Credit Lyonnais Securities -USA- Goes Live on SunGard's Margin Advisor.Business Editors BEDFORD, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Nov. 19, 2003 SunGard Securities Processing, an operating group of SunGard (NYSE NYSE See: New York Stock Exchange :SDS 1. (company) SDS - Scientific Data Systems. 2. (tool) SDS - Schema Definition Set. ), announced today that Credit Lyonnais Securities (USA) Inc. has gone live on SunGard's Margin Advisor to monitor its credit exposures intra day and perform real-time margin calculations for its institutional equities operations. Margin Advisor provides real-time status of margin accounts by continuously monitoring price movements and account activity to proactively detect margin shortfalls. Margin Advisor's continuous availability enables it to integrate with operations processing and trading applications in real-time. Credit Lyonnais Securities (USA) uses Margin Advisor as a regulatory risk management tool to monitor in real-time changes in positions and valuations, and automate To turn a set of manual steps into an operation that goes by itself. See automation. resolution of margin calls. Prior to Margin Advisor, Credit Lyonnais Securities (USA) kept track of client positions in margin accounts by using spreadsheets The following is a list of spreadsheets. Freeware/open source software Online spreadsheets
"We needed the best tool available to monitor our exposure and risk, and Margin Advisor enables us to effectively and accurately gauge our market risk, update positions in real-time and replicate rep·li·cate v. 1. To duplicate, copy, reproduce, or repeat. 2. To reproduce or make an exact copy or copies of genetic material, a cell, or an organism. n. A repetition of an experiment or a procedure. information instantly from SunGard's Phase3," said Todd Wiltshire, director at Credit Lyonnais Securities (USA) Inc. "Margin Advisor's flexibility in setting up our own unique set of rules gives us infinite possibilities in what we can define in the system, such as how we set up accounts, reflect securities, perform margin calculations for certain accounts and securities, and group accounts for a single entity. In addition, the system's ability to create and forward alerts automatically greatly improves our efficiency internally. While seeking a margin solution, we simply did not find another system that was comparable to Margin Advisor." "We are extremely pleased that Credit Lyonnais' implementation of Margin Advisor has enabled them to realize the many benefits of the system immediately upon going live," said Doug MacFadden, senior vice president of strategic development at SunGard Securities Processing. "Margin Advisor's ability to proactively detect and manage margin risk is essential for any firm seeking a more effective way to manage risk, be it a prime broker, correspondent clearer, proprietary trading Proprietary Trading When a firm trades for direct gain instead of commission dollars. Essentially, the firm has decided to profit from the market rather than commissions from processing trades. firm, discount broker, or institutional and retail broker/dealer." About SunGard Securities Processing SunGard Securities Processing provides real-time, Web-enabled clearance and settlement, accounting and operations workflow The automatic routing of documents to the users responsible for working on them. Workflow is concerned with providing the information required to support each step of the business cycle. solutions for broker/dealers, banks and futures brokers. Provided in an ASP asp, popular name for several species of viper, one of which, the European asp (Vipera aspis), is native to S Europe. It is also a name for the Egyptian cobra (Naja haja). environment, SunGard's straight-through processing straight-through processing The direct exchange of cash and securities. Straight-through processing is a major objective for cross-border transactions that are generally much more costly to settle compared to domestic transactions. solutions are designed to lower transaction costs Transaction Costs Costs incurred when buying or selling securities. These include brokers' commissions and spreads (the difference between the price the dealer paid for a security and the price they can sell it). , reduce risk, adapt easily to industry changes and provide a competitive advantage. Additional information is available on the Web at www.securities.sungard.com. About SunGard SunGard is a global leader in integrated IT solutions for financial services The examples and perspective in this article or section may not represent a worldwide view of the subject. Please [ improve this article] or discuss the issue on the talk page. . SunGard is also the pioneer and leading provider of information availability services. SunGard serves more than 20,000 clients in over 50 countries, including 47 of the world's 50 largest financial services companies. SunGard (NYSE:SDS) is a member of the S&P 500 and has annual revenues of more than $2 billion. Visit SunGard at www.sungard.com. Trademark Information: SunGard, the SunGard logo, Margin Advisor and Phase3 are trademarks or registered trademarks of SunGard Data Systems Inc. or its subsidiaries in the U.S. and other countries. All other trade names are trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective holders. |
|
||||||||||||||||

Printer friendly
Cite/link
Email
Feedback
Reader Opinion