Madison users will have a fully managed solution for portfolio management, trading, and performance measurement and attribution across the firm's global equities and domestic fixed income operations. Madison will also be utilizing Charles River's Data Service, the new portfolio manager workbench, and Scenario Analysis/Advanced Analytics tools.

Madison selected Charles River's enterprise solution to support its business growth and handle increasing trade volumes and number of accounts. The firm is replacing several systems and consolidating its fixed income portfolio management and global equity order and execution management activities on Charles River's single integrated platform.

"Charles River will significantly improve productivity for our PM's and traders by delivering portfolio management and trading capabilities with integrated data, analytics and benchmarks all in one solution," said Jill Friedow, Managing Director. "Ultimately, we will increase efficiencies across the organization and support best execution for clients while reducing our compliance risk throughout the investment management process."

"Charles River IMS helps asset managers make better investment decisions by providing risk, performance, portfolio and trade information, as well as all necessary security data and analytics," said Tom Driscoll, Global Managing Director, Charles River. "Our SaaS-based solution enables firms like Madison to improve operations at a more predictable cost, ensure higher quality data, and provide investment teams with faster access to new functionality."