Hedge funds face ever-increasing competition with decreasing margins and shrinking market opportunity windows. The average half-life of a winning strategy is far less than what it was five years ago. To respond to this environment, hedge fund managers need to be able to adjust to varying market conditions quickly - without sacrificing accuracy or the thoroughness of their research. In short, whether it is to define and implement a new product or to improve upon an existing long/short strategy - hedge fund managers need to be able to quickly capitalize on their insights while avoiding significant infrastructural outlays.

ModelStation® helps hedge fund managers meet today's market challenges by providing:

• An comprehensive solution that minimizes expensive and time consuming multi-vendor licensing and installation costs
• An easy to use graphical interface that saves time and money by eliminating expensive programming cycles
• Rapid strategy prototyping through factor analysis and simulation modules, giving traders a head-start in vetting new ideas
• A complete range of strategy simulation support templates both in long/short and long only contexts
• Granular, real-world strategy simulation including short rebate handling, cost modeling, and daily trade by trade P&L reporting
• Turnkey integration with major data warehouses such as FactSet, Fame, ThomsonQA, and S&P Xpressfeed which frees up valuable resources to focus on research rather than data and system interfaces