Mcube Investment Technologies has launched an alliance with Tokyo-based Bridge Capital Securities, a securities investment firm that provides investment solutions for asset managers and in

Mcube Investment Technologies has launched an alliance with Tokyo-based Bridge Capital Securities, a securities investment firm that provides investment solutions for asset managers and institutional investors, to market Mcube's AlphaEngine software to Japanese clients.

AlphaEngine is a web-based application that supports portfolio decisions using a transparent and intuitive rule-based approach. It allows asset managers, pension funds, investment bank research groups, and funds of funds to evaluate investment strategies for any asset class, currency portfolio or groups of external managers, and use these strategies to guide ongoing portfolio decisions.

According to Mcube, AlphaEngine can be easily customised to analyse a specific portfolio structure, benchmarks and policy constraints, and can help most funds to achieve higher returns, better governance through transparency in decision-making, effective risk management and cost savings. Mcube also offers support with analysis and implementation of investment technology solutions.

Says Takashi Yabuuchi, chief executive and founder of Bridge Capital: 'I was immediately impressed by the amazing and flexible technology Mcube has developed to help investors. Given my interaction with fund managers and pension clients, the technology could help generate unique or competitive strategies or serve as a risk management product for both fund managers and investors.'

Adds Masakazu Arikawa, president and resident director of Mcube Japan: 'Bridge Capital has had extensive interactions with pension funds and other investors that we have targeted.

Based in Plano, Texas, with offices in Japan, India and Europe, Mcube Investment Technologies is a provider of investment solutions, technology and advisory services for institutional investors in Canada, Europe, Japan, the Middle East and the US.