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Charles River Investment Management Solution

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3.0

Overview

Product Information on Charles River Investment Management Solution

Updated 13th October 2025

What is Charles River Investment Management Solution?

Charles River Investment Management Solution is a software designed for institutional investment firms to manage portfolio management, trading, compliance, and risk operations on a single platform. The software supports front and middle office functions by providing tools for order and execution management, portfolio modeling, and pre- and post-trade compliance monitoring. It addresses the business need for streamlined workflows, operational efficiency, and improved data management across multiple asset classes. The software provides users with capabilities for fixed income and equity trading, performance measurement, and reporting, enabling comprehensive monitoring and analysis of investment activities. It also facilitates integration with market data sources and downstream systems.

Charles River Investment Management Solution Pricing

Charles River Investment Management Solution software follows a subscription-based pricing model, where costs are typically determined by factors such as firm size, asset classes managed, user licenses, and required modules or functionalities Users may encounter implementation and integration fees as part of the overall cost structure Pricing arrangements are tailored based on the specific needs and requirements of each client organization

Overall experience with Charles River Investment Management Solution

Manager Trading & Trade Ops Technology
30B + USD, Finance (non-banking)
FAVORABLE

“Upgrade required lots of testing but in end was done on time and under budget.”

4.0
Apr 6, 2017
Mixed results with vendor resources provided. We made a few adjustments and at end of project we were pleased with vendor provided consulting resources.
Executive Director
<50M USD, Finance (non-banking)
CRITICAL

“consider it, but look for other options”

3.0
Aug 27, 2020
functionality is average, we find the user friendliness subpar. to many clicks, and screen transitions are slow and lose data if you reverse course

About Company

Company Description

Updated 24th March 2025

Charles River IMS is a firm that provides asset management solutions to investment and wealth managers, asset owners, and insurers globally. Charles River's technology focuses on automating and simplifying the investment process across diverse asset classes. This includes portfolio management, risk analytics, trading, and post-trade settlement. Additionally, it offers integrated compliance and managed data services. Specifically, Charles River for Private Markets is designed to tackle complex data challenges for investors in various sectors including private credit, real estate, private equity, and infrastructure. The firm's technology and services form the basis of State Street Alpha when combined with State Street’s middle and back-office services. Its systems enable the company to deliver ongoing support to its users worldwide.

Company Details

Updated 29th April 2025
Company type
Public
Year Founded
1984
Head office location
Burlington, United States
Number of employees
1001 - 5000
Website
https://www.crd.com

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Charles River Investment Management Solution Likes & Dislikes

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Compliance module is second to none

Like

functionality

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Its potential and market presence.

Dislike

Professional services tried to be too formal on getting statement of work approved

Dislike

position weightings in PM mode

Dislike

Don't like that the team is distributed all over the country. They never seem to be together in one place.

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  • Executive Director
    <50M USD
    Finance (non-banking)
    Review Source

    consider it, but look for other options

    3.0
    Aug 27, 2020
    functionality is average, we find the user friendliness subpar. to many clicks, and screen transitions are slow and lose data if you reverse course
  • VP of Information Systems
    1B-10B USD
    Finance (non-banking)
    Review Source

    Product itself is great, but the implementation left a lot to be desired

    2.0
    Apr 23, 2018
    Overall implementation was spotty at best. The implementation team was supposedly the 'A team' but when we constantly were running into issues and delays and over expenditures beyond the original scope of work its hard to believe that these were the best of the best. CRD consultants were rude and combative.
  • Manager Trading & Trade Ops Technology
    10B+ USD
    Finance (non-banking)
    Review Source

    Upgrade required lots of testing but in end was done on time and under budget.

    4.0
    Apr 6, 2017
    Mixed results with vendor resources provided. We made a few adjustments and at end of project we were pleased with vendor provided consulting resources.
  • Managing Director, Trading & Operations
    <50M USD
    Finance (non-banking)
    Review Source

    Smooth implementation but ongoing work for process improvements and implementation fails

    4.0
    Mar 17, 2017
    Great product and implementation contact were a knowledgeable and great partner. They were not great on the handoff from implementation to production. Seems like the implementation specialist did not transfer knowledge of current set up.
  • Director of IT
    10B+ USD
    Finance (non-banking)
    Review Source

    Chaotic implementation

    3.0
    Dec 12, 2016
    Not sure if we really had the A team. They did what they needed to do, but didn't always "lead." Rather than pushing us to use the product out-of-the box, they allowed (enabled?) us to customize their product.
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