Data Central, a leading SaaS solution that streamlines financial data coming from a variety of external sources into a coherent hub, is now seamlessly integrated with Bloomberg’s Portfolio & Risk Analytics solution PORT, providing turnkey access to portfolio analytics, news, and alerts that are important to running an investment management business smoothly and efficiently.
Data Central, April Software’s data management solution, has already impressed its users with its efficiency and capabilities. The tool collects, aggregates, standardizes, and stores financial data allowing access to it anytime and from anywhere to multiple users across all management levels, eliminating the need for an endless exchange of emails with attached reports. The integration with Bloomberg PORT makes it even more useful for investment management companies’ needs. More specifically, for portfolios of global equities, fixed income, commodities, currencies and derivatives, they now have access to:

• Real-time and intraday performance monitoring
• Historical performance analysis and attribution
• Portfolio versus benchmark characteristics
• Ex-ante risk including tracking error, Value-atRisk, and scenario analysis
• Portfolio optimization and trade simulation
• News and alerts on portfolio holdings

The comprehensive suite of portfolio analytics on Bloomberg PORT enables users to formulate and test investment ideas, analyze positions on a standalone basis or relative to a benchmark, and explain the drivers of historical performance and potential sources of risk.

“Our aim is to always keep improving and sophisticating Data Central for our clients’ benefit”, says Cedric Nanni, April Software’s CEO, when asked to comment on the integration and concludes, “Connecting with Bloomberg’s Portfolio & Risk Analytics solution allows us to add even more substance to our tool and provide more competitive advantages to our customers.” Data Central’s digital data delivery enables financial professionals to efficiently automate their financial information processing by delivering portfolio related reporting, performance calculations, and risk analysis in real time.