Charles River IMS vs. Dynamo Software

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
Charles River IMS
Score 9.0 out of 10
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The Charles River Investment Management Solution (Charles River IMS) automates front and middle office processes for buy-side firms. The solution helps enable accurate and timely investment decision support for institutional and wealth managers, alternative investment firms, insurers and asset owners. Charles River IMS helps clients streamline operations, reduce risk, and improve reliability.N/A
Dynamo Software
Score 8.0 out of 10
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Dynamo Software is a purpose-built investment management platform that can support the entire private market investment lifecycle. It offers modules for CRM, deal management, investor relations, investor portal, portfolio monitoring, fund accounting, research management, portfolio management, and ESG reporting.N/A
Pricing
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Pricing Offerings
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Free Trial
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Free/Freemium Version
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Premium Consulting/Integration Services
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Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
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Affinity CRM
Score 9.3 out of 10
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User Ratings
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User Testimonials
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Likelihood to Recommend
State Street
If your are large asset management company focused mostly on interest rate products and you are large institutional trader your way is the use of Charles River Portfolio Management & Risk Analytics account which is most reputable custodian institution which offers superior tool for bonds trading - Charles River IMS. Charles River Portfolio Management & Risk Analytics is focused on large bond traders, so is not offered for small hedge funds. It is not appropriate if you are small account holder and focused more on stock market offerings, margin trading and less focused on custodian reputation. There is no separate risk module for trading group risk management.
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Dynamo Software
Daily workflow and process management
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Pros
State Street
  • Focused on bonds
  • Risk approache based on counterparties risk measurement
  • Buid in scenario strategies and testing
  • CDS are available for trading (exlusive offering)
  • Portfolio construction
  • Yield analytics
  • Exotics: SWAPs, SWAPtions
  • Sophisticated options analytics
  • Currency forwards (exclusive offering)
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Cons
State Street
  • Equities - microstructure to consider detection of iceberg orders
  • Build in algos for large trades execution
  • Corporate or Banking level platform - not focused on mid sized business
  • SAP connectivity
  • Only Charles River Portfolio Management & Risk Analytics accounts
  • No trading group accounts capabilities
  • Needs arbitrage trading algo: spread, statistical, merger for stocks
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Usability
State Street
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Dynamo Software
The system’s configurable nature makes it a dynamic solution for addressing business-specific needs. Additionally, the intuitive design of the data queries allow us to find what we need and self-source most items. Finally, the ability to manage the majority of configuration needs in-house enables us to resolve user requests in a timely manner. Dynamo also listens to customer feedback and consistently deliver helpful upgrades.
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Alternatives Considered
State Street
Charles River Portfolio Management & Risk Analytics is a state of the art company which owns state of the art products Charles River Portfolio Management & Risk Analytics. If you are considering long term value, capital preservation strategy and pension funds management that is the right choice if holdien one account versus several to get systematic diversification. You can run even department of banks treasury with use of Charles River Portfolio Management & Risk Analytics. So good but focused on large investors needs and diversification focus.
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Dynamo Software
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Return on Investment
State Street
  • Neutral. We are in system migration process.
  • We expect to get our P&L less volatile (+/- 5%). More international bonds in a mix
  • Top custodian is our first priority
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Dynamo Software
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ScreenShots

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Screenshot of Dynamo Accounting, which helps manage and automate complex fund administration and reporting workflows, delivering Excel-powered financial packages and audit-ready outputs for alternative investment firms.Screenshot of Dynamo Research Management, a configurable, AI-powered platform that centralizes and automates investment research and due diligence workflows for multi-asset class investors.Screenshot of Dynamo’s Investor Relations platform, which streamlines fundraising and marketing by centralizing investor data, automating outreach, with integrated CRM, analytics, and a secure investor portal.Screenshot of Dynamo Investor Portal, which is a secure, configurable platform that streamlines investor communications, performance reporting, and document management to deliver GP and LP engagement.Screenshot of Dynamo Deal Management, used to streamline GP deal sourcing, pipeline tracking, and due diligence with intuitive workflows, unified data, and intelligent automation.