Ardea Investment Management selects SimCorp to strengthen portfolio management and simplify investment operations

Sydney – July 25, 2025 – SimCorp, a leading global financial technology company, today announced that Ardea Investment Management (Ardea) has selected its award-winning front-to-back platform SimCorp One to transform its investment operations. 

Based in Australia, Ardea is a fixed income manager with approximately AUD 18 billion in assets under management. The firm runs a relative value strategy that involves a high-volume trading approach that benefits significantly from the automation and efficiency SimCorp One enables.

Ardea will use SimCorp One to drive operational efficiencies by minimizing manual processes across the investment lifecycle – with key benefits across middle office operations and client reporting.  

By leveraging SimCorp One, which includes access to the Axioma risk management and portfolio optimization suite, Ardea’s portfolio management teams will gain a real-time consolidated view of their positions. This enhanced visibility supports more informed investment decisions while enabling seamless data flow, real-time reconciliations, and highly automated net-settlement workflows. 

Ardea will utilize SimCorp Managed Business Services to outsource key operational processes within Data Management and Investment Operations. These services provide users of the platform with timely market and reference data, as well as SimCorp managing Ardea’s post-trade operations. By leveraging SimCorp’s deep industry and platform expertise, Ardea can scale its operations while remaining focused on delivering differentiated and uncorrelated returns, supported by a robust and scalable operational platform. Over the years, Ardea’s core trading requirements have continued to evolve with increased complexity, amplified by increasing regulation. The outsourcing to SimCorp ensures that Ardea’s operational platform and services remains scalable and efficient, supporting the firm’s continued growth.