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Clearwater Analytics[R] Drives Shift to Automated Investment Reporting and Analytics with New Offerings Targeted to Insurance and Private Wealth Investors.


Sophisticated web-based reporting and analytics platform tracks risk exposure, compliance violations, financial statements and investment performance daily

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 -- Clearwater Analytics, the recognized market leader in web-based reporting and analytics for corporate treasury departments announced two new offerings -- Insurance Analytics[TM] and Private Wealth Analytics[TM] to address the nuanced investment reporting needs of insurance companies and private wealth investors.

Each solution harnesses Clearwater's powerful and highly scalable technology platform to provide unparalleled visibility and transparency across multiple portfolios, asset classes, security types and currencies. Investors have access to a view of their entire investment portfolio to monitor risk exposure, compliance violations, financial accounting statements and investment performance. Investors have the ability to drill down to the tax lot level information underlying the reporting and analytics to view specific security characteristics. Clearwater's platform provides investors with the technology tools and the business intelligence they need to:

* Automate inefficient manual processes and free-up resources,

* Identify and assess risk exposure across a broad range of criteria, including issuer, security type and sector,

* Proactively track compliance against investment policies to identify violations,

* Implement consistent assumptions across portfolios to generate accurate financial reports, and

* Track investment performance against custom-defined benchmarks to measure investment manager results.

Insurance Analytics[TM]

Designed to address the stringent regulatory requirements and investment reporting needs of the insurance industry, Insurance Analytics[TM] provides investment professionals with a comprehensive solution for dynamically monitoring global investments on a daily basis.

Regardless of the number of legal entities, portfolios, investment managers or custody banks, Clearwater aggregates and independently verifies investment information daily to deliver timely and actionable GAAP GAAP

See: Generally Accepted Accounting Principles


GAAP

See generally accepted accounting principles (GAAP).
 (Generally Accepted Accounting Principles The standard accounting rules, regulations, and procedures used by companies in maintaining their financial records.

Generally accepted accounting principles (GAAP) provide companies and accountants with a consistent set of guidelines that cover both broad accounting
) and Statutory reports. The automated financial statements (including balance sheet income statement and income and statement of cash flows) is prepared in accordance with Financial Accounting Standards Board Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB)

Board composed of independent members who create and interpret Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (GAAP).
 (FASB FASB

See: Financial Accounting Standards Board


FASB

See Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB).
) guidelines and National Association of Insurance Commissioners The National Association of Insurance Commissioners (NAIC) is an Internal Revenue Code Section 501(c)(3) non-profit organization which seeks to organize the regulatory and supervisory efforts of the various state insurance commissioners from around the United States.  (NAIC NAIC

See National Association of Investors Corporation (NAIC).
) standards.

Highlights of Clearwater GAAP Accounting reports include:

* Daily book-of-record information, including market value, amortized cost, accruals, gains and losses, original cost, and income,

* Automated SEC disclosures for financial statements (impairment reporting, FAS 157 fair-value and balance sheet classification reporting), and

* Automated general ledger General Ledger

A company's accounting records. This formal ledger contains all the financial accounts and statements of a business.

Notes:
The ledger uses two columns: one records debits, the other has offsetting credits.
 upload functionality.

Clearwater generates Statutory Accounting quarterly and annually for Schedule D, DA, & E part II for property and casualty, life, and health insurance companies. To optimize efficiency, individual reports can be imported into NAIC approved software packages, including Brooke [TM] (TCP (1) (Transmission Control Protocol) The reliable transport protocol within the TCP/IP protocol suite. TCP ensures that all data arrive accurately and 100% intact at the other end. ), Freedom[TM] (AS 2000), A.M. Best (ESP (1) (Enhanced Service Provider) An organization that adds value to basic telephone service by offering such features as call-forwarding, call-detailing and protocol conversion. )[R], Sungard[TM] (EPS (Encapsulated PostScript) A PostScript file format used to transfer a graphic image between applications and platforms. EPS files contain PostScript code as well as an optional preview image in TIFF, WMF, PICT or EPSI, the latter being an ASCII-only format. ), and Eagle[TM] (Wings).

An authorized third-party administrator with the NAIC, Clearwater is approved to receive current pricing and designation values for investment portfolios annually and quarterly through the NAIC Security Valuation Office.

Private Wealth Analytics[TM]

Whether a private wealth investor or advisor has one or multiple accounts, Clearwater's Private Wealth Analytics solution delivers industry-leading transparency to drive smarter investment decisions across the entire investment portfolio. Until today, private wealth investors seeking a complete view across their portfolio cobbled cob·ble 1  
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 together disparate platforms to track their investments. With Private Wealth Analytics, investors and advisors have a single web-based tool to monitor their entire portfolio holdings on a daily basis. Highlights of Private Wealth Analytics include:

* Meaningful reports and analytics - With a few clicks, investors and advisors can easily drill down into equity, fixed income, and other asset types to analyze risk, performance and compliance daily.

* Consolidated view of net worth - Clearwater's automated functions provide an accurate view of net worth based on market conditions. Investors benefit from a complete picture of their balance sheet, cash projections and interest income forecast.

* Aggregated and validated holdings across multiple accounts - Clearwater independently reconciles and verifies all cash and position movements daily at custody banks and safekeeping Safekeeping

The storage of assets or other items of value in a protected area.

Notes:
Individuals may use self-directed methods of safekeeping or the services of a bank or brokerage firm.
 institutions to ensure an accurate, consolidated accounting of holdings.

Empowering Investors with Industry-Leading Functionality

Building on its leading position in reporting and analytics, Clearwater also unveiled enhancements to its core reporting platform which benefit many investor types:

* New Risk Sector Viewing Options - Market sector, industry sector and industry sub-sector views are now available through Clearwater's risk reporting module.

* FDIC FDIC

See: Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation


FDIC

See Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC).
 Guaranteed Bonds - Temporary Liquidity Guarantee Program (TLGP TLGP Traffic Light Gran Prix
TLGP Tube Launched Guided Projectile
) FDIC guaranteed bonds are now identified in investor portfolios.

* FAS 91 Reports - Clients can now select either the retrospective or prospective method of periodically adjusting amortization schedules for asset-backed and mortgage-backed securities Mortgage-backed securities (MSBs)

Securities backed by a pool of mortgage loans.
, based upon updated prepayment information.

Additionally, in mid-February, Clearwater rolled-out enhancements to automate and streamline reporting and disclosure requirements to facilitate compliance with FAS Rule 157.

"In today's fast paced market environment, investors simply can't afford to use manual spreadsheet processes to track and manage large investment portfolios -- the risks are too high," said Clearwater Analytics CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board.  Courtlandt Gates. "Without instant access to accurate and actionable data, organizations have neither a meaningful overview of what they own nor detailed insight into the nature of their individual investment assets."

"For more than five years, Clearwater Analytics has been a key partner to many of the world's most sophisticated investors," Gates continued. "Our industry-leading reporting and analytics have helped organizations save millions of dollars in resources, and in costly mistakes."

About Clearwater Analytics

Launched in 2003, Clearwater Analytics reports on nearly $400 billion in assets for more than 2,000 institutional investors globally. The company's industry-leading technology is the only platform on the market to offer a complete solution for dynamically monitoring global investments on a daily basis. To schedule a free demonstration of Clearwater Analytics technology and services, visit www.clearwateranalytics.com/godemo, call (800) 250-7543 or email info@clearwateranalytics.com.
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