While the justification for real-time systems for stock traders is obvious for generating revenue, such systems are a luxury for the back office, where end-of-day analysis is often deemed as acceptable. However, with more risk in this volatile world and more regulations to address, end-of-day, or even periodic intraday analysis leaves too many visibility gaps.

The solution described in this paper provides a cost-effective means for delivering near-real-time trade analysis to the back office. It lets analysts drill down into a set of trades to better understand their firm’s exposure.