Industry Coverage

Your Market/Industry		Challenges	Our Solutions
	Asset Managers	Evolving regulatory and market trends are impacting how you do business. Demands for new instrument support, including potentially complex derivatives, lead to valuation, risk management, compliance, accounting and back office challenges. Your firm needs a holistic real-time view of risk so you can see a true picture of financial exposures to help safeguard your bottom line amid ups and downs in asset flows and performance.
	Broker Dealers	Regulatory and market trends are evolving, and impact how you do business. Demands for new instrument support, including non-vanilla derivatives, can lead to challenges ranging from valuation, risk management and compliance, to accounting and back office headaches. New instrument complexities create trading opportunities while increasing demands from existing trade processing infrastructure, which may not be able to handle new demands. Supporting the structuring, pricing and operational cashflows of these products can help you add business and still manage investment risk, counterparty exposure, and compliance effectively. Your firm needs a holistic real-time view of risk so you can see a true picture of financial exposures, especially as regulatory and market environments change, real-time views of positions and risk where you can see exposures and sources of P&L across your business units are important. Ideally, P&L maximization along with the minimization of trade errors will help you stay in front of your competition. Credit risk assessments, limits and operational capacity need to extend beyond isolated business units and address the overall risk to your bottom line.
	Central Banks	The reordering of the global economy is making management of reserves, funding operations, credit and capital flows hugely challenging. Now, more than ever, your critical role requires a real-time, integrated approach to risk management and operational processing.
	Corporate Treasuries	As regulatory and market environments evolve, the demand for an integrated view across exposures and positions increases. Your firm needs to manage and forecast cash, FX and commodity demands effectively, and address capital allocation and liability management issues on a timely basis. The challenges above underscore the need for a system that has robust analytics and flexible reporting capabilities.
	Federal Agencies	The focus on cost and efficiency has never been greater. With an integrated view across exposures and positions, you can manage cash and liquidity effectively, helping to ensure greater balance from an asset-liability perspective. You seek to streamline trade processing functions with a renewed focus on your operational capacity and the associated technology support. New instrument complexities create trading opportunities while increasing demands from existing trade processing infrastructure that they may or may not be able to handle. Supporting the structuring, pricing and operational cashflows of these products can help you add business and still manage investment risk, counterparty exposure, and compliance effectively. The current regulatory environment adds additional pressure on staff to address operational processing capacity issues so you can stay in front of audit and compliance concerns.
	Hedge Funds	Trading opportunities and strategies evolve, creating unsupported demands on existing trade processing infrastructure. Evolving regulatory and market trends impact how you do business. Demands for new instrument support, including non-vanilla derivatives, can lead to challenges ranging from valuation, risk management and compliance to accounting and back office headaches. New instrument complexities create trading opportunities while increasing demands from existing trade processing infrastructure you may or may not be able to handle. Supporting the structuring, pricing and operational cashflows of these products can help you increase profitability and still manage investment risk, counterparty exposure, and compliance effectively. Your firm needs a holistic real-time view of risk so you can see a true picture of financial exposures, especially as regulatory and market environments change, real-time views of positions and risk where you can see exposures and sources of P&L across your business units are important. Ideally, P&L maximization along with the minimization of trade errors will help you stay in front of your competition. Credit risk assessments, limits and operational capacity need to extend beyond isolated business units and address the overall risk to your bottom line.
	Insurance Companies	Trading, hedging and funding decisions become more complex in the new regulatory environment. Firms need to manage cash and liquidity effectively, ensure a greater balance from an asset-liability perspective while dedicating a renewed focus on operational processing capacity. Your firm needs a holistic real-time view of risk so you can see a true picture of financial exposures, especially as regulatory and market environments change, real-time views of positions and risk where you can see exposures and sources of P&L across your business units are important. Ideally, P&L maximization along with the minimization of trade errors will help you stay in front of your competition. Credit risk assessments, limits and operational capacity need to extend beyond isolated business units and address the overall risk to your bottom line. Addressing hedge effectiveness and properly accounting for income underscores the need for robust analytics and reporting tools within your infrastructure.
	Investment Banks	Evolving regulatory and market trends impact how you do business. Demands for new instrument support, including non-vanilla derivatives, can lead to challenges ranging from valuation, risk management and compliance to accounting and back office headaches. New instrument complexities create trading opportunities while increasing demands from existing trade processing infrastructure that you may or may not be able to handle. Supporting the structuring, pricing and operational cashflows of these products can help you add business and still manage investment risk, counterparty exposure, and compliance effectively. Your firm needs a holistic real-time view of risk so you can see a true picture of financial exposures, especially as regulatory and market environments change, real-time views of positions and risk where you can see exposures and sources of P&L across your business units are important. Ideally, P&L maximization along with the minimization of trade errors will help you stay in front of your competition. Credit risk assessments, limits and operational capacity need to extend beyond isolated business units and address the overall risk to your bottom line.
	Pension Funds	Whether you’re a defined benefit scheme looking to better match assets and liabilities, or a defined contribution plan more concerned with outright investment performance, full front-to-back support for all traded products coupled with a holistic, real-time view of risks is crucial. Your firm needs a holistic real-time view of risk so you can see a true picture of financial exposures, especially as regulatory and market environments change, real-time views of positions and risk where you can see exposures and sources of P&L across your business units are important. Ideally, P&L maximization along with the minimization of trade errors will help you stay in front of your competition. Credit risk assessments, limits and operational capacity need to extend beyond isolated business units and address the overall risk to your bottom line. The current regulatory environment creates additional pressure to dedicate a renewed focus on operational processing to stay in front of audit and compliance concerns.
	Regional Banks	Evolving regulatory and market trends impact how you do business. Demands for new instrument support, including non-vanilla derivatives, can lead to challenges ranging from valuation, risk management and compliance to accounting and back office headaches. New instrument complexities create trading opportunities while increasing demands from existing trade processing infrastructure you may or may not be able to handle. Supporting the structuring, pricing and operational cashflows of these products can help you add business and still manage investment risk, counterparty exposure, and compliance effectively. Your firm needs a holistic real-time view of risk so you can see a true picture of financial exposures, especially as regulatory and market environments change, real-time views of positions and risk where you can see exposures and sources of P&L across your business units are important. Ideally, P&L maximization along with the minimization of trade errors will help you stay in front of your competition. Credit risk assessments, limits and operational capacity need to extend beyond isolated business units and address the overall risk to your bottom line. Commercial Banking, Derivatives Marketing and Bank Treasury groups may have different mandates but all share the universal goal of addressing the challenges above.
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	Commodities	Irrespective of where in the supply chain your business is active, you need a solution that can help you meet all of today's challenges, from managing margin volatility, product tracking and bin allocation, to monitoring firmwide risk exposures.
	Storage and Handling	To effectively manage storage and handling requires a solution powerful enough to navigate every level of complexity—from calculating charges and fees around producer agreements to monitoring inventory and managing product processes.
	Milling	Input commodity prices have a major P&L impact. You need a solution that enables you to safeguard your margin, streamline your interactions with other points in the supply chain, and bring stability and precision to budgets and business strategy
	Feed Manufacturing	Amid heightened volatility, feed manufacturers are finding it increasingly difficult to know what the "right" decision is when it comes to hedging, managing inventory or switching ingredients—a more holistic approach to risk management can help.
	Malting	Profitability among maltsters, brewers and distillers can be dramatically affected by price volatility, supply disruptions and production capacity constraints. Having a solution that enables a more holistic approach to risk management is crucial.
	Ingredient Suppliers	Increasingly tough food tracing and safety requirements alongside volatile market conditions are making inventory management more complex and more challenging—a holistic approach to risk management can help.
	Fertilizer and By-products	Fertilizer firms face complex business challenges—from managing advance orders to performing dynamic customer credit and inventory analysis. Irrespective of your specialization, holistic risk management is crucial.
	Renewable Fuels	Renewable fuels offer tremendous growth opportunities for importers, refiners and blenders. Meeting the challenges posed by price volatility, advances in biofuel technologies and product tracing requires a holistic approach to risk management.
	Cotton	Cotton markets have experienced unprecedented supply and demand shocks in recent years. Irrespective of your place in the supply chain, a holistic approach to risk management that can encompass price risk, storage and logistics is crucial.
	Sugar	Unprecedented swings in supply and demand have helped drive higher prices and extreme volatility. Irrespective of your place in the supply chain, a holistic approach to risk that can encompass price risk, inventory management and logistics is crucial.
	Chemicals	You're facing daunting complexity. To drive greater operational efficiency and profits you need an inventory management system that allows you to coherently monitor and manage raw materials, products, by-products and even waste.
	Seed	Seed firms face complex business challenges—from managing advance orders to performing dynamic customer credit and inventory analysis. Irrespective of your specialization, holistic risk management is crucial.
	Integrated Poultry	As an integrated poultry business you face complex risks—from feed price volatility, to ensuring quality and safety control, and optimizing your use of storage, processing flexibility and transportation—holistic risk management can help.
	Pet Food	Amid heightened volatility, pet food manufacturers are finding it difficult to know what the "right" decision is when it comes to hedging, managing inventory or switching ingredients—a more holistic approach to risk management can help.
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	Automotive	Wherever your business is in the supply chain, it faces unprecedented volatility in metals and other commodities. The ability to look across exposures and positions coherently is crucial for effective cash management and capital allocation.
	Manufacturing	Your firm faces complex risks—from input commodities volatility, to energy price fluctuations and customer credit exposure. The ability to look across exposures and positions coherently is crucial for effective cash management and capital allocation.
	Metals (Precious/Base)	Whether your business is active in the precious, ferrous, or non-ferrous metals industry, it faces unprecedented volatility. The ability to look across exposures and positions coherently is crucial for effective cash management and capital allocation.
	Mining	Hedge programs have dwindled amid strong demand and shareholder antipathy, but the need for a risk-aware approach remains. The ability to look across exposures and positions coherently is crucial for effective cash management and capital allocation.
	Property	Property markets have rarely been so challenging. You need a coherent risk-aware view across your organization's assets and liabilities. Only then can you manage and forecast cash effectively, and weigh in on capital allocation decisions.
	Shipping	Whether your business is focused on ship building or involved in freight operations, you need an integrated view of risk that encompasses financial and commodity exposures, alongside logistics.
	Travel and Tourism	Your organization faces complex risks. You need an integrated view across exposures and positions—including FX and commodities. Only then can you manage and forecast cash effectively, and weigh in on capital allocation decisions.
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	Electricity	Volatile pricing, complex market structure and varying conventions and information protocols pose tremendous challenges. Whatever your role in power markets, an integrated approach to trading, risk management and logistics is vital.
	Natural Gas	New sources of supply and infrastructure are reshaping your industry. Amid rising complexity, integrated management of the financial and volumetric risks—accounting for price tiers, and physical and contractual constraints—is crucial.
	LNG & NGL's	New supply and massive infrastructure projects are reshaping your industry. Amid rising complexity, integrated management of the financial and volumetric risks—accounting for price tiers, and physical and contractual constraints—is crucial.
	Crude Oil	Wherever your business is active in the crude oil supply chain, it faces unprecedented volatility. Real-time monitoring and integrated management of market, volumetric and credit risks, alongside logistics and storage—is crucial.
	Refined Products	Wherever your business is active in the refined products supply chain, it faces unprecedented volatility. Real-time monitoring and integrated management of market, volumetric, and credit risks, alongside logistics and storage—is crucial.
	Coal	Supply and demand dynamics can quickly change. Whether your business is focused on coking or thermal coal, real-time monitoring and integrated management of market, volumetric and credit risks, alongside logistics and storage—is crucial.
	Metals (Precious / Base)	Whether your business is active in precious or base metals, it faces unprecedented volatility. Real-time monitoring and integrated management of positions and exposures—including market, volumetric and credit risks—is crucial.
	Emission	Regulation and environmental concerns are driving the rapid development of carbon markets across the globe. Emissions trading can help manage this emerging liability, real-time risk monitoring and management, controls and compliance are crucial.
	Weather	Although weather risk can have a dramatic affect on the bottom line, it is often written off as unmanageable. But when it's integrated into your overall approach to risk management, the P&L impact of weather-related shocks can be mitigated.
	Renewable Fuels	Renewable fuels offer tremendous growth opportunities for importers, refiners and blenders. Meeting the challenges posed by price volatility, advances in biofuel technologies and product tracing requires a holistic approach to risk management.

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