Resources

For investors looking to diversify their portfolios with lower risk, municipal (muni) bonds are becoming an increasingly attractive investment option. In this blog, we explain how muni bond investors can use swaps to hedge their exposure to interest rate fluctuations and inflation expectations.

Cloud usage is surging amongst capital markets participants that rely on fast information processing, the analysis of huge data sets, complex risk management, and effectively executing real-time trades. The nature of cloud is also ideal for simplifying complex pricing and risk functions, such as XVA.

In August 2023, Numerix acquired PolyPaths, the leading provider of analytics and risk management solutions for financial institutions. In today’s blog, we share an overview of PolyPaths’ powerful structured finance offering.

We’re delighted to announce Season Two of the popular Numerix podcast series, Trading Tomorrow: Navigating Trends in Capital Markets. Episode One will offer exciting conversation around society’s fascination with AI and what we can expect for the future of this technology.  

Numerix and PolyPaths recently attended SFVegas 2024, the premier global capital markets conference hosted by the Structured Finance Association (SFA). Today, we’d like to share a few takeaways we gleaned from this educational event.  

With LIBOR now phased out, the transition to SOFR has not always been smooth sailing, producing many operational, workflow and market-readiness challenges for financial institutions. We share three of the top issues firms are encountering as they navigate SOFR adoption.

Over the past year, options trading volumes hit a record high. What’s more, nearly 50% of all S&P 500 options are now associated with zero day to expiration (0DTE) options specifically, surpassing those of all other options maturities. We recently held a solution webinar to look deeper into this topic.

Managing MBS investing is growing more complex by the day, placing risk concerns at the forefront for the buy-side and redefining the MBS landscape. In this blog, we touch on three leading factors transforming the mortgage industry, as reported in a recent Greenwich Coalition report. 

As the new year started, there was talk at Numerix about particular industry topics that dominated in 2023 that are expected to continue being of significant focus in 2024. So, we took a look back at the best stories we published last year on these same subjects and believe they are worth sharing with you again. Why? We think this collection paints a picture of some of the key areas where industry thinking will continue to be heading this year.

Get top takeaways from our solution webinar exploring the valuable role of PnL Explain Analytics. Discover how the PnL Explain analytics in Numerix Oneview can provide you with critical insights that inform on-point daily trading and risk decisions.

Thriving in a complex financial environment demands innovation. Discover how Enfusion partnered with FINCAD to leverage cutting-edge cloud technology for valuation and risk management.

In this blog we discuss if financial firms can successfully leverage ChatGPT in their technologies and workflows, and if so, how?

It’s been a year of ups and downs for market participants trading derivatives and fixed income instruments. Through all complexity, we’ve strived to offer timely and relevant insights that help you navigate today’s most pressing market and business-related challenges. Today, we share our top 5 most popular resources from 2023.

Nasdaq recently listed a series of new weekly options contracts, which traders can utilize for trading zero-day to expiration (ODTE) options. It’s speculated that Nasdaq is aiming to take advantage of the recent surge in zero-day options popularity and ramping up for continued growth in this market.

The energy and commodity markets have experienced a surge in volatility over the last 18 months. How are market participants responding? In our blog, we delve into the multifaceted world of energy markets with a focus on the vital role of counterparty credit risk in helping firms stay competitive.

Check out our just-released blog, exploring key data, technology and modelling considerations firms should be focusing on now as they prepare to meet FRTB requirements.

We’re pleased to announce the launch of a brand-new podcast series, Trading Tomorrow: Navigating Trends in the Capital Markets, a place where insights, innovation, and expertise in the Capital Markets converge. 

Numerix participated in a webinar with Risk.net to explore zero-day options. A panel of experts, including Russell Goyder, Fixed Income Product Development at Numerix, shared their views on how and if firms should be using 0DTE options in their portfolios.