Market Risk Module

"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

Functions

Razor's Market Risk module provides all functionality required for regulatory and internal market risk management including:

  • Value at Risk (VaR) reporting: calculation of VaR using either Historical Simulation or Monte Carlo simulation.
  • Full drill-down: ability to drill down into the underlying scenarios, rates and positions providing full results transparency.
  • External aggregation: ability to aggregate P/L results calculated externally from Razor for aggregation into the overall VaR results.
  • Scenario analysis: extensive scenario analysis functionality including sensitivity analysis, OLAP reporting and Stress Testing.
  • Back Testing: fully regulatory compliant Back Testing module including Theoretical P/L calculation.

The Razor Base Architecture module is a pre-requisite for the Razor Market Risk module.

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Resources

White Paper: Achieving Accurate Value at Risk (VaR) Calculations

This paper examines the reasons behind the perceived failure of risk management up to and during the economic downturn. It also outlines how VaR can be a highly accurate measure if it can measure and factor in dynamic changes in the underlying portfolio holdings, ensuring that ‘non-normal’ events and cyclical macro-economic issues are taken into account.

Go to White Papers section to download this PDF