NEWS

Computer Design Succursale de Geneve 1 March 2008

Computer Design has opened a Branch Office in Geneva. Support and development staff working from our office located in the old town of Carouge will provide support and development services for FPM users in Switzerland and Europe. In the Swiss market we foresee particular interest for FPM core functions specially developed for private client wealth management, family office, alternative investment and hedge fund investment management front/back office operations

Investment Decision Audit Module IDEA is launched 31 August 2007

IDEA module is undergoing evaluation at one user site. IDEA allows the investment manager to maintain investment analysis notes for securities on a daily basis (frequency to be determined by the user). Investment notes can be automatically embedded into monthly Client Investment Analysis Letters during client report book production run. The content of the letter is customised automatically for each client ie clients are told only about securities held in their portfolios. Letters can also be customsed by groups of clients.

Performance Attribution Module supports alternative currency 31 August 2007

The latest release of the Performance Attribution Module supports an "alternative currency". eg if you have been reporting in GBP terms until now, you can now report in USD terms as well. Comes in handy for fund managers speaking to clients / prospects the other side of the Atlantic.

Performance Attribution Module supports Composites 31 August 2007

The latest release of the Performance Attribution Module supports composites in accordance with GIPS rules. Composites can be defined at will by the user from any combination of portfolios under management. Joiners and leavers are handled automatically.

Compliance + Module is launched 31 July 2007

FPM Compliance + Module has gone live at three user sites following a year long development program. Compliance+ performs on-line validation of trades prior to input. The definition of the rule books and their assignment to particular portfolios are fully under user control. Rule books may comprise a mixture of house rules or UCITS III regulations. Breaches / overrides are recorded automatically in audit files.

Bedlam Asset Management plc is going live on the FPM System 29 September 2006

Bedlam Asset Management plc will go live on Computer Design's Financial Portfolio Management system as from 30th September. FPM is implemented as a multi-user integrated system enabling straight through processing of trades between the front office (order entry with on-line pre-trade compliance checking) and the back office (administration, reporting, market data feeds, performance measurement and attribution).

Bedlam Asset Management plc is an independent equity fund management company based in London. Bedlam describes its purpose and business processes as follows:

"….Our aims are to realise the objectives of every investor; capital preservation and then absolute returns. Clients' capital is preserved through the use of cash and simple derivatives to mitigate inevitable downturns in stock markets…. We are unconstrained by any benchmarks or indices. Good investment management is about process, discipline and avoiding minefields. It is not about fashions and fads; nor is it about investing in large companies that were once winners…."

Bedlam's principal funds are geography specific OEICs (eg Bedlam UK Fund, Bedlam Global Fund, Bedlam Japan Fund, Bedlam Emerging Markets Fund, Bedlam Europe Fund as long-only equity funds where protection against losses is provided through the use of put options). Bedlam also manages segregated accounts for institutional investors and private client portfolios.

Bedlam believes that FPM will provide a cost effective and efficient integrated system platform for their investment management and administration process and the new system represents an important step in their next stage of growth. Bedlam will use all the core modules of the FPM system including order management, compliance, performance measurement and attribution, reporting and financial market feeds.

Edinburgh Partners Ltd Selects FPM System 11 May 2005

After an extensive evaluation process Edinburgh Partners Limited has appointed Computer Design to provide its FPM System as its order management and administration system. Edinburgh Partners Limited was founded in 2003 as a new specialist investment management firm to focus exclusively on achieving returns for institutional investors based on investment analysis of the highest quality. The company operates a number of multi-currency open ended vehicles and investment trusts. Edinburgh Partners Limited believes the FPM solution will provide a cost effective and efficient framework for their order management process and the implementation represents an important step in their next stage of growth.

FPM Web Module 18 April 2005

Computer Design has announced the release of a new module, FPM Web On-line, as an integrated extension to its FPM suite. The new module allows the FPM administrator to publish FPM reports directly on the company web site for secure private viewing from an Internet browser. For a demonstration click on WebFPM button on the menu bar. In the Username and Password fields enter one of the following key words: client / backoffice / futures / performance / presentation. For example, if you logged in with the Username and Password backoffice, you will see a grid containing FPM reports in a variety of document formats as shown in the picture below. You may then click on a report to view it locally; to return to the grid press the back key on your browser. There is no limit to the number of reports which can be published. Users will of course only see their own reports and no other.

Octopus Asset Management Ltd Selects FPM System 24 November 2004

Octopus Asset Management has selected FPM System as its back office system for management of its Enterprise Investment Scheme (EIS) portfolios.