Real-time operational monitoring for cleared derivatives businesses of any size
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Cross-asset, cross-currency, and cross-market
Pre-trade, at-trade, and post-trade risk management with a global view of all risk across asset classes, markets, and trading platforms in real time.
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Local or global risk management
Monitor positions, P&L, and margins for 70+ exchanges globally using flexible aggregation models and views for your local or global needs.
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Configurable risk measures
80+ risk measures, including P&L, margins, exposures, stress P&L, Greeks, and surveillance, so you can create unlimited risk monitoring templates.
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Advanced analytics
Perform what-if analysis of portfolios, real-time P&L, and stress-testing, and use stored data for client behavior analysis.
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Flexible and customizable
Functionality, rules, and dynamic HTML5 dashboards that you can configure for your needs.
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Limit management
Smart workflows for alert management and audit trails for limit breaches.
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Smart automation
Alerts, notifications, and action handlers to create smart automation workflows.
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Advanced execution
Electronic execution and algo monitoring to prevent market disruption.
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High performance and easy scalability
Rich APIs for real-time integration with upstream and downstream systems. High performance and high scalability to support ever-growing trade volumes.
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Integration with the ION Markets ecosystem
Connect to our XTP suite for market and static data, SOD positions, intraday cash and collateral, give-ins/give-outs, allocations, drop-copy connectivity, and cleared OTC risk management.
A complete intraday dashboard for risk managers
Who uses our products?
As a Head of Trading, Revenue, Operations and Strategies, you’re responsible for driving the growth and success of your trading business.
Situation
You need a solution to:
- Provide high-quality client service. For example, by giving your clients self-service what-if analysis on their margin requirements.
- Manage your overall exposure at different CCPs.
- Anticipate collateral needs and be alerted when clients are approaching margin calls.
- Assure clients you’re in control of risk and actively manage positions, margin calls, and intraday exposure so that issues don’t become problems.
- Onboard more clients and support flows by offering risk managers advanced real-time monitoring.
Solution
- Differentiate yourself from your competitors, win more client business, and increase retention.
- Avoid margin shortfalls and position excesses at CCPs.
- Manage your clients’ collateral requirements efficiently and proactively.
- Guide your clients to take the right action and minimize the impacts on their portfolios.
- Boost revenue and grow your business with confidence.
- Act before a position becomes a problem, and decide when traders should stop trading based on past performance.
As a Head of Risk Management, you implement strategies and solutions to ensure your organization’s financial and operational resilience.
Situation
You need a solution to:
- Monitor client positions in real time, check Initial Margin, P&L, and positions, and alert you to limit breaches.
- See a global view of clients’ risk when offering futures and options in addition to existing business such as equities.
- Get a single consolidated view of your risk across all your trading platforms and clearing brokers.
Solution
- Anticipate issues with client portfolio intraday margin requirements or excessive market exposure. For example, perform margin calls or reduce positions to within limits.
- Minimize risk breaches, alert clients when they’re nearing a breach, and explain what’s happened.
- Provide superior client service by managing portfolios in one place with an accurate overview of risk at a firm level.
- Take full, real-time control of risk and can be alerted to exceptions across the business, and at each broker.
As a Head of Technology Operations or IT, you’re responsible for implementing and supporting the technology infrastructure your business needs to meet its strategic goals.
Situation
You need a solution to:
- Streamline the architecture for real-time risk management across the business.
- Extend the pre-trade risk capabilities of your OMS to manage ETDs without needing costly investment in new skills.
Solution
- Manage everything in one system, minimize integration points, and reduce your total cost of ownership.
- Provide a solution without the complexities of internal development and maintenance.
As a Head of Compliance, you ensure compliance with laws, regulatory requirements, and internal policies and procedures.
Situation
You need a solution to:
- Ensure the Execution Desk is monitoring order execution in compliance with regulations like Dodd-Frank and MiFID II RTS 6.
Solution
- Protect exchanges and your clients from possible trade errors caused by misconfigured algos.
- Comply with regulations.
- Reduce reputational risks.
The facts speak for themselves
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100%Global systemically important banks
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100%S&P 100 banks
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100%FTSE 100 banks
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80%Euronext 100 banks
