Expertise: Trade & Post-Trade

Trade & Post-Trade:

Innovative. Intelligent. Evolving.

Our services in the area of trade & post-trade:

Future-proof solutions for maximum security and success.

Whether straight-through processing (STP), automation or the outsourcing of operational processing - over the last two decades, capital markets have undergone a multitude of fundamental developments. At the same time, they continue to face major challenges due to regulatory requirements such as MiFID/MiFIR, CSDR, EMIR, SFTR, MiCA or SRD. In addition, in many cases outdated core system infrastructures need to be replaced by new, flexibly scalable and cloud-based systems.

The consequences:

  • Smaller banking houses are currently merging to meet the digital challenges.
  • Capital market companies such as stock exchanges, clearing houses, infrastructure providers and larger banks are facing significant strains.
  • There is a great need for in-depth knowledge of capital market processes and systems as well as a very good understanding of the corresponding business and regulatory landscape.

Our Trade & Post-Trade Competencies:

Comprehensive expertise across the entire capital markets value chain.

  • Trading, Clearing, Settlement: We have extensive experience in processes and systems as well as in the entire business and regulatory environment.
    Trading:     On exchange, off exchange
    Clearing:     OTC clearing, FX clearing, cash market clearing, derivatives market clearing, clearing risk, clearing services (transaction management, position management, delivery management)
    Settlement:     securities settlement, cash settlement, asset management (corporate actions/income, general meetings, disclosures)
    Collateral management:     bilateral, triparty
    Regulations:     CSDR, SRD2, EMIR, MiFID/MiFIR, SFTR, MiCA
    Infrastructure:     T2, T2S, ECMS, ESMIG, CASCADE, Creation, CmaX, C7 SCS, D7, R7
  • As trade & post-trade is our core business, we have developed our own exclusive training and certification that is standard for all x-markets employees.
  • All of our teams have a broad understanding of end-to-end capital market flows and in-depth knowledge of related processes and systems in at least one area. In addition to being involved in strategic projects such as the establishment of clearing houses and exchanges, we go a step further and also take care of project implementation and change processes.
  • With our in-depth knowledge of capital markets, we are experts in the entire project lifecycle: from analysis to design to testing & readiness - whether as business analyst, test manager or project manager.
  • We have experience with waterfall and Scrum projects and can provide you with a certified team as project manager or intelligent project management support.