Product

Revenue Modelling and Forecasting Analytics

April 6, 2010

Key benefits

• Provides CFO with 360° visibility of revenue, budgets and forecasts
• Improve accuracy of forecasts by applying models to “live” data e.g. fees / rebates / commission schedules, market values, performance indices, fund flows etc
• Reduce time and cost of production through automation
• Monitor actual performance against forecasts / budgets
• Support sales / pricing process by facilitating “what if” pricing models
• Create full audit trail around models, forecasts and budgets

Key features

• Fully integrated with EMPOWER BI module for Business Intelligence and reporting
• Create forecasts using actual client and billing data for more accurate modelling and “what-if” projections
• Calculate a formula-based on a rate of growth and create a variance report between forecasted
  and actual
• Allows modelling to be performed against limitless categories. For example:
  – Product (Equity, Fixed Income, FX, Commodities, etc.)
  – Strategy (Growth, Value, Balance, etc.)
  – Geographic location (US, Europe, Asia)
  – Client Type (Institutional, Wealth, SMA, Retail)
• Allows users to set and define many model inputs. For example:
  – Forecast window (how far ahead to project in months)
  – Growth / contraction assumptions on market value
  – Supports multi-currency
  – Cash flow assumptions (new clients, large inflows, large outflows, terminations)

Technology leadership

• Browser–based
• Open standards-based infrastructure
• Integrated Business Intelligence and reporting
• Scalable solution that will grow with your organisation’s account volumes
• Enterprise ready for multi-site deployment
• Seamlessly interfaces with record-keeping, custodial, accounting and general ledger systems
• Integrates with any ODBC-compliant data access tool