LAKE SUCCESS, N.Y., March 3, 2016 /PRNewswire/ -- Broadridge Financial Solutions, Inc. (NYSE: BR) was awarded "Best Risk Management Software Firm" at the Hedgeweek Global Awards 2016, which are voted on by industry participants and recognize excellence among hedge fund managers and global service providers.
The winners are determined by votes cast by Hedgeweek subscribers, including institutional and high-net-worth investors as well as managers and other industry professionals at fund administrators, prime brokers, custodians and advisers.
"Broadridge has a long history of providing solutions to help our clients grow and manage their business, and we are very excited to be recognized by our clients, prospects and competitors for our risk products," said Bennett Egeth, president, Investment Management Solutions, Broadridge. "The tight integration of risk, order management, portfolio management and reporting solutions across global asset classes is key for our clients and has again been recognized as a differentiator in the market."
"This award highlights Broadridge's commitment to enabling investment management firms to reduce risk, improve the quality of their data and strengthen their infrastructure by providing innovative and integrated technology solutions," said Chris John, president, Revenue and Expense Management Solutions, Broadridge.
Broadridge Investment Management Solutions supports more than 225 global hedge funds, asset managers, family offices, fund administrators and prime brokers. Its modular suite of investment management solutions combines portfolio management, order management, risk management, reference data management, data warehouse reporting and reconciliation functionality in a single, multi-asset, completely integrated application.
In addition to the Hedgeweek Global Award, in the last year Broadridge Investment Management Solutions was also recognized as "Best Post-Trade Technology" provider at the HFM European Technology Awards; as "Best Managed Service for Reference Data" at the Inside Reference Data Awards for the third consecutive year; and as "Best-of-Breed" for Sell-Side Risk Technology in the 2015 Chartis RiskTech Quadrant® for Sell-Side Risk Management Technology Report.
About Broadridge
Broadridge Financial Solutions, Inc. (NYSE: BR) is the leading provider of investor communications and technology-driven solutions for broker-dealers, banks, mutual funds and corporate issuers globally. Broadridge's investor communications, securities processing and managed services solutions help clients reduce their capital investments in operations infrastructure, allowing them to increase their focus on core business activities. With over 50 years of experience, Broadridge's infrastructure underpins proxy voting services for over 90% of public companies and mutual funds in North America, and processes on average $5 trillion in equity and fixed income trades per day. Broadridge employs approximately 7,400 full-time associates in 14 countries. For more information about Broadridge, please visit www.broadridge.com.
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