The streams of global finance come flowing together in Charles River Systems' software and services. The company provides investment software that performs front- and middle-office functions for clients in the financial services industry. Among its customers are banks, hedge funds, insurance firms, mutual funds, and wealth managers. Its offerings include software applications for portfolio management, investment management, decision support, compliance monitoring, trading and post-trade order management, and performance measurement and risk. Charles River, a subsidiary of State Street, managed more than $30 trillion assets under management.