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Using Cloud Computing to Simplify XVA
Cloud usage is surging amongst capital markets participants that want to simplify complex pricing and risk functions, such as XVA. Our blog explores the many benefits of using cloud for managing XVA calculations.
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Numerix & PolyPaths: A Combined Powerhouse in Capital Markets Analytics
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, including a featured highlight of PolyPaths’ proven solution benefits.
April 2, 2024
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Top Takeaways from the World’s Largest Structured Finance Event
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.
March 19, 2024
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Numerix Podcast: Brand-New Season Now Available 
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.
March 12, 2024
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Exploring 3 Major Challenges of the SOFR Transition
The market has responded favorably to the transition to SOFR, with daily transaction volume underlying SOFR averaging more than $1 trillion, according to a report by the U.S. Department of the Treasury. However, working with SOFR is producing many operational, workflow and market-readiness challenges for financial institutions. In this blog, we share three of the top issues firms are encountering as they navigate SOFR adoption.
March 4, 2024
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Navigating Real-Time Pricing and Risk of Same-Day Options
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. To look deeper into this topic, we recently held a solution webinar exploring the unique risk characteristics of same-day options.
February 15, 2024
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