Accenture Trading Platform Services

We deliver for our clients:

• IT strategy and trading architecture projects matching business and operating model imperatives

• Trading solution planning, estimation and sourcing – in alignment with vendor methodologies

• Implementation, integration, testing, deployment, maintenance / support and release upgrade for trading platforms

Accenture maintains close relationships with leading trading platform vendors. Examples include:

Murex provides an integrated front-to-back-office solution for all asset classes including cash and derivatives trading for foreign exchange, money market, energy and commodities, equities, credit, interest rates and fixed income for Investment Banks, Asset Managers and Clearers. As the only global preferred partner of Murex, Accenture teams around the world have worked on Murex projects for nearly 15 years. We have experience with all generations of Murex solutions and have delivered more than 60 projects. Learn more and download the PDF: Trading Services—Murex Capabilities.[PDF, 2.3 MB]

Calypso provides an integrated front-to-back-office solution for all asset classes including cash and derivatives trading for foreign exchange, money market, energy and commodities, equities, credit, interest rates and fixed income for Investment Banks, Asset Managers and Clearers. Accenture is a global implementation partner for Calypso. We also have a large pool of resources around the world with deep Calypso expertise, and have contributed to the development of Calypso Fast-Track. Learn more and download the PDF: Trading Services—Calypso Trading and Risk Management Capabilities. [PDF, 662 KB]

Kondor+ is a trade and risk management solution which allows users to manage global trading activities on a single, flexible and extensible platform. Since 2003, Accenture has been supporting Kondor+ implementations around the world particularly in Spain and Portugal. Accenture’s Center of Excellence in Madrid houses a majority of our professionals deeply skilled in Kondor+. This group has supported various implementations and participated in the further development of the Kondor+ Suite including Kondor BackOffice and the Kondor Integration Platform.

Accenture is offering a unique combination of skilled resources, solution accelerators and deep industry knowledge helping our clients to achieve superior results as we implement, develop and maintain their trading platforms.

Accenture’s Capital Markets Center of Excellence hosts trading vendors’ platforms, such as Murex, Calypso and Kondor+, to provide training, asset development, and research and development facilities for front-to-back trading architectures. It offers over a hundred remote individual trading environments for development and training purposes and a repository database for all documentation and source code.

Through our Capital Markets Center of Excellence, we have developed many custom solution accelerators around vendor’s products. These include frameworks, such as testing and upgrade frameworks, and a robust set of tools, such as estimation tools and delivery methodologies, that help to reduce efforts and increase the quality and reliability of our trading projects.

Accenture has also established a dedicated network of trading experts to maximize the synergies in implementation and maintenance projects around the world with a cost effective delivery. This network is linked seamlessly with our local capital markets practices in different countries and our dedicated capital markets delivery centers in Spain, Italy, Slovakia, India and China.

• Accenture Helps Eurex Clearing Establish a Clearing Functionality for OTC Derivatives Using Calypso

• Accenture Provides Scalable Resourcing Structure to Sal. Oppenheim, Enhancing Flexibility with Murex Core Trading

• Accenture Helps Crédit Agricole CIB Accurately Manage Cash Flow Projections with the Calypso Trading and Risk Management Platform

• Accenture Improves a Client’s Operations in Emerging Markets Using End-To-End Solutions and Kondor+ Trading Technology

• Accenture is Helping ICAP Develop and Maintain its EU Credit-Trading Platform