Dfa.com is a developer of financial risk management software
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DFA Home Page
Contact
- DFA Capital Management Inc
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- Purchase NY
- US 10577
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- (914) 701-7202
Description
The origins of DFA Capital Management Inc. (DCM) date back to 1997, when the senior executive team responsible for the financial affairs of Zurich Insurance Company (ZH Group) developed a plan to reengineer the insurer's financial management processes and information infrastructure by employing a dynamic financial analysis methodology. This team, headed by Markus Rohrbasser, a member of the Executive Board and CFO of ZH Group, initially sought a software solution through third party consultants and software developers. After an extensive review of the available alternatives, the senior leadership team determined that no adequate solution was available and undertook the task of developing an in-house solution.
As the development process commenced, and the potential, significance, and scope of the effort was better understood, ZH Group determined that the massive project should be conducted through an independent entity, one that was adequately financed and geared toward widespread commercial application. DCM was born.
DCM began developing its ADVISE™ platform in January 1999, setting out to conquer one of the last frontiers in the financial services industry. DCM received over $30 million in funding from the ZH Group and set course on a three-year development effort. This timeframe permitted the company to pursue a world-class, no-compromise approach to designing, producing, and deploying a solution, which included a world-class economic model, an infinitely scalable computation architecture, and realistic, flexible business logic. DCM was determined to create a platform upon which insurance companies could create, quantify, and manage business value - today, tomorrow and well into the future.
