SunGard extends Margin Advisor product

European and US financial institutions will be able to use SunGard’s Margin Advisor solution for real-time monitoring of cross-asset credit and margin risk. This marks an expansion from its current uses, which are in supporting US Reg T and portfolio margin requirements. The expansion will support cross-margining of futures with index options in a risk-based global environment.

“It provides both European and US firms with the ability to handle combined futures and options margin treatment within the same securities account. It also meets the increasing demand from European firms in particular for a global solution with the ability to apply both risk- and strategy-based margin or credit calculations,” said Gerard Murphy, president of SunGard's brokerage and clearance