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With Front Arena 4.3

The need is urgent: markets are uncertain and volatile. There is an unprecedented wave of corporate consolidation and a new, acute focus on risk.

The brief for SunGard's developers was demanding: deliver a quantum leap in performance and power, while guaranteeing the strongest risk management, security and control.

Consulting closely with hundreds of customers in every market segment, we have invested heavily, aiming to provide traders, risk managers and the back office with the certainty and confidence they need to build winning strategies for a profitable future.

The culmination of a 20-year evolution, Front Arena 4.3 is the strongest, safest and most powerful integrated trading platform ever.

There are five ways that Front Arena 4.3 puts you in control.

The pressure to stress test and prove trading strategies is intense. Volatility brings millions of extra scenarios into play. Cross-asset trading is here to stay.

Front Arena's unified calculation engine can analyse and stress test any risk across all asset classes. Interrogating complex instruments and easily changing parameters gives you a three-dimensional view of trading risk. Knowing the shape and extent of your exposure in real-time allows you impose limits and manage risk.

Fragmented 'spaghetti' architectures can hide or exacerbate trading risks. In many over-stretched systems, exceptions have become the rule.

The power and reach of Front Arena 4.3 creates the opportunity to replace many systems with one. Bringing together OTC and exchange traded instruments radically simplifies front, middle and back office processes, increasing throughput and promoting transparency. Technology consolidation reduces investment and saves time.

Traders and firms are being forced to think beyond old, narrow ways to find strategies that work in the new era.

An integrated platform empowers traders and desks to widen their horizons across asset classes, while staying in control. Built-in Numerics models help test trading intuitions while Monte Carlo Studio can run millions of simulations. Algo Studio lets you build your own algorithms and arbitrages. Hedge reporting keeps an eye on risk, helping optimise positions.

The trading landscape is fragmenting. How can you trade optimally - and yet deliver the most robust compliance?

Front Arena brings together smart order routing and automated order management, making traders faster and more reliable. Trade OTC and Exchange traded instruments on one familiar, intuitive interface. Market-making, web-based brokerage, exchanges, ATPs: however you work, Front Arena gives you the choices to make the optimum trade while automating your compliance.

Volumes and speed deliver competitive edge - but reliability is non-negotiable. Platforms must cope with fast-changing market conditions while working with existing infrastructure.

Give your technology team members the tools they need: 64 bit addressing, remote sheets to export calculations, ADFL trees and grid distributions to spread the processing load. Front Arena can handle the greatest volumes at the highest speeds yet it's simple to install and maintain. .Net framework fits with your service orientated architecture. Implementation, supported by SunGard's experts, is easy. Extendable and scalable, Front Arena ensures you are ready - whatever the future brings.