CloudMargin: Collateral Management in the Cloud

Owing to the surge in regulatory policies, companies operating in the global financial markets are facing difficulties in completing their trading processes. In this situation, a post-trade process like collateral management is essential to trade successfully. However, the failure of traditional on-premise collateral management systems to cater to the evolving demands of enterprises is an alarming issue for most CIOs in the capital markets arena. Apart from being manual and time-intensive, the legacy collateral management systems are cost-inefficient. With the need for efficient collateral management touching new heights every day, CloudMargin comes to the rescue of capital market CIOs as a go to solution provider. Being the first company to have developed a centralized and automated cloud-based SaaS platform for collateral management, CloudMargin efficiently covers end-to-end workflow, from managing agreements to resolving disputes to improving the trading process as a whole. “We are tackling the issues that arise with the evolution of regulatory policies. CloudMargin provides a cloud-based collateral management solution for firms captured by the ever-growing tide of uncleared margin regulations, helping them significantly reduce time and cost,” says Steve Husk, CEO of CloudMargin.

Well versed in every corner of capital markets, the founders of CloudMargin built the platform by integrating numerous microservices to bridge the siloed systems. Having inbound and outbound APIs for each microservices, CloudMargin constantly updates the functionalities of its platform to address the immediate requirement of clients. With specific microservices for every process in collateral management, CloudMargin helps sell-side and buy-side firms achieve straight-through processing. Besides, the company connects to upstream trade management systems to fuel the margining process and automates margin communication to help clients make better use of data. “Through our platform, we have introduced the concepts of flexibility, liquidity and reliability to the world of collateral management,” mentions Husk, who has extensive knowledge of building software companies that were completely focused on the financial services sector. “We are moving toward pre-trade analytics to make it easier for firms on the sell-side to enhance their services to their buy-side clients.