Rival produces a newsletter once per quarter. The Rival quarterly newsletter includes:

  • Rival ecosystem enhancements completed over the past quarter
  • The latest Rival news releases
  • Upcoming industry events
  • Rival content: videos, media, case studies, blog posts, rival events, and extra tidbits

Hello clients, partners, and friends!

2023 is off to a great start.

We’ve on-boarded MBX Clearing, a great example of how firms can leverage our expertise and fully hosted solution to get up and running quickly to trade index options on the CBOE. We also achieved a huge milestone by completing our SOC 2 Type I certification thanks to Sibi John, Head of Technology, and his team who have worked tirelessly to ensure we maintain the highest level of security standards.

To keep the momentum going, we have a few key projects in the pipeline, including integrating with ICE Risk Model to expand our real-time margin capabilities, adding best-of-breed options functionality to Rival One, and connecting to additional brokers to expand our equity market coverage.

Lastly, the FIA conference is right around the corner, March 13-16th in Boca Raton, FL. If you’re planning to attend, let me know. I’ll be making the annual trek down and would love to connect.

For more details on what we’ve been up to so far this year, check out the items below.

Sincerely,

Rob

MBX Clearing Leverages Our Multi-Asset Trading and Enterprise Risk Platform

We are excited to be chosen as the Multi-Asset Trading and Enterprise Risk Platform provider for MBX Clearing!

Our high-performance trading and risk management platform offers seamless, direct market access for clients creating operational and trading efficiency. Users can setup custom volatility curves or fit to the market, quickly price up option spreads, view and trade the CBOE’s complex order book and auctions, view real-time risk and margin, and run custom risk scenarios and VaR.

Maintaining The Highest Security Standards

The secure management of client data has always been a top priority for the entire Rival Systems team. We’re excited to share we’ve completed the SOC 2 Type I security certification! Obtaining SOC 2 certification reinforces our ongoing commitment to protecting client’s data and maintaining the highest standards.

Expanding Into New Markets

Responding to a request from one of our major clearing firm clients, we’ve now added support for TBA mortgage-backed security bonds to Rival Risk, allowing their clients to expand into the MBS market. This is one example of how our product suite is constantly evolving to provide comprehensive solutions for our clients that address gaps in the market.

Integrated Risk Management Tools to Grow Your Firm

Risk managers have a tough job. They must analyze potential risk scenarios from all angles and act quickly enough to allow traders to make money and conservatively enough not to blow up the firm.

A robust risk management solution will help you take advantage of opportunities that lead to scaling your business. That’s why Rival Systems developed Rival Risk, to allow users to manage risk across asset classes from a single, automated solution, no matter how many front-end systems your traders use.

Here are some of the ways the Rival Systems team has streamlined the risk management process and eliminated common pain points for a seamless user experience.