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Credit derivatives are big news - on the front page as well in the financial section. It's clear by now that most institutions lost some control of the writing, trading and risk profiling of some of these instruments. Yet the fall out from the credit crunch and the widening of spreads has not put the credit markets out of bounds. There are still positions open and, more than ever, risks needing to be hedged. The focus is increasingly on plain vanilla contracts, the coming of exchange-traded derivatives and on anticipating regulation. With the right controls in place, credit derivatives, seen by many as part of the problem in the financial meltdown, can be part of the solution. Front Arena's credit derivatives solution gives you a single platform across all asset classes for deal capture, pricing, position management, deal processing and consolidated risk management. Juggling thousands of trades in spreadsheets is no longer an option; nor is relying on systems that were never designed for credit. By bringing credit derivatives into line with trading and processes in other asset classes, Front Arena gives you a new level of control. Who is it for... credit derivatives traders, risk managers and back office - Consolidate and control
Bring together trading and risk management of fixed income, equities and interest rate derivatives. Integrate risk management across asset classes. - Simplify credit derivatives trading
A universal contract definition allows for smooth handling of virtually any instrument: whether OTC or exchange-traded, plain vanilla or complex derivatives. - Handle data better
Easily integrate to data from Markit, T-Zero and CMA DataVision and store a vast amount of market and spread data to improve credit risk management. - Trade smarter
Construct credit curves for pricing of any instrument, however complex. Calculate and display sensitivities for smarter trading. - Cut errors
Reduce error through smooth trade capture and streamlined workflows to the back office. Automatically generate and manage credit derivative trade confirmations, settlements and accounting postings.
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