Financial Sciences Intros ATOM 8
Financial Sciences, which produces a money market and commercial paper trading platform, announced "the release of ATOM Version 8" in a new e-mail newsletter. The company says, "ATOM Money Market Trading is uniquely designed to support the specialized processing needs of issuers and dealers of commercial paper, certificates of deposit, and other money market securities." The newsletter says, "Financial Sciences is pleased to announce the release of ATOM Version 8. With a brand new look and feel, Version 8 is full of advanced features and functionality. Utilizing a state of the art web-based architecture, Version 8 delivers the speed and flexibility of a browser-based application without sacrificing the rich functional benefits of a traditional GUI based application. This new version of ATOM provides robust integrated ad-hoc reporting, broad financial instrument coverage, advanced analytics, and seamless integration with Microsoft Excel." The ATOM product page adds, "ATOM Money Market Trading includes these features and benefits: Security Types: handles a wide variety of security types and structures including: Commercial Paper, Certificates of Deposit, Guaranteed Investment Contracts (GICs), Medium Term and Floating Rate Notes, Asset-backed Notes, Master Notes, and Private Placements; Direct and Dealer Programs: provides support for both direct and dealer placed programs; Rate Management: manages offering rates for distribution, execution and historical application purposes; ... Electronic Trading: supports direct connections to Bloomberg, Reuters, and other electronic trading platforms, allowing the communication of rate publication and the secure entry of commercial paper purchase requests directly by end investors; Bank Settlement and Cash Management: manages a real-time interface between ATOM and the Issuing and Payment Agent bank in order to settle money market trades and exchange settlement information; Investor Management and Marketing: tracks all aspects of investor related information.... In addition, the module analyzes historical trade data in order to calculate purchasing analytics for each investor; Extensive Reporting: includes a robust reporting package with reports for Investor Marketing/Sales Management, Trade Settlement and Administration, Cash and Positioning, Accounting and Portfolio Analytics/Performance."
