SELL-SIDE SURVEY 2012 FINCAD Sell-Side Survey 2012 1
Intra-day Risk Transparent, Documented Models Easy to Use and Implement Regulatory Compliance Monte Carlo VaR Risk Assessment Regulations Foriegn Exchange CVA Porfolio Analysis Model Risk IT Spending Potential Future Exposure Credit Independent Pricing / Valuation Flexible and Scalable Accurate FINCAD Sell-Side Survey 2012 2
TRADING T T MOST HEAVILY TRADED: INTEREST RATES (59%), FX (51%), AND FIXED INCOME (50%) (n = 450) TRENDING UPWARD Commodities, FX and Credit TRENDING DOWNWARD Hybrids 42% STRUCTURED PRODUCTS PORTFOLIOS Fixed Income 58% Rates 53% Foreign Exchange 44% (n = 447) ARE INVOLVED WITH STRUCTURED PRODUCTS In a structured products portfolio, fixed income is still the most popular asset class, followed by rates. Slight increase in credit, commodities and FX compared to last year s survey. Equities Credit Commodities Hybrids 37% 36% 27% 5% (n = 186) FINCAD Sell-Side Survey 2012 3
More than 2/3 use a 3rd Party Analytics Library 3rd Party Analytics are playing a significant role. 67% of respondents reported using an external library as their primary derivatives analytics tool either alone or in combination with their in-house system. What s important in an external library? Making sure it s easy to use and implement (77%), has transparent, documented models (76%), and is flexible scalable (74%). (n = 250) FINCAD Sell-Side Survey 2012 4
BIGGEST CHALLENGE Accurate Risk Assessment Regulatory Compliance Independent Pricing / Valuation While Accurate Risk Assessment (22%) was seen as the biggest challenge, this was followed closely by Regulatory Compliance (21%) and Independent Pricing/Valuation (19%). 22% 21% 19% 12% 10% 6% 6% 6% ACCURATE RISK ASSESSMENT (n = 369) REGULATORY COMPLIANCE INDEPENDENT PRICING/VALUATION Flexibility to offer a more diverse range of products Ability to perform portfolio analysis Achieving transparency in financial reporting Intra-day risk reporting Other FINCAD Sell-Side Survey 2012 5
Knowing The Risk KEY WAYS OF ADJUSTING RISK STRATEGY: Stress testing and scenario analysis (48%) edged out greater analysis and awareness of model risk (47%) as the key ways of adjusting their risk strategy. (n = 400) Knowing their risk in real time was important for more than half of the respondents. 61% need to know the risk of their portfolio on-demand or intra day. T T TRENDING DOWNWARD Model risk analysis (47% in 2012 versus 55% in 2010) TRENDING UPWARD Implementation of independent valuation methods (42% in 2012 versus 32% in 2010) Monte Carlo VaR (34%) topped the list as most important type of risk analysis used, followed by CVA (20%). Monte Carlo VaR Credit Value Adjustment None Potential Future Exposure Other Potential Future Exposure 34% 20% 16% 15% 9% 8% FINCAD Sell-Side Survey 2012 6
egulations 68% anticipated a major or moderate impact on their business As regulations take shape, 68% expect there will be a major or moderate impact on their business this is an increase over results from prior years (57% in 2011 and 2010 surveys). The upward trend seems to be fueled by the anticipation that regulations will have a major impact and will require significant changes in order to accommodate them (26% in 2012 versus 20% in 2011 and 16% in 2010). FINCAD Sell-Side Survey 2012 7
Spending More on IT THREE I N F O U R EXPECT IT SPENDING TO INCREASE In the 2012 survey, 75% expected their IT spending to increase this year. This is a decline compared to surveys in the prior years (87% in 2011 and 86% in 2010). (n = 367) FINCAD Sell-Side Survey 2012 8
METHODOLOGY FINCAD conducted an online survey of finance professionals from sell-side firms around the world. The survey took place between January 17 to February 10, 2012. OTHER 14.7% 15.8% REGIONAL BANK BROKER-DEALER 7.1% 5.3% PRIVATE BANK 21.2% INVESTMENT BANK COMMERCIAL BANK 35.9% (n = 476) FINCAD Sell-Side Survey 2012 9
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