Portfolio Company & Equity Fund Management Software
The Client
A leading global alternative asset manager and provider of financial advisory services
The Situation
Client wanted to build an application that could monitor the performance of a huge number of portfolio companies in a variety of industries, geographies and economic environments
Total enterprise value of all transactions affected was several million dollars
Portfolio was dynamic in nature and experienced frequent investments and dispositions
Client needed a robust private equity fund management product for its capital partnership, real estate and mezzanine funds
Included an extensive financial reporting provision that is used by investors on a periodic basis
System must undergo internal and external auditing to validate the accuracy of figures and procedures
R&D partner must also be able to support a number of internal applications as part of the engineering sustenance work
The Engagement
To work on Client´s diverse range of desktop and web-based applications, GlobalLogic built an offshore team of .NET specialists, database/data warehouse/reporting experts, and infrastructure support engineers
Designed, developed, tested, implemented and supported a portfolio company reporting system that collects and reviews data and can generate various extensive financial reports
Supports multiple approval mechanisms
Protects all secure data transfers by using encrypted SSL connections and by providing integration with Active Directory
Migrated a hurdle rate model to VB.NET and transformed a two-tier client server application to an n-tier application with Front Layer
Enables extensive financial reporting using Crystal Reports and Excel
Incorporates various features like Income Distribution, GAAP Reporting and Disposition & Return on Capital
Designed, developed and maintained various internal web-based and desktop-based applications for timesheet tracking, intranet, messaging, reports access, document management, data warehousing, etc.