Hybrids and Structures

Asset Classes

Fixed Income
Equities
Credit
FX, MM and FX Options
Hybrids and Structures
Interest Rate Derivatives
Asset-Backed Securities
Convertible Bonds

Workflows

Exchange Market Making
Proprietary Position Keeping
Online Brokerage
OTC Flow Market Making
Back Office Operations
Technology and Infrastructure
Trader Control
Brokerage
The mishandling and misunderstanding of complex securities goes to the heart of the financial crisis. While there is now a significant move away from originating new structured products, there are still millions of instruments out there. Valuing, monitoring and trading in them is a priority.

Nor will complexity be entirely shelved. With a new focus on risk and the right controls in place, desks can begin to create new products to answer investors' needs.

Front Arena for Hybrids, Structures and Custom Products makes complex products simple. A combination of simple tools, standard data structures, cash flow engineering and a Monte Carlo Option Pricer empowers you to take control over structured products.

Now you can integrate complex products into your existing workflows without having to re-engineer systems. Cut time-to-market for new issues while exerting control over your existing portfolios.

Who is it for...
Product originators, risk managers, back office professionals
  • Make the complex simple
    Slot new instruments into your current reporting and workflows easily - using familiar, trusted Front Arena tools.
  • Manage risk
    Use the proven risk control features in Front Arena - and Adaptiv - to get an aggregate view of risk. Bring control and transparency to your complex products.
  • Cover the universe
    Includes pricing, workflows and data model extension for all hybrid, structures and cross-asset custom products.
  • Work faster
    Rapid prototyping of new instruments helps to scope and test new instruments, improving time-to-market.
  • Power your systems
    Front Arena enables grid calculations to spread the processing load.