Margin Management

"Razor’s functionality, extremely fast calculation and advanced intraday processing performance, has facilitated our own risk management capabilities and supported us with the successful implementation of one of the first simulation based VaR margining process for a new exchange.“

Chris Jones,
Director and Head of Risk Management, LCH.Clearnet

We offer margining capabilities by individual securities, SPAN, TIMS, scenarios, by grids, and by portfolios. Our popular Scenario-Based Margin solution is a framework that supports the progressive implementation of a VaR and rules-based cross-product margining methodology. It is:

  • Capital Efficient: Margin requirements account for diversification, correlation effects and numerous risk offsets,
  • Cross-Product And Cross-Market: All major product types across different currencies are included in a single margin framework,
  • Transparent: All scenarios and calculations are clearly and explicitly defined,
  • Netting and Collateralisation: fully taken into consideration,
  • What-if Capable: To enable margin estimates to be provided to clients on the basis of individual trades or combinations of trades in strategies or portfolios, and
  • Risk-Based: Margin requirements have a risk interpretation. Margin reports are risk reports.


For further information, please contact us.