Analysts Laud OpenLink’s Enterprise Collateral Management Solution

ANALYSTS LAUD OPENLINK’S ENTERPRISE COLLATERAL MANAGEMENT SOLUTION

– Chartis Research and Woodbine Associates Cite OpenLink’s Comprehensiveness

New York – October 29th, 2012 – OpenLink Financial LLC (OpenLink), the global leader in Transaction Lifecycle Management (TLM) software, announced today that its Enterprise Collateral Management solution has been deemed a category leader by leading independent industry analyst firms Chartis Research and Woodbine Associates.

Chartis Research’s Enterprise Collateral Management Systems study names OpenLink a “Category Leader” in itsRiskTech Quadrant, awarding OpenLink the highest ranking for “Completeness of Offering.”  Chartis based its evaluation on a broad set of criteria, including, enterprise-wide collateral inventory, collateral optimization, limits and exposure management/alerts, valuation, margin calculations, scenario analysis, settlement management, document management, workflow management, integration capabilities, management reporting, data management, and embedded domain knowledge. These criteria dovetail with OpenLink’s approach of providing the most comprehensive coverage for market participants, including a Margin Desktop covering initial and variation margin of exchange-traded and cleared products including equities, futures, and swaps; and a Collateral Management Desktop covering bilateral OTC transactions, repurchase agreements, securities lending, commodity annexes, letters of credit and parental guarantees.

Peyman Mestchian, Managing Partner at Chartis Research, said, “The requirements for global enterprises are constantly changing and becoming more complex. As the needs of these market participants evolve more rapidly, it will no longer be just a requirement but a basic necessity to have open systems with robust, flexible functionality like OpenLink.”

Woodbine Associates’ Collateral Management and Vendor Systems report compared nine collateral management vendors, with OpenLink placing the highest in terms of cross asset product coverage, including, OTC derivatives, fixed income, credit, equity, commodity, FX, repo, securities lending, exchange traded derivatives, loans, volatility derivatives, and base and precious metals. Woodbine notes in the report that “OpenLink’s system provides seamless integration between the collateral and risk management functions. The system’s robust analytics and central database allow users to manage and evaluate risk and collateral needs simultaneously on a single operation platform with extensive scenario modeling capabilities.”

Ken Knowles, OpenLink’s EVP for Financial & Risk Solutions, said, “We respect Chartis and Woodbine for their rigorous reviews of vendors in the collateral management space. Our product’s complete and comprehensive status within the industry is a reflection of our commitment to continuous innovation to exceed the expectations of our clients.”