Front Arena Extension Framework (AEF)

Although Front Arena provides support for all Arena-supported asset classes and workflows out-of-the-box, financial markets are changing continually. With the Arena Extension Framework (AEF), customers can evolve their business models as quickly as the changing markets.

Front Arena’s Arena Extension Framework combines the functionality and performance of a packaged product, with the configurability and open-architecture of a custom-built solution. The Arena Extension Framework is a complete set of development tools, programming interfaces and extension points that allows users to extend and adapt the functionality of Front Arena to specific criteria. Users can add new instruments, strategies and functional enhancements without having to wait for the next software release.

The Arena Extension Framework contains its own built-in scripting engine and extension tools, permitting a customer to build and deploy extensions in run-time directly in the Front Arena applications. This approach eliminates long development times and dependency on skilled programmers, external development tools and tightly bound extensions.

Features

  • Creates customized reports and real-time reporting applications
  • Extends the data models and instrument coverage
  • Adds proprietary validation functions and yield curve interpolation methods
  • Incorporates latest valuation models, as well as standard models 
  • Explores data and analytics
  • Calls proprietary valuation models
  • Overrides valuation parameter mappings
  • Changes or extends the user interface

Benefits

  • Automates administrative tasks (end-of-day processing, report generation, etc.) to achieve lower total cost ownership
  • Increases productivity and user satisfaction through ability to customize user interfaces
  • Accommodates internal processing needs
  • Achieves greater transparency, allowing users to monitor processes and trace discrepancies
  • Helps reduce cost and complexity, as the tools and developer environments are built into Front Arena, with no additional stand-alone tools required
  • Adapts to changing business needs quickly