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Global Margin Server



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Overview

Global Margin Server (GMS) serves trading houses, CTAs, CPOs and hedge fund operators in the exchange traded derivatives and related options/futures business that have ongoing needs for accurate and timely margin calculations. GMS allows users access to initial margin calculations as well as intra- and inter-day variable margin calculations.

GMS was designed as a platform-independent, turnkey application for complex margin calculation that is easily integrated with your existing systems—whether you're using GMI, Octagon, APSYS III, Panorama or Devon, or any other third party system. SunGard provides its customers with regular software updates, so you can be sure your firm is completely up to date on changes to margining methods and the emergence of new exchanges.

GMS supports an ever-growing number of worldwide exchange margin methods and requirements, including:


 *TIMS: IDEM, MIF/MTO, EUX, CBOE
 *SPAN: LIFFE, LTOM, LME, CBOT, CME
 *Vector: OTOB, OM
 *Black Scholes: MEFF RV, MEFF RF
 *Strategic

GMS is now offered as an outsourced service hosted by SunGard in an ASP environment.

Keywords
APSYS III
Black Scholes
CBOE
CBOT
CME
CPOs
CTAs
Devon
EUX
exchange traded derivatives
exchanges
funds
Global
Global Margin Server
GMI
GMS
hedge fund
hedge funds
IDEM
LIFFE
LME
LTOM
margin
MEFF RF
MEFF RV
MIF
MTO
Octagon
options and futures
Panorama
SPAN
SunGard
TIMS
trading


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