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Trade & STP Architecture
Complexities of running a multi-strategy, multi-asset class
portfolio are unrivaled in the Hedge Fund world. You must have a world-class
business organization that is completely aligned with a robust technology
platform in order to be successful. Hedge Funds that experience rapid growth
often experience a bottleneck problem where taking on more capital becomes an
issue due to operational inefficiencies and lack of Straight Through Processing
(STP).
Having a “plan” or “roadmap” is essential to growing a
successful investment management organization. Our business and technology
experts were exposed to such “growing pains” during their careers and can help
you avoid making mistakes by producing an Architectural Plan to facilitate the
growth and diversity of your investment strategies.
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Sample STP Architecture
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One of the major parts of such plan should be an implementation
of a Risk Management Platform. Whether it’s an off the shelf product, a custom
application, or a combination of the two, risk can not exist in a vacuum. Being
the most “data hungry” part of the overall infrastructure, it will require a
robust underlying architecture. Coincidentally, it’s one of the major decision
factors for private or institutional investors who are keen on scrutinizing the
risk management methodology of the fund that is being considered for an
investment.
Such engagements generally last between 20 and 40 hours, and
produce an extremely valuable document that shows the existing state of the
trade workflow model (point A), an ideal “STP Architecture” (point B), as well
as a phased roadmap on getting from point A to point B. Clients also get a
clear picture of the trade workflow timeline and business processes from T to
T+n to Month & Quarter End. Such plans are often non-existent in growing or
already established Hedge Fund organizations. This in turn leads to poor
decision making while selecting products that need to be aligned with business
processes and results in lack of STP
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Hedge Fund Startup & Relocation |
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Trading Systems & Market Data |
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Multi-Strategy STP Platforms |
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Integrated Multi-Strategy Risk Management Platforms |
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Portfolio Accounting, Pricing and Reconciliation |
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Build vs. Buy Decisions |
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Architecture and Implementation of Latest Technology Platforms |
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Business & Gap Analysis |
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Infrastructure Consulting & Systems Integration |
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Hosted Platforms, DR/BCP |
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Compliance Platforms |
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