. The new name and logo signifies our increased focus on the web application.

Following is a short summary of the major developments in Allocare AMS release 18.3.

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• Portfolio Depreciation: In compliance with the directive 2014/65/EU article 25(6) (MiFID II), the Portfolio Depreciation method is now available that calculates depreciation of portfolio value based on portfolio flow.
• Multiple References for Transactions: Identifier Systems have been extended for transactions. This extension supports the clients’ requirement of being able to use multiple references for transactions.
• Search by Customer-Specific Fields: Search functionality for objects has been enhanced by adding customer-specific fields to search dialogs.
• Interactive Allocare AMS Info: Composition of automated messages now comes with the possibility to include hyperlinks. As a first use case for this new feature, alerts have been implemented for portfolio depreciation limits.

Allocare WEB

• Allocare AMS Web has been renamed to ‘Allocare WEB’.
• Dynamic Layout and Column Selection for Lists: The Portfolio List and the Investment List have been enhanced to include the dynamic column selection options.
• Price Information in Investment Details: Price information fields and a price chart have been added to the Investment Details page.

Important Information

Support for SQL Server 2008 / 2008 R2 has been discontinued from Allocare AMS release 18.3.

• Allocare AMS Release Information 18.3

Allocare AMS Portfolio

• Quick Access to User Help: The Help buttons in various GUIs are now enabled and functional. It opens the corresponding Help topic in the documentation.
• Transactions: Transaction editors are redesigned with a tabbed layout. Additionally, documents can also be linked to transactions.
• Compliance to MiFID II / MiFIR: Allocare AMS facilitates the collection and maintenance of data for MiFID II / MiFIR reporting. Additionally, a MiFID II transaction report can also be generated

Reporting 2.0

• A new generation of reporting referred to as ‘Reporting 2.0’ has been launched with release 17.9. It improves the report-generation experience for our customers by giving them the flexibility to design, compose and develop reports.

Allocare AMS Web

• Evolution Tree: The Evolution Tree shows the changes in portfolio values of a selected Method in a given time period.
• Cash Flow Tree: The Cash Flow Tree shows a preview of the cash flows till date as well as a forecast of the cash flows in future.
• Extended Data Availability: The range of data available over the web / mobile devices has been extended to orders and standing data (portfolios, investments and legal entities).

Important Information

Windows Vista is not supported anymore. Support for SQL Server 2008 / 2008 R2 and Windows Server 2008 / 2008 R2 will be discontinued from Allocare AMS release 18.3.

• Allocare AMS Release Information 17.9