SimCorp is a Copenhagen-founded software company that builds investment management platforms for buy-side financial institutions. Established in 1971 and now a subsidiary of Deutsche Börse Group, it employs more than 3,500 people across 30 international offices and six global delivery centers. Its client base spans asset managers, banks, pension funds, insurance companies, hedge funds, sovereign wealth funds, and central banks - including 40 of the world's top 100 asset managers.
Its flagship product, SimCorp One, is a front-to-back investment management platform built on a unified data architecture and an award-winning Investment Book of Record (IBOR). The platform is designed to consolidate fragmented systems into a single source of truth, covering portfolio construction, risk management, and enterprise investment operations. Following a merger with Axioma in November 2023, SimCorp One natively integrates Axioma's risk management and portfolio construction tools.
From a technology standpoint, the company's core engineering focus spans:
- Front-to-back investment management platform development
- Unified data architecture and IBOR
- Risk management and portfolio construction tooling
- Integrated enterprise investment operations and data infrastructure
SimCorp operates within a well-defined and highly regulated sector of financial software, serving institutions that manage large and complex asset portfolios. Its scale, long operating history, and corporate backing through Deutsche Börse Group place it among the established players in capital markets technology.
