Clearwater Analytics Explained

Clearwater Analytics
Type:Public
Foundation:2004
Location:Boise, Idaho, United States
Key People:Sandeep Sahai (CEO)
Industry:Financial Technology
Products:Computer Software
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Num Employees:1,000-2,000 (2020)

Clearwater Analytics is a software-as-a-service (SaaS) fintech company that provides automated investment accounting, performance, compliance, and risk reporting for insurance companies, asset managers, corporations, banks, governments, and other institutions.[1] Clearwater is a publicly traded company headquartered in Boise, Idaho, with additional offices in London, England; Edinburgh, Scotland; New York City, United States and Noida, India.[2] [3] [4] Clearwater reports on over $6 trillion in investment assets.

History

Clearwater was founded in 2004 by David Boren, Michael Boren, and Douglas Bates.[5] Prior to founding Clearwater, David, Michael, and Douglas founded Clearwater Advisors, an institutional fixed-income investment advisor, where they developed the concept for Clearwater.[6]

In 2019, Clearwater Analytics was named Technology Firm of the Year at the Insurance Asset Management Awards and Best Software Solution at the UK & European Captive Review Awards.[7] [8]

Products and services

The Clearwater solution is a web-based investment accounting and reporting solution providing automated portfolio book-of-record accounting, daily investment policy compliance monitoring, performance tracking, risk analytics, and a variety of buy-side tools for insurers, investment managers, corporations, and other institutional investors.[9] [10]

Clientele

Clearwater Analytics reports has over $7.4 trillion of assets on their platforms. Clients include insurance companies, investment managers, corporate treasuries, governments, and other institutions across the globe. Notable clients include Mutual of Omaha, Arch Capital Group, Wilton Re., J.P. Morgan Asset Management, Facebook, Cisco, and Oracle.[11]

Executive team

The executive team at Clearwater Analytics is composed of Sandeep Sahai, CEO and board member; Cindy Blendu, Chief Transformation Officer; Jim Cox, CFO; Scott Erickson, President, Americas and New Markets; and Souvik Das, Chief Technology Officer.[12] [13] [14]

The Clearwater Building

In December 2013, Clearwater Analytics announced its partnership with the Gardner Co. to help finance a new nine-story building in downtown Boise to double the company's current space to over 90,000 square feet.[15] Construction of the Clearwater building was completed in September 2016.[16]

The Clearwater building is part of the larger City Center Plaza, which features an underground public transportation hub, an expanded convention center, Boise State University's computer science department, and the Clearwater Analytics headquarters.

Awards

Notes and References

  1. Web site: About Us . Clearwater Analytics . 2 May 2018.
  2. Web site: Clearwater Analytics Expands to the United Kingdom . Insurance Networking News . 28 March 2013 .
  3. News: Fintech SaaS company, Clearwater Analytics, to open office in India. Venugopalan. Anjali. 2019-08-08. The Economic Times. 2019-12-20.
  4. Web site: Clearwater Analytics to invest $25 million in India over next three years, says CEO Sandeep Sahai. K.R.Srivats. @businessline. en. 2019-12-20.
  5. Web site: Boise's Clearwater Analytics to expand, adds new CEO. Day. Don. July 25, 2018. Boise Dev. July 17, 2019.
  6. Web site: Clearwater Analytics – Modern World’s Accounting Solution .
  7. Web site: Clearwater Wins Best Software Solution at UK & European Insurance Awards. Clearwater Analytics. en. 2019-12-20.
  8. Web site: Clearwater Wins Second Technology Award for 2019. Clearwater Analytics. en. 2019-12-20.
  9. Web site: Sandeep Sahai Joins Clearwater Analytics as Chief Executive Officer . 24 July 2018 . Business Wire . 24 July 2018.
  10. Web site: Company Overview of Clearwater Analytics, LLC . Bloomberg .
  11. Web site: AIG to Partner with Clearwater Analytics on Investment Portfolio Data Management . 13 November 2017 . Business Wire .
  12. Web site: Clearwater Executive Team . Clearwater Analytics . 29 April 2019.
  13. Web site: Sandeep Sahai Joins Clearwater Analytics as Chief Executive Officer . Business Wire . 24 July 2018. 25 July 2018.
  14. Web site: Warren Barkley Joins Clearwater Analytics as Chief Technology Officer . Business Wire . 28 April 2020. 28 April 2020.
  15. Web site: Clearwater Analytics partners with Gardner . Idaho Statesman . 8 December 2013 . 2014-06-11. https://archive.today/20140611045706/http://www.idahostatesman.com/2013/12/08/2915931/clearwater-analytics-partners.html.
  16. Web site: New chapter looming for downtown Clearwater's abandoned Strand building . 2023-01-20 . Tampa Bay Times . en.
  17. Web site: Winners Named in the 2012 Idaho Innovation Awards. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20191220193604/https://www.stoel.com/events-press-releases/press-releases/2012/winners-named-in-the-2012-idaho-innovation-awards . 2019-12-20 .
  18. Web site: U.S. Captive Service Awards 2013: Winners . Captive Review . 22 May 2014 . https://web.archive.org/web/20140322015251/http://www.captivereview.com/news/1737362/us-captive-service-awards-2013-winners.thtml . 22 March 2014 . dead.
  19. Web site: Idaho Private 75 Winners 2014 . Idaho Statesman . 2 November 2014 . 2 November 2014.