Optimise

Initial Margin Optimisation

Reduce counterparty risk and the cost of funding initial margin with our market-leading optimisation service.

Materially reduce counterparty risk and the cost of funding initial margin (IM).

Our advanced algorithms optimise cleared and uncleared IM by analysing the risk of transactions between participants and rebalancing portfolios with new market risk-neutral trades that reduce risk and release capital. We can also sweep risk into LCH ForexClear to reduce cleared IM and enable you to benefit from standardised infrastructure. 

Since launch we've eliminated billions of dollars in margin and delivered record-breaking performance. We know margin and capital requirements can create a funding drag on your portfolio, so we continue to enhance the service so we can deliver greater savings and more efficiency across the network – accelerating a safer financial system that’s better for all. 

How it works

Initial Margin Optimisation in action 

Submit & validate data

Participants submit their data to our client portal directly or via API and set their risk constraints.

Identify risk rebalancing opportunities

We run our fast and intelligent optimisation engine to generate a proposal containing a set of new market risk-neutral trades.

Accept & execute

Our optimisation proposal is validated and accepted by participants and new trades are executed, reducing counterparty risk and the cost of funding IM.

Risk sweep (optional)

We can sweep risk into LCH ForexClear to reduce cleared IM and enable you to benefit from standardised infrastructure.

Asset classes we optimise

We can reduce counterparty risk and the cost of funding IM in both cleared and uncleared portfolios, including:

  • FX
  • Interest Rates
  • Equities 

Features & benefits

Key Features

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Record-breaking performance

Our optimisation runs regularly deliver record-breaking performance – reducing margin by 50%+ in some instances

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Flexible optimisation

Tailor your optimisation by setting risk, notional and resource metric contraints, to name a few

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Automated process

You can connect your data sources via API which streamlines the process and frees up your internal resources

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Rapid runs

Our process is the quickest available and is complete within five hours

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Extensive network

Our extensive, rapidly growing network includes all of the top-tier global banks, regional banks and buy-side firms

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Complimentary testing

We offer free no-obligation testing, so you can visualise your results before making a commitment

Awards

Award-winning performance

Optimisation Service of the Year
Global Capital Derivatives Awards 2024, 2023, 2022 & 2021

Counterparty Risk Product of the Year
Risk.net Markets Technology Awards 2024

Service Provider of the Year
FTF News Technology Innovation Awards 2024 & 2022

Best OTC Derivatives Margining Solution
FTF News Technology Innovation Awards 2023

 

Driving the derivatives industry forward

We offer more than just Initial Margin Optimisation. Find out how we can optimise your portfolio.

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