Insights

TS Imagine EMS Integrates with Appital’s Bookbuilding Platform Ahead of Launch
EMS integration automates historically manual processes, unlocking hard-to-find liquidity for the buyside community.

Limitations of HVaR:
When the Future No Longer Looks Like the Past
HVaR assumes that present market dynamics are captured in past behavior so what should we do when the world changes? Since Russia's invasion of Ukraine, commodity markets have entered new trading patterns and Lance Smith, TS Imagine Chief Strategy Officer explains some of the tools that can be used to help HVaR without disturbing other risk factors.

TS Imagine Extends Crypto Exchange Connectivity with Gemini
TS Imagine, the leader in trading, portfolio and risk management solutions for capital markets, today announces that it has successfully integrated with crypto platform Gemini.

Bitcoin Financialization (Part 3) – Calling All Crypto Asset Managers
Since its creation, Bitcoin (BTC) has been the subject of constant discussion regarding its potential impact on financial markets and the seismic shifts it could generate.

Bitcoin Financialization (Part 2) – The Many Stages of Bitcoin
Since its creation, Bitcoin (BTC) has been the subject of constant discussion regarding its potential impact on financial markets and the seismic shifts it could generate.

Bitcoin Financialization (Part 1) – A Tectonic Shift
Since its creation, Bitcoin (BTC) has been the subject of constant discussion regarding its potential impact on financial markets and the seismic shifts it could generate.

Reopening Call for Pre-Trade Clarity, Consolidation & Convergence
The most striking and recurrent theme for buy-side traders is a unanimous desire for better pre-trade analytics and decision support tools.

GOODBYE LIBOR: Smoothly Transitioning to the New ARRs
In this blog post, we share insight into the basic requirements, key challenges, our approach for a smooth transition from IBORs to ARRs and an outlook for what’s next in the multi-year journey to move away from IBORs.

ED&F Man Capital Markets Transforms Risk & Margin Management with TS Imagine’s RRC Platform
ED&F Man Capital Markets replaces legacy systems with TS Imagine’s fully-hosted, SaaS solution for high-volume, real-time analytics on cross-asset exchange and OTC trading.

Performance Attribution
When analysing performance, measuring a portfolio’s actual return answers the “what” and “when” questions –– it tells us what return the portfolio delivered over a specified period of time. While that information is obviously important, the goal of a performance attribution analysis is to go beyond “what” and “when” to explain “how” and “why”.

CASE STUDY: MTS
This case study presents just one example of how a collaborative effort between MTS Markets International, Inc. (MTS), a data/liquidity provider, and TS Imagine (TSI), an EMS provider, helped a mutual client – Agilon Capital – optimise its corporate bond trading operation.

TS Imagine Appoints Thomas Bodenski as the New Chief Transformation and Data Officer
TS Imagine, a global provider of trading, portfolio and risk management solutions for capital markets, announces the recent appointment of Thomas Bodenski as chief transformation and data officer.

Buy-side liquidity: How technology can enhance Fixed Income liquidity.
Fixed Income markets are based on an underlying assumption that has prevented the development of a market structure that enables liquidity, transparency, and higher volumes.

What’s on Prime Brokers’ Minds When It Comes to Risk?
Managing the risks inherent in their positions, including holding sufficient margin, is absolutely essential for prime brokers. The key question is whether or not they are measuring risks and managing margin effectively and proactively.

Research Summary: Prime Brokerage, Margin, Collateral and Data
This summary is based on research conducted between February and March 2021 with 20 banks looking at current trends and priorities for Prime Brokers in the Margin, Collateral and Data areas.

ErisX Crypto Liquidity and Price Discovery for TS Imagine Customers
ErisX, a U.S.-based crypto spot and futures exchange, announced that institutional investors can now access crypto price discovery and liquidity on its high performance exchange via TS Imagine.

Zeal Asset Management selects TS Imagine for real-time portfolio and risk management for quantitative investment strategy
TS Imagine, a leader in trading, portfolio and risk management solutions for capital markets, has been selected by Zeal Asset Management, as the platform to run their quantitative investment strategy.

CASE STUDY: HAITONG
An international financial institution with established presence in Hong Kong and a rapidly expanding network across the globe, has a track record of strong growth and is known for its risk-focused internal culture.

TS Imagine has been shortlisted in the Hedgeweek Awards
TS Imagine has been shortlisted in the Hedgeweek awards as one of the leading service providers for the industry.

CASE STUDY: ROBECO
A large, highly respected asset manager offering both fundamental and quantitative strategies.

TS Imagine and IHS Markit partner to open up new Fixed Income trading opportunities
TS Imagine and IHS Markit have announced their partnership whereby the OEMS TradeSmart platform, in combination with IHS Markit’s live evaluated bond pricing data will provide real time insights into the global fixed income bond market.

Managing Margin (Part 4) – The Future of Margin – Ten Predictions
We offer ten predictions about future developments in the margin arena. Some we expect with a fair amount of certainty, while others require us to gaze more deeply into our crystal ball; nonetheless, we believe all are legitimate and, we hope, thought-provoking.