With Openlink you get one integrated solution for trade capture, valuation, compliance and limits monitoring, right through to position and risk reporting, collateral management, clearing and settlement, accounting and cash management.
Because a single solution is used across the front, middle and back offices, all roles across the business can work within the same set of shifting opportunities and obligations, eliminating the possibility of unintentional disparities that could crop up between, say, front office trades and middle-office compliance.
The data transparency delivered right along the trade lifecycle also allows users to click on an accounting entry, for example, and drill down into the underlying trade to quickly investigate issues when they do arise.


The Openlink solution automatically analyzes the effectiveness of hedges (under IFRS9, IAS39 or FAS 133) and invoke the appropriate hedge accounting treatment. It features our best-of-breed Hedge Analyzer module for robust hedge effectiveness testing, and provides complete transparency that enables users to drill into postings to verify all payment, accrual or valuation calculations on the trade.
The solution supports the statutory reporting required for hedge accounting.


Openlink’s collateral management functionality supports both cleared and un-cleared OTC derivative trades. It provides real-time information across credit support annexes (CSAs) for bi-lateral counterparties and central counterparties (CCPs) and counterparty netting agreements.
Using our system, firms can quickly decide on the most efficient use of collateral, and trade with counterparties who offer the most favorable CSA terms for the assets they are willing to accept as collateral. Furthermore with full visibility of CSA terms, firms can put in place contingencies to post additional collateral in the event of a downgrade to the assets they are holding. 


Openlink provides a single system to connect to OTC clearing for multiple asset classes – we were the first solution to interface with ICE for OTC clearing in 2002. We support workflows for both OTC cleared and bilateral trades including confirmation, settlement, legal documentation, credit risk exposure and margining.
In addition, Openlink will provide interfaces for major new exchanges, clearing houses and brokers as they emerge in the marketplace. We have also developed standard gateways to clear trades via service providers such as Markit, Bloomberg and CME.


Our solution uses an in-memory database for fast storage and retrieval of massive amounts of data. Furthermore, the Openlink Grid enables remote processing, distributed and parallel processing in a reliable and scalable environment. This combination ensures the OpenLink solution scales as transaction volumes grow and is able to deliver aggregated real-time position reporting for the largest trading operations.

Openlink is committed to staying at the forefront of Dodd-Frank and other regulatory reforms, working closely with clients, regulatory agencies, clearing houses, clearing members, service providers and trade data repositories to keep pace with the rapidly evolving derivatives landscape.
We have a strategy and a roadmap to address the impact of regulatory change as and when enforcement starts. We have already delivered Dodd-Frank Regulatory Compliance Reporting Package, CFTC Position Limits Monitoring, Swap Data Repository (SDR) Reporting, OTC Clearing Workflows and Margin Analytics for Cleared Swaps – all available as plug-ins for new and existing implementations. And we provide flexible and configurable reporting tools to analyze and report on the data as required by the regulators.


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The Openlink solution provides extensive stress testing functionality enabling you to model complex scenarios with a wide range of input factors. Our simulation engine provides a powerful and consistent application of risk factor shocks regardless of market. Risk can be attributed to hypothetical movements of any magnitude including rates, FX, commodities and inflation.