TS Imagine launches RiskSmart X for prime brokerages and risk management teams

Rick Steves

“The quality of TS Imagine’s risk modelling combined with the power of our technology and data analytics set RiskSmart X apart, making it an essential tool for prime brokerage and risk management professionals navigating increasingly unpredictable markets.”

TS Imagine has gone live with RiskSmart X, its newest cross-asset class, real-time risk platform that comprises over 30 years of historical risk modeling expertise and best-in-class data management, within a packaged solution.

The configurable SaaS solution is designed for prime brokerage and risk management professionals who need a real-time, comprehensive overview of their exposures across asset classes.

Real-time risk analytics, smart exposure, historic modelling, scalability

Prime brokerage and risk management teams can leverage RiskSmart X to observe and report their real-time risk analytics at any moment during the trading day, providing clarity to ease and accelerate decision making during both normal course and volatile market conditions.

TS Imagine goes into detail about RiskSmart X’s range of features and functionalities:

  • Real-time risk analytics: Risk Smart X pairs vast swathes of market data from over 6 million instruments and over 100 markets, with users’ investment data, to deliver a clear view of all of their exposures as they occur. The platform’s analytics cover reference, security master, derived and pricing data to provide a holistic view of risk factors.
  • Smart exposure: RiskSmart X factors Net Liquidating Value (NLV), risk sensitivities, Value at Risk (VaR), stress testing and margin considerations to present risk teams a comprehensive view of exposures.
  • Historic modelling: The platform offers over 100 risk models, allowing firms to stress test their exposures across a variety of historic scenarios such as the Global Financial Crisis, Brexit, and the Dot Com Bubble.
  • Scalability: RiskSmart X is already being used by several of the world’s largest prime brokerage businesses, and is designed with flexibility and scalability in mind, removing the need for cumbersome expansions to fill gaps as business expands.

In addition, the solution contains a few of TS Imagine’s signature features, such as:

  • Multi-asset coverage: RiskSmart X leverages TS Imagine’s cross asset class expertise and provides a single view of exposures across asset classes including equities, fixed income, FX, derivatives and crypto.
  • Seamless, continuous product evolution supported by TS Imagine’s technologists and data scientists: RiskSmart X’s SaaS architecture means that it is continually updated by TS Imagine’s global team of developers and data scientists, who ensure that users benefit from the latest technological innovation and that the data within RiskSmart X’s real-time analytics is consistent and high quality.
  • Client perspective: TS Imagine’s global team blends the best global technology talent with former senior financial industry executives who bring a first-hand understanding of their client’s needs to product development, account management and client service. RiskSmart X is underpinned by TS Imagine’s global network of staff to maintain a highly available and secure service with 24/5.5 client support coverage in New York, Montreal, London, Singapore and Hong Kong.

“RiskSmart X is a game-changing product for prime brokers”

Thomas Benevento, Head of Product for RiskSmart X, commented: “We designed RiskSmart X to provide prime brokers a real-time, comprehensive overview of their risk exposures across their business – from the big picture to granular but important details – through a single interface. RiskSmart X comprises the best thinking in risk management, first-hand prime brokerage experience, and data science and technology excellence. As the risk environment continues to intensify, RiskSmart X equips clients with a powerful engine to navigate and adapt to any market condition.”

Andrew Morgan, President and Chief Revenue Officer of TS Imagine, said: “RiskSmart X is a game-changing product, providing prime brokers of all sizes the same risk management capabilities as the world’s largest and most sophisticated banks. The quality of TS Imagine’s risk modelling combined with the power of our technology and data analytics set RiskSmart X apart, making it an essential tool for prime brokerage and risk management professionals navigating increasingly unpredictable markets.”

TS Imagine is a provider of cross-asset provider of trading, portfolio, and risk management solutions that resulted from a recent merger between TradingScreen and Imagine Software.

The company recently announced a 72% surge in recurring bookings for FY 2022, with further plans to expand and enhance its product suite throughout 2023.

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