Arcesium

ARCESIUM is a global financial technology company delivering pre- and post-investment and enterprise data management solutions to some of the world’s most sophisticated financial institutions, including private market firms, hedge funds, and institutional asset managers. Today, Arcesium services over $6 trillion in gross AUM and has modelled over 150 million investments. Arcesium was built from a platform developed and tested by investment and technology development firm, the D. E. Shaw group, and launched as a joint venture, with Blackstone Alternative Asset Management. J.P. Morgan, another large client, later made a strategic investment in the company, helping Arcesium further its mission: to power the entire investment lifecycle. Arcesium currently has a staff of over 2,300 software engineering, accounting, operations, and treasury professionals.

The Challenge

Institutional asset managers face intensifying pressure to:

  • Consolidate data from disparate sources
  • Streamline operations amid growing cost pressure and regulatory demands
  • Adapt quickly to market complexity and investor expectations

Legacy systems and fragmented workflows limit scale, transparency, and control. These challenges create operational inefficiencies and increase risk, making robust, integrated technology solutions more critical than ever.

The Solution

Arcesium: Purpose-Built Solutions for Modern Managers

Arcesium offers a powerful platform and technology suite designed to meet the unique needs of institutional asset managers:

  • Opterra: A flexible operations platform combining a world leading security master, a combined IBOR/ABOR (UBOR), reconciliations, performance, reg reporting and treasury modules
  • Aquata: A sophisticated data platform, with hundreds of connectors to aggregate, structure and process data for downstream activities

Together, these tools empower firms to unify data, automate processes, and gain insights with speed and precision.

The Importance

Why Arcesium Matters Now

In an environment where agility and data-driven precision are competitive advantages, Arcesium stands out.

  • Purpose-built for asset managers
  • Proven to scale with growth and complexity
  • Trusted by some of the world’s leading investment firms including DE Shaw, Blackstone, JPM and many more

By adopting Arcesium, institutional managers gain the operational leverage and data transparency essential to outperform in today’s market. It’s not just a tech upgrade—it’s strategic transformation.

Next steps

Thank you for taking the time to learn about Arcesium, if you’d like to find out more we have plenty of resources and case studies online here

 

If you’d like to skip the reading and see what’s under the hood, we’d be delighted to show you our platform.

 

Please contact Luke Bewley who leads our EMEA Asset Management business to find out more or request a demonstration.

 

We look forward to hearing form you.

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