Our Solutions for Hedge Funds
Independent calculation of exchange & prime broker models to forecast, analyze & reduce your margin
Margin and Collateral Knowledge Hub: Stress Testing for Margin & Collateral – Achieve Collateral Resilience & Strengthen Your Liquidity Strategy
Use intelligent analytics to optimize margin usage – both pre-trade and post-trade
Margin Efficiency & Optimization
Reduce margin usage while maintaining your fund’s risk profile across positions and strategies.
Prime Broker & Clearing Broker Reconciliation
Verify prime broker and clearing broker initial margin; challenge discrepancies with independent margin calculations.
Margin Drivers & Attribution
Pinpoint positions, strategies, and risk factors driving daily margin amounts and changes.
Pre-trade Margin Analysis
Understand the margin and post-trade costs generated by a new position or strategy before execution.
Regulatory Compliance
Meet your regulatory IM obligations for UMR, FINRA 4210, and Form-PF with out-of-the-box calculation and reporting solutions.
Stress Testing & Forecasting
Stress-test and forecast future margin, collateral, and funding needs.
Maximize leverage
Enhance returns by reducing margin usage at all stages of the trade lifecycle.
Increase leverage using pre-trade what-if tools and post-trade margin optimization analytics.
Analyze margin drivers
Attribute margin cost to portfolio managers, strategies, or positions.
Identify strategies, positions, or instruments that could be closed to raise funds quickly.
No error for margin
Find out how we’re helping hedge funds to understand and reduce their margin.
Validate margin calculations
Verify your FCM and Prime Broker margin statements.
Independently calculate Prime Broker, CCP/Exchange, and Regulatory (e.g., CPM, Reg-T, SIMM) margin models.
Manage liquidity
Forecast and stress test margin and collateral requirements.
Project margin for T+1 and beyond. Stress test derivatives positions and collateral assets to manage future liquidity.
“The tools’ ability to provide clarity on margin drivers, daily changes in margin, and trends across positions or strategies has transformed how we analyze and act on our margin. This insight empowers us to make informed decisions, identify potential positions for closure, and attribute margin costs to specific portfolios, trading desks, or strategies. The ability to report margin usage to management across various strategies, funds, or individual fund managers has automated what were previously manual tasks.”
The Head of Trading
Multi-strategy Hedge Fund
August Market Volatility – Cross Asset Global Impact Triggered by an Unprecedented Interest Rate Shift
Transparency and Allocation of Prime Broker Margin: Essential Insights for Hedge Funds
Thomas Griffiths
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Mastering the Margins: Strategic Guide for Hedge Funds Navigating FINRA Rule 4210
Vardaan Kohli
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Updating Prime Brokerage Margin Models: The Need for Transparency and Real-Time Risk Management
Vardaan Kohli
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The impact of volatile markets on PB Margining: Understanding margin model changes and the impacts on your portfolio
Lottie Griffiths