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Financial services


When millions of dollars can depend on the results of a decision, no possible cross check should be skimped.


Portfolio management

ASC designed and developed tax-sensitive investment management software using Informix and related tools. New system reduced time required to make tax-advantaged portfolio adjustments from several days to under an hour. This was essential to the client to permit timely response to market changes, and thereby maintain its market share in the highly competitive portfolio management space.

ASC revised tax-sensitive portfolio management tools to maximize flexibility of portfolio adjustments while still ensuring conformance to SEC-mandated wash rules. Since the wash rules represent a moving target, system was optimized for flexibility and ease-of-maintenance as well as for raw performance.

Portfolio optimization

ASC wrote several tools to simplify and make more reliable the use of portfolio optimization software.

CRM

ASC ported Customer Relationship Management (CRM) system in SalesLogix from Oracle to SQL Server. This improved upload time from three days to fifteen minutes, giving the sales force more timely information. ASC developed and codified stored procedure API for use by front-end developers, improved stability; added automatic self-tests.

Systems administration for financial services firm

ASC administered Informix Online database running on Solaris servers for financial service firm. Improved reliability while reducing time spent on maintenance. ASC trained internal DBA's and SA's at the client site, eventually eliminating the need for outside consulting services.

Banking

ASC has extensive experience with decision support applications and data flows within commercial and retail banking. We have architected and implemented profitability, credit risk, and asset-liability management applications built upon a common banking process and information model.


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Ashmead Software & Consulting, Inc. specializes in the design, enhancement, and administration of relational  databases with particular emphasis on reliability, performance, and ease-of-maintenance.