A very large Canadian pension plans firm

Askari® provides enterprise-wide solution to manage integrated market and credit risk.

IMS Solution: Askari - Data Management & Analytics

Client Profile:

  • One of the largest pension plans in Canada, with nearly C$90bn in AUM
  • Administers the pensions of 284,000 active and retired professionals, paying C$4.2bn in benefits annually
  • One of the world’s leaders in the use of alternative assets classes
  • Manages well diversified portfolios and focuses on absolute return strategies

Challenges:

  • Manage its investments to earn best possible rate of return at an appropriate level of risk
  • Implement diverse asset-mix policy and seek absolute returns
  • Increase the accuracy and coverage of risk models

Solution:

  • The client selected Askari after evaluating multiple risk management solutions
  • Askari is used to calculate plan level and portfolio level market risk for all asset classes
  • Askari’s robust, scalable platform delivers open, flexible, and fast reporting to a variety of user groups

Benefits:

  • Askari’s full revaluation methodology and advanced analytics help the organisation understand risks across asset classes and improve the active monitoring and management of risk budgets