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To prove alpha, funds need to calculate the price of every position in the portfolio. Pricing involves a great deal of time-consuming work, from data collection to rules application to pricing tests. For more exotic asset classes, highly illiquid securities, or mark to model securities, pricing can be a much more complicated endeavor.
IVP Price Master provides an end-to-end pricing automation solution. It efficiently retrieves data from vendors and brokers, applies waterfall pricing rules, and ensures prices meet threshold checks. This helps funds apply valuation policies consistently and deliver prices that executives, investors, and auditors can review with confidence.
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CAPABILITIES
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Automation of Daily and Monthly Pricing
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All Types of
Pricing Tests -
Challenge and Solicitation of the Prices
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Valuation Committee
Packages -
Pricing Audit and
Analytics

100
Asset classes

120
Data Connections

15
Clients

2
Faster Daily Pricing

7
Days on Monthly Pricing

IVP Price Master is connected to all the leading pricing data vendors and brokers. It provides a flexible and configurable pricing engine that caters to
the needs of any type of pricing process.
KEY FEATURES
PRICING
AUTOMATION
Automate pricing and valuation with a robust pricing engine that supports daily, weekly, monthly, and quarterly pricing needs. Set up pricing rules with a user-friendly, configurable engine.

EXCEPTION
MANAGEMENT
Resolve pricing exceptions with automated suggestions to optimize risk management. All exceptions are managed with a built-in workflow that features a complete audit trail and data governance.

EXTENSIVE
CONNECTIVITY
This pricing software comes with more than 100 built-in adapters to data vendors, brokers, and pricing agents, as well as a long list of front and back office systems, including more than 10 portfolio management and accounting systems.

FLEXIBLE
REPORTING
Price Master comes with a long list of standard pricing reports, including a valuation committee package. Teams can also create custom pricing reports for fund-specific needs.

VALUATION OF
PRIVATE DEALS
Automation of pricing for Mark to Model securities with support for native Valuation models and integration with spreadsheet-based models and pricing agents.

EXCEL
ADD-IN
A Fully integrated excel add in that allows the front office users to provide their desk estimates and pricing notes from excel.

CRITICAL BENEFITS
Transparency

Includes a built-in pricing audit feature for independent price verification as well as a time series view that shows all sources for a given price.
Accuracy

Performs data quality checks that can be easily customized for various attributes. Rules-based test configuration includes support for severity-based distinctions.
Integration

Features an Excel add-in so most user actions can be performed directly from the spreadsheet application, without the need to learn a separate interface.
Insight

Delivers in-depth analytics for pricing information, with key metrics on quality of quotes, attached market standard models for price computations, and calculated ASC 820 levels for securities.
Support

IVP Price Master comes with white-glove 24×7 global support, provided by a team of subject matter experts and CFAs.
END-TO-END TOUCHPOINTS

SECURITY AND
POSITIONS DATA
Connects directly to accounting and data warehouse

BROKERS, VENDORS
AND SPECIALISTS
Consumes pricing quotations and revised/challenged marks

FUND ADMINS
AND INTERNAL DESK
Delivers internal prices, comparison marks, other relevant data

ACCOUNTING
ENGINES/PMS
Automated connectivity for posting final prices
ASSET CLASS COVERAGE
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Equity
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Fixed Income
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ABS/MBS
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Loans
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CDS/CDX
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Swaps
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Futures
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Options
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Exotic
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OTC
PRICING DATA AS A SERVICE
With IVP Managed Services, IVP Price Master can also deliver “Pricing Data as a service”.
Empowered by digital-first technologies, our cross-functional support teams manage the entire pricing process in the cloud with “audit anytime” transparency that makes it simple for you to check every step in the process. Well-defined SLAs and KPIs help control operating risks. And activity-based pricing lets you take a modular approach.

Reliability
+20 years of experience combined with 24/7 global support.

Ownership
Audit trails ensure data custody from collection to distribution of the blended golden copy.

Control
Easy onboarding and total transparency ensure complete oversight.
RESOURCES

Brochure
2020
IVP Price Master Product Brochure

Case Study
2020
Asset manager with $10 billion+ AUM, focused on structured credit and private deals automates pricing process

Case Study
2020
Pricing Solution for a $40+ Billion Multi-Strategy Asset Manager

Whitepaper
2020
Building a Scalable Auditable Valuation and Pricing Process

Latest Blog
September 29, 2020
Complexities Involved in Pricing Structured Products

Video On Demand
Dec, 2020
Automating the Pricing and Valuation Process for Asset Managers

Video On Demand
May, 2020
IVP Price Master Virtual MM2020

Video On Demand
2020
Pricing & Valuation In The Buy Side: The Shift Away From Manual Spreadsheets

Blog
November 18, 2020
Impact of COVID-19 on Pricing Structured Credit

Blog
December 2, 2020
A Case for Automation While Trading Structured Credit

Blog
July 28, 2020
Understanding the Risks Involved in the Pricing and Valuation Process

Blog
April 27, 2020
Create Long-Term Success with Pricing Automation

Blog
June 15, 2020