Our Services

We are experts in the strategic design, development and implementation of clearing, margin and collateral architecture. From the design and development of best in class target operating models and collateral management frameworks. We use industry best practices, new technological innovations and vendor selection to support your front to back capabilities. Whether it’s in response to regulatory demands, or to future proof your operating environment and create efficiencies through programme and project management supported by business and IT analysis.

As the collateral puzzle becomes increasingly complex as a result of the interrelated nature of derivatives, securities lending and repo, we offer the expertise and solutions to deliver on your intended direction. Including feasibility studies and business case development to assess whether enhanced inventory management can create alpha-generating business opportunities, reduce funding costs through improved optimisation algorithms leading to a more efficient and dynamic liquidity management operation. We can improve your analytical capabilities to identify and manage the direct and indirect costs associated with your P&L.

The regulatory landscape for cleared and non-cleared derivatives (UMR), the Securities Financing Transaction Regulation (SFTR), the Central Securities Depositories Regulation (CSDR) and the Interbank Offer Rate (IBOR) transition brings significant challenges to our industry. We provide our clients with bespoke solutions to address their risk and regulatory challenges, whether complex regulatory developments such as the Standardised Initial Margin Methodology (SIMM) or the distillation and interpretation of regulations to help define the business impact, we can help formulate and establish plans and a vision before guiding you through to execution.

The volume of legal documentation now required to support trading, reporting, custody, netting and regulations has made requirements more complex and challenging to maintain. Future-proofing legal data as a digitised golden source of the truth has never been more critical. We provide consultancy services directly and through partnerships on all aspects of legal requirements including netting opinions, technology options for digitisation and outsourcing options for negotiation of conditions to support UMR, IBOR, repo, securities lending and custodial and outsourcing arrangements.

Today's trading and post-trade environments are subject to far-reaching and rigorous governance and regulatory requirements that impact on business models and commercial objectives. We design and deliver independent services to validate and ensure compliance with existing processes, procedures and regulations. We can review external engagements in the post-trade environment to ensure that your service requirements and standards are being met and provide training programmes across all aspects of the collateral chain.

Clients need to operate in an efficient, controlled and robust environment to stay regulatory compliant and to contain the pressures on headcount, technology and costs as they strive to satisfy all internal and client demands. Inefficient operating models face new demanding requirements, associated costs and changing market dynamics may not be sustainable. We can provide clients with the analysis and expertise to choose the right margin administrator or service providers, that will help to simplify the challenges, improve the cost environment and provide a far quicker time to market which utilises the collateral ecosystem.