Front Arena for the Buy-Side
In today’s financial markets, it’s more important than ever that the buy side can easily service the proliferation of hedge funds and alternative investment funds with prime brokerages and related services. With a comprehensive suite of functions, Front Arena makes it easy for you to invest on behalf of clients with reduced risk and increased confidence. Front Arena’s advanced validation system allows you to study worst-case scenarios, handle cross-asset validation and create client and investment classifications.
Features
- Displays real-time, accurate and reliable risk and position management
- Supports all hedge fund-traded financial instruments including derivatives, physicals and cash
- Provides front-office trading and pricing tools with the ability to group trades by book, strategy, portfolio, fund or any composite view
- Helps analyze pre-trade and 'what-if' scenarios
- Allows for direct or indirect prime broker and fund administrator connectivity using FIX, STP, trade files or any method needed
- Integrates with third party systems, such as settlement, payments or existing in-house solutions
Benefits
- Grows with your business through industry standard pricing models
- Helps build sound strategies that range from convertible arbitrage to distressed and foreign exchange options
- Supports existing strategies and accurately models them in real-time
- Saves time by integrating all major features across one program
- Avoids regulatory hassles by effectively managing risk