Category: Commodities

The derivatives proficiency puzzle facing many organisations is not the volume of data they possess but how to maximise its utility. Data is the source of some impressive statistics. Ninety percent of all data was created in the past two years, 2.5 quintillion bytes are made

In capital markets, the recent period has presented significant challenges, with one of the hardest-hit areas in post-trade being settlements and payments. In capital markets, as in the wider economic and social environment, the recent period has presented significant challenges. First, the COVID pandemic undermined

FCMs and brokers that take a narrow view of automation and advanced analytics often estimate value creation on the basis of individual use cases. These may be targeted at expanding the product offering, reducing operating costs to boost return on invested capital, or sharpening the

This year looks to be uncertain as the last and regulatory changes, ESG scores and the blockchain are set to play pivotal roles in determining success or failure for some. The pandemic brought us unprecedented levels of uncertainty for commodities trading resulting in the steepest one-month decline

Our CEO Matt Dolton reveals how discussing post-trade processes with several leading FCMs has revealed an interesting phenomenon... You’ll probably be familiar with the enterprise technology term ‘technical debt’, relating to the cost deficit or disadvantages that result over time from not addressing technology shortcomings.

The post-trade industry is currently going through a momentous shake up. Listed derivatives reconciliations are being placed under the microscope to unlock their potential and free up resources. What are the key features to look out for? Reconciliations have for years been seen as a

The FOW International awards returned in-person in 2021, celebrating the best and brightest innovations and achievements in the derivatives industry. The awards took place on Thursday the 2nd of December 2021 at the De Vere Grand Connaught Rooms in London. The awards were arranged into

94% of sell-side firms say a lack of data standardisation is a major challenge and causes huge complexity across the entire post-trade process. A lack of data standardisation has been ever-present in the listed derivatives and post-trade industry, and it causes the industry a real

Derivative instruments are notoriously difficult to reconcile – but difficult or not, the imperative to remain compliant and trade without risk remains a constant challenge for broker control teams. In its simplest form, the aim of a derivatives “Street Side” reconciliation is to create a golden

Existing reconciliations solutions are buckling under the twin challenges of higher volumes and additional counterparty types, but how easy is it to change? Trade values in the futures and options industry recently hit an all-time record and do not look to be slowing down soon