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We’re delighted to announce Season Two of the popular Numerix podcast series, Trading Tomorrow: Navigating Trends in Capital Markets. Episode One will offer exciting conversation around society’s fascination with AI and what we can expect for the future of this technology.

The market has responded favorably to the transition to SOFR, with daily transaction volume underlying SOFR averaging more than $1 trillion, according to a report by the U.S. Department of the Treasury. However, working with SOFR is producing many operational, workflow and market-readiness challenges for financial institutions. In this blog, we share three of the top issues firms are encountering as they navigate SOFR adoption.

Over the past year, options trading volumes hit a record high. What’s more, nearly 50% of all S&P 500 options are now associated with zero day to expiration (0DTE) options specifically, surpassing those of all other options maturities. To look deeper into this topic, we recently held a solution webinar exploring the unique risk characteristics of same-day options.

Managing MBS investing is growing more complex by the day, placing risk concerns at the forefront for the buy-side and redefining the MBS landscape. But despite all the complexity, a recent Coalition Greenwich study finds that 67% of buy-side fixed-income professionals are poised to increase their MBS volume in 2024.

How can we better understand the key drivers of profit and loss –and use that information to fuel improved decision-making? To tackle this question, Numerix hosted a solution-based webinar, PnL Explain: Strategic Trading Book Insights for Traders, Risk Managers & Other Stakeholders. In case you missed our live session, we've packaged up the top takeaways in today’s blog.