Repo business automation and why post trade is the next frontier

Jon Ford, Head of Fixed Income Business Development

Execution is on a roll

Much attention has been paid in recent years to automation of execution, a trend that has largely been driven by the buyside. 

As a result of this push for automation, many execution desks have built ‘order management systems’, which aggregate incoming inquiries, check credit limits, execute pricing (either through automated algorithms or manually), and feed through to trade capture systems.   

What has not progressed as well is the post-trade processing of all auto-executed transactions.  Fails, fines and lack of optimization still plague the global post-trade ecosystem. 

Post trade settlement & collateral optimization

What are the steps required to improve the post-trade ecosystem? 

1. Extract live feeds from trade capture systems;
2. Standardize data for pre-settlement comparisons in real-time;
3. Use the standardized data to:
   
   (a) monitor trade flows in repo and bond-borrow to minimize fails and fines;
   (b) automate bond borrow (returns, recalls) and corporate  actions; and
   (c) provide real-time visibility of collateral to manage LCR, NSFR, RWA and margin;
   
   
4. Digitalize tri-party sets for optimization of funding, upgrades and borrowing;
5. Analyze sources and uses of collateral to optimize margin and funding. 
   

The business case

At Pirum we have a successful track record of automating our clients’ settlement and collateral management operations.  The benefits they enjoy are significant: 

1. Reduced fails, fines and overdraft costs;
2. Automated returns and recalls free up capacity to focus on revenue-generating activities; and
3. Optimized capital, cost and liquidity,  

all of which could help improve the profitability of your business, also. 

Interested? We can integrate and onboard your settlement and collateral management operations within weeks (for those with existing integrations, potentially, within days) – so, let’s start the conversation.

P.S. I will be at Rates & Repo NYC on Tuesday 29 October, with my colleagues Frank Seibold, Head of Commercial Development, Americas, and Matt Lilien, Head of Sales, Americas. If you’re going, let’s connect.

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