Lightning™
Web-Based Processing for Fixed Income Capital Markets
In order to take your growth strategy to the next level you need to have a solid foundation in place. Build that foundation with the help of Lightning, a full-service ASP solution that provides fully automated trading, sales, funding, accounting, risk analysis, asset/liability management, collateral management, portfolio management and safekeeping for financial institutions of all sizes and complexities.
Lightning is a fully integrated and comprehensive web-based ASP solution that seamlessly links front-, middle- and back-office fixed-income securities processing. In the front office, Lightning TradeDesk®, a comprehensive paperless trading system, automates all front- and middle-office aspects of fixed income transaction processing. In the middle office, TradeDesk Workflow simplifies system management, combining Internet-based processing with an information portal for customer orders and inquiries. And in the back office, Lightning Back Office's powerful modules offer safekeeping, portfolio accounting, analytics asset/liability management and full regulatory reporting and record-keeping.
"comprehensive web-based ASP solution that seamlessly links front-, middle- and back-office fixed-income securities processing"
With Lightning, your operations receive:
- Full operational risk control and efficiency, courtesy of Lightning's proactive exception handling and workflow management.
- The speed and intuition of a fully web-based solution that, unlike other products, has not merely been retrofitted for web use.
- Hassle-free implementation, with no special networks, hardware or software required.
- A detailed securities look-up that gives indicative data, pricing tables and variable rate tables in real time, with no need to build a record or plod through myriad screens.
- The ability to export instantly into different formats, including text-only and Microsoft Excel®, for custom reports.
- A totally secure Internet connection, with advanced data encryption, firewalls and physical security that ensure complete confidentiality for clients' data.