Our Risk Management Software History and Team

FinAnalytica works with clients to rebuild investor trust and improve performance by providing innovative risk management software and portfolio construction solutions.

In 2001, FinAnalytica was created from the conclusion that there is a statistically more accurate risk analytics methodology in which to model, measure and manage risk and perform portfolio optimization in the financial markets.

FinAnalytica provides its clients a fundamental paradigm shift in the way risk management software influences decisions. While the vast majority of commercially available systems rely on models based on normal distributions, FinAnalytica has taken a leap forward developing fat-tailed models that account for non-normal and skewed asset returns.

The company has assembled an exceptionally innovative and highly ambitious team of globally active risk management software professionals and strategic partners. They strive constantly to deliver the most advanced portfolio risk analytics software solution to the world’s leading investment managers globally.

Co-founder and Chief Scientist Zari Rachev, the originator of the Cognity risk analytics methodology, holds the Chair-Professorship in Statistics, Econometrics and Mathematical Finance at the University of Karlsruheand is the author of 12 books and over 300 published articles on finance, econometrics, and statistics. Rachev's scientific work lies at the core of Cognity's newer and more accurate methodologies creating an enduring solution to the fundamental problems faced by risk and investment managers today. 

FinAnalytica markets Cognity, a suite of advanced portfolio risk management software products that are designed to help investment professionals measure risk accurately and construct more profitable optimal portfolios. Using Cognity risk analytics, traditional and alternative asset managers achieve significantly higher risk-adjusted returns.

FinAnalytica Inc. is a privately held company with offices in New York, London and Sofia, Bulgaria.