SportsRISQ secures English football double with Everton & Fulham

Max Hamilton – RISQ

Sports structured finance modelling and risk assessment specialists SportsRISQ (Risq.uk) has confirmed that it has secured English football clubs’ Everton FC (Premier League) and Fulham FC (Championship) as new platform partners of its ‘RISQ Performance Dashboard’.

Moving forward, Everton and Fulham will utilise the RISQ Performance Dashboard as a business intelligence tool specifically designed for football club executives.

The dashboard enables football stakeholders to track, analyse and control the increasing financial impact of performance by combining the club’s contractual, commercial and financial data with RISQ predictive analytics.

Commenting on the RISQ platform capabilities Robert Elstone, CEO of Everton, stated: “Everton is committed to ensuring its forecasting, reporting and control procedures are accurate, timely and comprehensive. Accordingly, we were extremely impressed by the capabilities of the SportsRISQ platform.

Further financial proficiencies sees the RISQ dashboard able to integrate detailed, real-time analysis, reporting and projections into their weekly, monthly and season-long planning and administration.

Sean O’Loughlin, Financial Director at Fulham FC, backed RISQ technologies: “The RISQ Performance Dashboard will give us the tools to run, plan and report our finances more effectively than ever – something that is integral to the club given the growing financial stakes in football.”

Signing his firm’s first major commercial contracts of 2017, Max Hamilton Head of Sport at RISQ welcomed the firms two new football partners “Results on the pitch, combined with the increased use of performance clauses in contracts, have major financial implications for football clubs. In Everton and Fulham we are delighted to have two forward-thinking partners improving control over their finances across the season with the RISQ Performance Dashboard,”