Asset management firms must continually innovate in the areas of benchmarked and absolute return products while simultaneously improving operational efficiency through the standardization of technology. While Asset Managers typically have substantial  investments in code, databases, alpha models, risk models, and optimizers, what's missing is a scalable and flexible unifying infrastructure that leverages the existing IT infrastructure and supports all of the disparate investment processes in an efficient and integrated fashion. Many times larger asset managers end up playing the role of "system integrator" expending much-needed energy and capital on non-strategic development activities. All the while, the pressure on performance and new product development continues unabated in an increasingly competitive market.

ModelStation® addresses the challenges unique to asset managers by providing:

• An integration platform capable of consolidating and leveraging existing research investments in data, models, and third party applications
• Enterprise class performance, scalability, and extensibility - facilitates broad adoption at all levels of the organization from the most sophisticated users to non-programmers
• A bridge between research and production platforms, reducing the operational risk inherent in using multiple platforms, allowing more time to develope new investment ideas rather than working on infrastructural issues and programming 
• A team-oriented environment: removes barriers between research and portfolio construction teams via shared infrastructure for results, models, and datasets
• Standards-based technology that exposures numerous customizable areas to accommodate the flexibility required in multi-user environments