Clarus Risk

What Clarus Risk does

Clarus Risk, formerly MJ Hudson Quantitative Solutions and now operating as the RiskMonitor platform within Apex Group Ltd., is a FinTech provider of risk, performance, and regulatory reporting solutions targeting asset managers and adjacent financial services clients. Founded in 2011 and headquartered in St. Peter Port, Guernsey, the firm built a proprietary, cloud-based SaaS platform — RiskMonitor — that automates end-to-end reporting across 18 asset classes, including vanilla and complex instruments such as structured products and OTC derivatives. The platform comprises six integrated modules: data acquisition and management (automated ingestion from administrators, custodians, and market data vendors with cleansing, validation, and reconciliation), risk (market risk, VaR via historical, Monte Carlo, and parametric methods, stress testing, liquidity stress testing, ESG and carbon risk), performance reporting (NAV-based through position/transaction-based with attribution), investor reporting (branded PDF / Word / Excel production with sign-off workflows), regulatory services (PRIIPs KIDs, UCITS KIIDs, Annex IV filings), and NAV oversight (including revaluation of Level 2 and Level 3 assets via Numerix integration). 700+ investment restriction combinations and pre-built rule sets for UCITS, NURS, and AIFMD form the regulatory backbone.

The platform is delivered either as a SaaS tool or as a fully managed service, priced through quote-based enterprise engagements initiated via a 'Request a demo' funnel. Revenue mechanics are accordingly a mix of recurring SaaS subscriptions and managed services fees, with no publicly disclosed pricing. Target customers are segmented horizontally across asset managers (primary), allocators, financial institutions, family offices, capital markets participants, and corporates, with operating geographies initially anchored in the UK and Ireland and now extended via Apex Group's global footprint. The 2023 Numerix partnership materially extends analytical coverage into derivatives and structured products, while ESG monitoring (PAI, SBTi-approved net-zero) extends the product surface into sustainability regulation. Following integration into Apex Group, the standalone brand has been absorbed into a broader technology platform portfolio rather than maintained as an independent company, with leadership comprising CTO Kin Tang and Managing Director Max Hilton.

Name

Clarus Risk

Legal name

Apex Group Ltd.

Website

https://clarusrisk.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2011

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Clarus Risk (now RiskMonitor within Apex Group) provides a cloud-based SaaS and managed service platform for portfolio risk, performance, and regulatory reporting across 18 asset classes, serving asset managers and fund service clients with UCITS, AIFMD, and PRIIPs compliance automation.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Risk Management Software

NAICS

Software Publishers (513210), Portfolio Management and Investment Advice (523940)

SIC

Services-Prepackaged Software (7372)

akta.pro primary industry

Prudential & Market Risk Management (VaR, Stress, Limits) (FSACAJAF)

akta.pro secondary industry

Model Risk Management & AI Governance (validation, monitoring, explainability) (FSAGAFAL)

Keywords

• Risk reporting software
• Portfolio risk analytics
• Regulatory compliance reporting
• Investment risk management
• Fund oversight platform

Headquarters

HQ city

St. Peter Port

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Software

Cost components

Technology or R&D, Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales

Revenue model

1. SaaS Subscription: RiskMonitor is available as a Software as a Service (SaaS) tool providing maximum oversight, flexibility, and transparency while addressing substance challenges.
2. Fully Managed Service: Fully managed service option providing end-to-end service designed with automation in mind.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels2 records

Core offering

Clarus Risk develops and operates RiskMonitor, a proprietary cloud-based SaaS platform that automates portfolio performance, risk, and regulatory reporting for asset managers and fund service clients. The platform delivers end-to-end data acquisition, multi-asset risk analytics (covering 18 asset classes including structured products and OTC derivatives), performance reporting, investor reporting, NAV oversight, and regulatory document production (UCITS, PRIIPs, AIFMD). It is available either as a self-service SaaS subscription or as a fully managed service.

Product overview

RiskMonitor is a single, unified cloud-based platform offering modular risk and regulatory reporting services. The platform consists of six integrated modules: Data acquisition and management (automated data collection from major administrators and custodians with cleansing, formatting, validation, and enrichment via market data vendors); Risk (comprehensive risk analysis including market risk, multi-asset risk modelling, VaR, stress testing, liquidity stress testing, ESG, and carbon risk across 18 asset classes); Performance (tiered performance reporting solutions ranging from NAV-based reporting to position/transaction-based reporting with contribution and attribution analysis); Investor reporting (end-to-end automated production of client-branded PDF documents with sign-off workflows, version control, and PRIIPs KIDs/UCITS KIIDs); Regulatory services (solutions for Annex IV filings, UCITS reporting, and PRIIPs KIDs, EMTs, and EPTs); and NAV oversight (reconciliation and monitoring of fund administrator data accuracy with full revaluation via Numerix methodologies for level 2 and level 3 assets).

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• RiskMonitor

Quantifiable outcome

• Broad coverage of 18 distinct asset classes supported by distinct risk and analytical methods
• +2 more outcomes

Segments6 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature8 records

Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

• NumerixcoreTechnology or IntegrationNumerix has partnered with Apex Group to deliver advanced buy-side risk solutions via the RiskMonitor platform. This collaboration integrates Numerix's pricing and valuation capabilities into RiskMonitor, expanding asset class coverage, and enabling more accurate, transparent, and consistent risk analytics for asset managers. Integration provides coverage of Level 2 and Level 3 assets in NAV oversight reporting via NxCore Analytics Services, seamless access to Numerix's industry-leading analytics libraries for valuations of derivatives and structured products, and integration of Numerix historical VaR model.

Scale indicators1 record

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• SimCorp: SimCorp Dimension is an integrated investment management platform covering portfolio management, risk, compliance, and performance reporting for asset managers. Directly comparable to RiskMonitor's buy-side risk and regulatory reporting focus, though at significantly larger enterprise scale.
• Charles River Development: Charles River Investment Management Solution (IMS) is a front-to-back platform serving asset managers with order management, risk, compliance, and reporting. Competes with RiskMonitor on the risk and regulatory reporting layer of the buy-side workflow.
• SS&C Advent: SS&C Advent Portfolio Exchange (APX) provides portfolio accounting, performance measurement, and reporting for asset managers. Overlaps RiskMonitor's performance reporting and NAV oversight functionality for buy-side clients.
• Confluence Technologies: Confluence (now incorporating StatPro) provides performance, analytics, regulatory reporting, and risk solutions to asset managers. Directly comparable to RiskMonitor across performance, risk, and regulatory reporting modules, with deeper penetration in NAV oversight and Annex IV reporting.

Broad incumbents

• FactSet: FactSet Portfolio Analytics offers multi-asset risk, performance attribution, and reporting workflows for asset managers and allocators. Overlaps RiskMonitor's performance and risk reporting modules but is part of a much broader data and analytics platform.
• MSCI: MSCI RiskMetrics and BarraOne provide institutional-grade market risk, VaR, and stress testing for asset managers. RiskMonitor competes most directly in VaR and multi-asset risk modelling, but MSCI operates at far greater scale and asset class breadth.
• Broadridge: Broadridge's buy-side solutions span data, performance, and regulatory reporting for asset managers and wealth managers. Competes with RiskMonitor on performance reporting and regulatory filings but within a much larger post-trade processing portfolio.
• Finastra: Finastra provides investment management and risk platforms for buy- and sell-side firms. RiskMonitor overlaps with its risk and regulatory reporting capabilities but Finastra's footprint is broader across trading, lending, and treasury.
• Bloomberg: Bloomberg PORT Enterprise offers multi-asset risk, performance, and reporting workflows for asset managers. Most direct functional overlap with RiskMonitor, but operates within Bloomberg's terminal ecosystem at materially larger scale.

Emerging players

• Style Analytics: Style Analytics provides factor-based risk and attribution analytics for asset managers and allocators. Partially overlaps RiskMonitor's risk module but with a narrower focus on factor decomposition rather than full regulatory reporting.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

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Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles2 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

Funding detail is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

M&A

Investments

M&A and investment is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

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