NEW YORK, N.Y., June 4, 2015 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- via PRWEB - Imagine Software, the leading provider of real-time portfolio management, risk and regulatory solutions for financial firms worldwide, today announced a strategic partnership with Omgeo – a wholly-owned subsidiary of The Depository Trust & Clearing Corporation (DTCC) and the global standard for institutional post-trade efficiency. The collaboration will deliver seamless integration between Imagine's real-time portfolio and risk management capabilities and Omgeo's post-trade solution for equities, equity derivatives, fixed income, bonds and REPO.
Clients using this interface will be able to efficiently manage risk in real-time, while smoothly executing post-trade operations across asset classes and geographies in an automated, straight-through-processing environment.
"Imagine is the first buy-side service provider partner to certify repurchase agreement capabilities on Omgeo Central Trade ManagerSM (Omgeo CTM), our strategic platform for the central matching of cross-border and domestic transactions. Now, Imagine and Omgeo CTM users will be able to streamline repo post-trade operations, while continuing to take advantage of the existing equity and fixed income capabilities," said Andy Hughes, Executive Director of Global Partners at DTCC. "This partnership will help to increase post-trade automation levels globally while addressing market participants' needs to respond to increasing regulatory and cost pressures."
Brendan Quinn, Director of Sales at Imagine, added, "This strategic partnership allows our clients to benefit from straight-through processing on both the Imagine and Omgeo platforms and optimize trade processing."
Imagine's portfolio and risk management tools are based on objective real-time risk data and analyses, delivering accurate and auditable financial information to managers, investors and regulatory organizations. Imagine was recently named "Best Real-Time Portfolio, Risk and Regulatory Solutions" firm by Hedge Fund Journal and "Best Risk Management Product" by the HFMWeek.
About Imagine Software
Imagine Software, founded in 1993, is a leading provider of real-time portfolio, risk management and regulatory solutions for the world's largest financial services firms. Imagine delivers the powerful technology and real-time risk management solutions that help clients navigate market risk, improve portfolio performance, deliver operational efficiencies and provide regulatory transparency. Clients have the flexibility of a traditional in-house installation or a full service, cloud-based ASP with real-time pricing, global security master, corporate actions, derived market data and 24/7 connectivity. Established to provide institutional-grade functionality and broad cross-asset instrument support for businesses of all sizes and complexity, Imagine is used by customers in more than 25 countries throughout the Americas, Europe and Asia-Pacific regions.
Headquartered in New York City, Imagine has offices in Hong Kong, London and Sydney. For more information, visit http://www.imaginesoftware.com or contact Imagine Software at 212.317.7600 and follow us on Twitter and LinkedIn.
About OmgeoSM
Formed in 2001, Omgeo automates trade lifecycle events between investment managers, broker/dealers and custodian banks, enabling 6,500 clients and 80 technology partners in 52 countries around the world to seamlessly connect and interoperate. By automating and streamlining post-trade operations, Omgeo enables clients to accelerate the clearing and settlement of trades, and better manage and reduce their counterparty and credit risk. Omgeo's strength lies within its global community and its ability to create solutions to enable clients to realize clear returns on their investment strategies, while responding to changing market and regulatory conditions. Across borders, asset classes, and trade lifecycles, Omgeo is the global standard for operational efficiency across the investment industry. Omgeo is a subsidiary of The Depository Trust & Clearing Corporation (DTCC). For more information, please visit http://www.omgeo.com or follow us on Twitter @Omgeo.
About DTCC
With over 40 years of experience, DTCC is the premier post-trade market infrastructure for the global financial services industry. From operating facilities, data centers and offices in 16 countries, DTCC, through its subsidiaries, automates, centralizes, and standardizes the post-trade processing of financial transactions, mitigating risk, increasing transparency and driving efficiency for thousands of broker/dealers, custodian banks and asset managers worldwide. User owned and industry governed, the firm simplifies the complexities of clearing, settlement, asset servicing, data management and information services across asset classes, bringing increased security and soundness to the financial markets. In 2014, DTCC's subsidiaries processed securities transactions valued at approximately US$1.6 quadrillion. Its depository provides custody and asset servicing for securities issues from over 130 countries and territories valued at US$64 trillion. DTCC's global trade repository maintains approximately 40 million open OTC positions and processes roughly 280 million messages a week. To learn more, please visit http://www.dtcc.com or follow us on Twitter @The_DTCC.
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