The Fully Managed Benchmark Data Service

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1 RIMES The Fully Managed Benchmark Data Service

2 The Fully Managed Benchmark Data Service from RIMES The award-winning service which improves the quality, cost effectiveness, speed and reliability of managing multiple sets of data to give you complete control over the data you receive and how it is presented The content There are over 400 databases from 140 data partners on RIMES. Specific benchmark data coverage on RIMES includes: exane Convertibles Alternative investments UBS jefferies HFR wisdom tree Standard & poor s dow jones MSCI equities russell Standard & poor s BofA Merrill Lynch RIMES currently feeds the following systems Advent Software Algorithmics Asset Control Barclays Capital POINT Barra BI-SAM BNY Mellon Cadis Charles River Development DST Global Solutions Eagle Investment Systems Fidessa Group FinAnalytica GoldenSource Microgen Odyssey Orfival Ortec Simcorp SS&C Technologies StatPro Sungard The Yield Book thinkfolio UBS Delta any proprietary system BofA Merrill Lynch Derivatives Credit Suisse BofA Merrill Lynch Credit Suisse J.P Morgan euro MTS CRISIL Standard & Poor s Barclays Capital The Yield Book CITI hsbc fixed income

3 RIMES combines data and software to take care of your entire workflow, so that you can make more informed decisions from data that is up to date and of the highest quality Fully managed, day after day RIMES offers a unique, flexible and fully managed service: unlike other providers, which install their software then let your team deal with any potential data quality issues, we manage your data day after day so that you don t need to worry about operations, corrections or management of your feeds. Formatted to your requirements All parameters for data validation are set according to your specifications and formatting requirements. You select precisely how much data you want to receive from one file based on a single data source right through to the management of your entire data infrastructure. You get all the data you need, in the required format to fit your system. Key features Award Winning Data Quality The RIMES rigorous data checking system ensures that the data you receive is already validated. Our quality assurance procedures employ automated system processes together with personal analysis of all database records as part of the validation procedures.these procedures validate your files and confirm that individual data items are within acceptable parameters. You can specify additional checks and warnings e.g. if you want to tighten the permitted residual for any given benchmark. Unrivalled Breadth and Depth of Data Being able to get all the relevant data from a single source greatly reduces your management overheads. We integrate an exceptional variety of data from more than 140 data suppliers. Our benchmark coverage includes Barclays Capital, Credit Suisse, Dow Jones,, JP Morgan, Markit, MSCI, Russell, Standard & Poor s and UBS, plus unrivalled fixed income coverage from Citi / The Yield Book. I owe RIMES a big compliment for their high level of service and overall responsiveness to our benchmark challenges and questions. Client Reporting & Performance Measurement Manager, Investment Management Daily Standard Validation Checks Roll-up of stock-level returns to benchmark returns Benchmark and constituent counts Benchmark and constituent market value analysis Delta checks Delivery monitoring

4 Continuous Data Tracking Exceptions to any data validation failures are immediately highlighted and investigated by our Global Support Team. We notify you if your data fails any check, if it s delayed, revised or resubmitted. We also notify the data suppliers if any data is believed to be inaccurate so that they can review it, correct it and resupply it. You are kept continuously updated throughout this process. After corrections have been issued, we notify you, load the revised data, rerun validation checks and reissue the relevant files to you. System Specific Data Formatting All data on RIMES is formatted according to your specific criteria and delivered via files customized to exactly fit your systems. Data is delivered via FTP, securely across the internet. You will receive data that is ready to use in your applications, no special software interface or feedhandlers are required. Your systems can start receiving data in days. Even the most complicated implementation can be set up within a few weeks. RIMES Benchmark Data SERVICE A typical environment The RIMES Proactive Data ServicE middle front back middle front back barclays capital BofA Merrill Lynch standard & poor s msci the yield book barclays capital BofA Merrill Lynch standard & poor s msci the yield book 24*7 Global Support The RIMES Global Support Team is on call 24 hours a day through the working week, including weekends. Our team s technical excellence and understanding of data ensures that problems are resolved rapidly and effectively. Our file-tracking service allows you to monitor the processing and delivery of your data online. Comprehensive journaling records real time data flows. You can trace the progress of your data from the original update on our servers through to final file delivery using RIMES online journaling system.

5 Key benefits By outsourcing your data aggregation, validation and customization to RIMES, you will remove the unseen cost and operational risk associated with in-house data management Fully managed service RIMES will collate, support and maintain your data. Our Team will proactively check for data anomalies and delivery failures before you receive the data, coordinate additions to your files and source new data requests where necessary. RIMES Benchmark Data Validation Procedure Data monitoring and processing Data available from suppliers Extensive data coverage RIMES expertise is in the collection and servicing of 400-plus databases, covering all asset classes. Our customizable solution will give you data from Barclays, MSCI, Bloomberg and The Yield Book in addition to more than a hundred constituent level benchmark sources. Reduced complexity and cost You may achieve significant cost savings and economies of scale by outsourcing your benchmark data management to RIMES. The collating, cross-referencing and customizing of multiple sources of data in-house is a complex and costly endeavor. Data validation PASS Data collected Data processed RIMES database flag sets RIMES validation checks FAIL RIMES notifies clients and investigates with data supplier Time to market RIMES can update large volumes of data within 30 minutes, and respond to client requests faster than any other data aggregator or vendor. Files can be enriched with data for holdings and non-holdings within 24 hours; investment managers can receive next-days views within their order management system. Data delivery PASS Data delivered FAIL Data held Client notified, RIMES investigates Dedicated infrastructure Our benchmark data management solution will significantly alleviate the pressure on your IT and support infrastructure, allowing you to focus on core business while outsourcing your data collection, management, customization, support and validation to RIMES. Buy-Side expertise RIMES has been servicing the buy side with data and analytical capabilities since We have developed an exceptional reputation for understanding the needs of the front, middle and back s. We understand the different requirements of an investment manager, a head of risk or a performance team. Before we went with RIMES for our source of benchmarks we had nothing but problems and they all ended up on our desks in the performance department. Since we moved over to RIMES, we literally have no problems. We re recommending that our other s move all benchmarks sourced by the business to RIMES. Head of Performance, Investment Management

6 RIMES RIMES is a benchmark data management specialist. We bring together multiple sources of benchmark data in a single solution, which already feeds 25 third-party applications handling portfolio management and analytics, risk, compliance, market and reference data warehousing, plus numerous in-house systems. RIMES is a global service provider Our client list spans the financial spectrum and covers investment managers, hedge funds, pension funds, sovereign funds, custodians, investment banks and corporations in 36 countries. We have s in 7 locations across the globe and offer proactive 24/7 support. RIMES is independent We are not tied to any data suppliers or application vendors. Instead, we focus on providing clients all the data they need, efficiently and cost effectively. RIMES is a Data-as-a-Service provider With the RIMES Benchmark Data Service (BDS) clients can outsource their entire data management workflow. Our fully scalable platform handles over 400 financial databases from 140 data vendors. Find out more about us Call info@rimes.com NORTH AMERICA EUROPE, MIDDLE EAST & AFRICA ASIA-PACIFIC New York 84 Wooster Street New York NY United States T Seattle 1700 Seventh Ave Seattle WA United States T London No.1 Cornhill London EC3V 3ND United Kingdom T +44 (0) Paris 13 avenue de l Opéra Paris France T +33 (0) Nicosia Gerasimou Markora 3 Nicosia 1075 Cyprus T Sydney Australia Square 264 George Street Sydney NSW 2000 Australia T +61 (0) Shanghai Standard Chartered Tower No. 201 Shi Ji Avenue Pudong, Shanghai PR China T RIMES Technologies Corporation 2010