Fermat is a leading provider of risk monitoring and compliance software solutions to the global banking industry. Founded in 1996 by Pascal Froux & Gilbert Gagnaire, Fermat has built recognized market leadership and demonstrates strong growth momentum around its dual focus on Credit Risk and Asset & Liability Management (ALM).

Fermat’s enterprise-wide risk management platform is an integrated suite of software packages providing risk monitoring and compliance tools to investment firms, retail and commercial banking operations and credit institutions worldwide. Fermat’s software suite addresses operational and regulatory requirements, providing both economic and regulatory risk measurement approaches and compliance.

As a result of our continuous strong investment in product R&D, we are able to support our customers in meeting and satisfying the scope and scale of their requirements. Consequently, Fermat has developed over the years rich and lasting relationships with its customers, responding to new market requirements, constantly upgrading the features of its solutions and augmenting its product range.

Fermat is headquartered in Paris, France, with R&D based in Grenoble (South East of France). It has a Head Office for Asia Pacific based in Singapore and will launch its operations in the Americas with the set up of a Head Office in the USA at the beginning of 2006. A network of partners provides sales & local professional & client services for Germany, Austria, Poland, Greece, South Korea, Taiwan, Hong Kong and China.

Fermat has a strong international focus. The company generates 80% of its turnover outside France. International teams of 20 different nationalities are servicing 100 reference sites in 17 countries throughout Europe, the Middle East, the Americas and Asia Pacific.