Post Trade Processing from messageAUTOMATION

The OTC Derivatives Specialists

messageAUTOMATION is a specialist company completely focused on assisting organisations improve the efficiency of their OTC derivatives processing. The company’s clients include several of the leading global institutions in banking and investment management.

Founded in 2003, we were an early evangelist of new XML-based message standards and in 2006, acquired Systemwire, a spin-out from University College London (UCL), which provided us with broader product coverage of derivatives processing requirements.

Success in the OTC derivatives market requires a solid understanding of products, business processes and operational tasks, as well as technology that can take care of trades during their entire lifecycle. Our software solutions address many of the key challenges facing the OTC derivatives industry today.

Our goal is to assist our customers improve efficiency of their post trade processing across all asset classes of OTC Derivatives. We achieve this using smart agile technology and industry domain expertise.

messageAUTOMATION provides comprehensive solutions covering:

  • Portfolio Reconciliation Maintain control during the lifecycle
  • Confirmation Matching Deep Structure Matching of Full Economic Details
  • Exception Management & Business Activity Monitoring Task driven human workflow & KPIs
  • Intelligent Trade Routing To internal systems, external services and third parties
  • Message (FpML) Creation & Deconstruction From diverse sources and destinations
  • Message (FpML) Validation Against ISDA rules, DTCC rules and bespoke business rules

Why Message Automation?

Success in the OTC derivatives market requires a solid understanding of products, business processes and operational tasks, as well as flexible technology that can take care of trades during their entire lifecycle.
  • Built for Purpose: Designed and developed specifically for OTC derivatives.
  • Asset-class agnostic: Credit Derivatives, Equity Derivatives, Interest Rate, Commodities and FX Derivatives - or your own structured and hybrid products.
  • Rules based throughout: Rapidly accommodate change - we know that the front office likes to innovate. We ensure that the middle and back-office can keep up.
  • Market compliant: We provide the FpML reference implementation for validation of trades against business rules. We also maintain the full library of DTCC Deriv/Serv validation rules.
  • Built on expertise: We have provided solutions to the large derivatives dealers. We have been involved with the FpML standard and are frequently quoted in the press.
  • Innovative: All our products are visual or rule driven. We do not hard-code. We do not need to tailor code for individual clients.
  • Robust: Our technology is in production in tier one investment banking environments as well as leading investment managers

Can We Help You?

If this sounds useful to you, we would like to have a discussion with you. We can give you background information about the market, or talk to you about your requirements.