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MEET FIS MARKET
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MEET FIS MARKET DATA ANALYZER - ENERGY EDITION
Reliable, fundamental research with data as a service (DaaS)
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Forecasting, Analysis, Modeling, Environment
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Over 100 qualified vendors with eyes on the market
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Value-added insights from
S&P Global Platts
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Broad real-time and historical data coverage
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Data and risk management, analysis and visualization
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The five pillars of data management
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Insurance Risk Management without Compromise
DaaS case study: Confidence in data integrity
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Comprehensive support and maintenance
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Get risk right with risk as a service (RaaS)
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Drive better decision-making and improve your ROI
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Value-added insights from Argus
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Insurance Risk Management without Compromise
The number of moving targets in energy and commodity trading have long been a source of industry concern. Price volatility, changing market sentiment, weather, politics and the creditworthiness of individual trading partners combine to manifest ever-present risk.
The need for analysis is infinite. With so many variables, where do you begin? Consider:
THE FIVE PILLARS OF
DATA MANAGEMENT
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The truth is, not many firms can answer yes to all these questions. Which is why it’s time to consider FIS® Market Data Analyzer – Energy Edition (formerly MarketMap Energy).
DID YOU KNOW?
Insurance companies are more aware than ever of the wealth of information at their disposal. Their ability to extract value from data using advanced analytics has become critical to competitive advantage. For actuaries, the pressure is on to gain greater insights from big data and rapidly transform modeling results into business intelligence.
Jonathan Silverman
Director of insurance solutions, Microsoft
Insurers are recognizing the value of having access to unlimited compute capacity for risk modeling and . . . making substantial cost savings with infrastructure related to the risk modeling workload.
A trade may require 20+ curves and 5+ data sources before executing.
MEET FIS MARKET DATA ANALYZER - ENERGY EDITION
Some firms monitor 1000+ public websites for production, statistical and logistical information.
True or false?
Do you have a proven process to gather and structure the endlessly changing data sources, compile curves and stream them to your trading desk on-demand?
Can you assure data integrity, comparatively test data points and perform accuracy checks while creating reliable forward curves?
Do users throughout the organization have a reliable data delivery system that enhances decision input, creates continuity and supports the business?
Are your tools for historical and trend analysis, price curves, spread-curves and other analytics centralized, automated and able to perform ad-hoc and bespoke analysis?
Are you effectively tracking the who, when and how of data usage to ensure public and shareholder trust, brand integrity and regulatory compliance?
The truth is, not many firms can answer yes to all these questions. Which is why it’s time to consider FIS® Market Data Analyzer – Energy Edition (formerly MarketMap Energy).
Auditing
Analysis
Access
Accuracy
Aggregation
A trade may require
20+ curves and 5+ data sources before executing.
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Market data
Data management
Data as a service (DaaS)
Risk as a service (RaaS)
Support
With our ETRM integration and web publishing abilities, you can meet all of your organization’s data needs.
DID YOU KNOW?
Harshad Kolpyakwar
Director of Product Management, FIS
Market Data Analyzer – Energy Edition’s technology and wide data coverage, combined with FIS’ market experience and industry expertise, give clients bespoke solutions that help maximize revenue generation, reduce data cost and save time.
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You need external data from a variety of sources as well as internal, proprietary data if you want to make informed, compliant trading decisions. So, we developed Market Data Analyzer – Energy Edition, a user friendly, web-based interface designed to help clients of all technical levels easily navigate, chart and analyze energy market data.
The solution’s modular plug-and-play design allows you to purchase and use only the tools and functionality you need, simplifying deployment and controlling cost, without the need for expensive consulting and rework.
Our infrastructure’s scale and presence across security, hosting and cloud operations, security focus, customer support and advancements in trends and technology are baked into the solution, along with the capabilities of our qualified business partners. No other solution does more to simplify the complexities of today’s evolving energy and commodities marketplace on a single platform than Market Data Analyzer – Energy Edition.
DATA AND RISK MANAGEMENT, ANALYSIS AND VISUALIZATION
Insurance Risk Management without Compromise
With so much costly, inflexible IT to manage, your on-site infrastructure could be holding you back.
DID YOU KNOW?
Jonathan Silverman
Director of insurance solutions, Microsoft
Insurers are recognizing the value of having access to unlimited compute capacity for risk modeling and . . . making substantial cost savings with infrastructure related to the risk modeling workload.
And all the while, you’ll need to keep taking care of both the hardware and the software that it’s running, as well as managing all the operational risk. Plus, while your staff may get to know the system, when they move on they take their expertise with them.
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Leaving infrastructure sitting idle for 75 percent of the time and charging you for the privilege.
computing power needed
5x more
Most risk and regulatory calculations happen at peak times, such as quarter and year ends, when systems may need five times more computing power than in quieter periods.
MEET FIS MARKET DATA ANALYZER - ENERGY EDITION
Altogether,
Market Data Analyzer – Energy Edition incorporates
As a market data provider, FIS® provides over 400 data feeds, including global asset classes, financial instruments, pricing, and end-of-day and real-time information, with 15 new feeds added every month. These cover the full spectrum of energy and commodity sectors on a single platform, including:
DID YOU KNOW?
FIS collates a comprehensive collection of data feeds into a single platform for consumption via real-time, snap-feed API, Excel Add-in and HTML5 views.
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It’s been said that data is the new oil. In the energy and commodities business,
that analogy is especially apt.
Market Data Analyzer – Energy Edition combines external, internal, exchange, broker, proprietary and custom data feeds into one consolidated, aggregated data repository. Our high-performance database and data management capabilities export and import data with equal flexibility, enhancing analysis and curve management.
FIS has been pioneering data quality processes for over 25 years, providing thousands of users with a fully integrated, managed data service. Our Data Quality Service Model (DQSM) forms the foundation for all data quality directives and details the quality checks and performance standards applied to all data acquired by Market Data Analyzer – Energy Edition.
With Market Data Analyzer – Energy Edition, you have a single source of truth for comprehensive analysis and reporting.
BROAD REAL-TIME AND HISTORICAL DATA COVERAGE
Insurance Risk Management without Compromise
With so much costly, inflexible IT to manage, your on-site infrastructure could be holding you back.
DID YOU KNOW?
Jonathan Silverman
Director of insurance solutions, Microsoft
Insurers are recognizing the value of having access to unlimited compute capacity for risk modeling and . . . making substantial cost savings with infrastructure related to the risk modeling workload.
Are you ready to join the highest flyers?
43%
According to FIS’ research, 43 percent of the fastest-growing insurance companies have migrated one or more mission-critical applications to the public cloud, compared to just 30 percent of the rest of the industry.
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MEET FIS MARKET DATA ANALYZER - ENERGY EDITION
Coal
Metals
Softs
Petrochemicals
Agricultural markets
Financial markets
Weather
Energy derivatives
Oil
Freight
Refinery yields
Natural gas
Power
Emissions
ESG(new)
Shipping
Energy Fundamental
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Our comprehensive energy and commodities market data coverage is amplified by a multitude of leading market data providers that add value to Market Data Analyzer – Energy Edition. Foremost among them are:
VALUE-ADDED INSIGHTS FROM S&P GLOBAL PLATTS
Insurance Risk Management without Compromise
Are you ready to join the highest flyers?
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According to FIS’ research, 43 percent of the fastest-growing insurance companies have migrated one or more mission-critical applications to the public cloud, compared to just 30 percent of the rest of the industry.
With so much costly, inflexible IT to manage, your on-site infrastructure could be holding you back.
DID YOU KNOW?
Jonathan Silverman
Director of insurance solutions, Microsoft
Insurers are recognizing the value of having access to unlimited compute capacity for risk modeling and . . . making substantial cost savings with infrastructure related to the risk modeling workload.
MEET FIS MARKET DATA ANALYZER - ENERGY EDITION
S&P Global Platts provides real-time commentary, news, alerts and streaming market data to Market Data Analyzer – Energy Edition users. S&P Global Platts is a division of S&P Global Inc. and a trusted provider of information, benchmark prices and analytics for energy and commodities markets. For over 100 years, Platts has brought clarity and transparency to energy and commodities markets, enabling companies, governments and individuals to act with conviction based on facts.
Our comprehensive energy and commodities market data coverage is amplified with rich data provided by market-leading providers - including S&P Global Platts - adding value to Market Data Analyzer – Energy Edition.
Joerg Gerth
Head of Channel & Strategic Alliances, S&P Global Platts
The partnership enables FIS users to maximize the full breadth of S&P Global Platts market leading energy and commodity data in a more efficient way.
S&P Global Platts has more than 12,000 public and private sector organizations in over 190 countries benefit from S&P Global Platts services.
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Our comprehensive energy and commodities market data coverage is amplified by a multitude of leading market data providers that add value to Market Data Analyzer – Energy Edition. Foremost among them are:
VALUE-ADDED INSIGHTS
FROM ARGUS
Insurance Risk Management without Compromise
Are you ready to join the highest flyers?
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43%
According to FIS’ research, 43 percent of the fastest-growing insurance companies have migrated one or more mission-critical applications to the public cloud, compared to just 30 percent of the rest of the industry.
With so much costly, inflexible IT to manage, your on-site infrastructure could be holding you back.
DID YOU KNOW?
Jonathan Silverman
Director of insurance solutions, Microsoft
Insurers are recognizing the value of having access to unlimited compute capacity for risk modeling and . . . making substantial cost savings with infrastructure related to the risk modeling workload.
MEET FIS MARKET DATA ANALYZER - ENERGY EDITION
Expanding the scope of Market Data Analyzer – Energy Edition, provides more than 25,000 price assessments from across the globe for key commodity sectors.
Argus Media is a leading independent provider of price assessments and business intelligence widely used in the energy and commodity markets. Energy and commodity companies, governments, banks, regulators and other organizations around the world use Argus Media data to index physical trade and as benchmarks in financial derivative markets. Their prices are used as trusted reference points that bring transparency to physical supply and derivative contracts for market-to-market purposes, as an indication of value for tax assessment, risk management and strategic analysis, and planning.
Adrian Binks
Chairman and CEO, Argus Media
Our work in every sector that we cover, from oil to fertilizers, metals to petrochemicals, biofuels to renewables, is used to shed light on opaque and emerging markets. Our price assessments are accepted as accurate and reliable indicators of the true value of a commodity. They are widely used in physical and derivative markets internationally and our transparent and market-appropriate methodologies meet the highest regulatory standards.
Argus Media publishes more than 25,000 price assessments from across the globe for key commodity sectors and has been collecting data for more than 50 years.
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FIS® Market Data Analyzer Forecasting, Analysis, Modeling, Environment (FAME) is an analytic database management system that optimizes the storage, management and analysis of time series data across larger and larger data sets that are changing over time.
It includes a time-series database container and a variety of tools and APIs to read, write and analyze data content with great efficiency.
Unlike relational databases, Market Data Analyzer runs analytics and data storage in the same process, providing on-the-fly statistical transformations in lightweight fashion. It includes its own programming language with built-in reporting and graphing capabilities. And, the database can grow automatically as new data points and data objects are added.
Because Market Data Analyzer can execute sophisticated, transparent time scale conversions very fast, it is extremely useful when performing data design, notification, enrichment, rule-based validation and delivery alert operations, as well as curves
and calculations.
What’s more, its simplified user interface makes navigating Market Data Analyzer – Energy Edition’s various modules both intuitive and easy.
FORECASTING, ANALYSIS, MODELING, ENVIRONMENT
Insurance Risk Management without Compromise
Are you ready to join the highest flyers?
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43%
According to FIS’ research, 43 percent of the fastest-growing insurance companies have migrated one or more mission-critical applications to the public cloud, compared to just 30 percent of the rest of the industry.
With so much costly, inflexible IT to manage, your on-site infrastructure could be holding you back.
DID YOU KNOW?
Jonathan Silverman
Director of insurance solutions, Microsoft
Insurers are recognizing the value of having access to unlimited compute capacity for risk modeling and . . . making substantial cost savings with infrastructure related to the risk modeling workload.
MEET FIS MARKET DATA ANALYZER - ENERGY EDITION
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FIS managed services team perform 1.3M+ data validation corrections per month.
True or false?
Market Data Analyzer – Energy Edition’s
FIS managed services perform 1.3M+ data analytical platform has been benchmarked as 2.5-11.5 times faster than relational database management systems when working with one year’s worth of business data.
analytics read speed increased by 3.5 to seven times when working with the entire history of data.
Market Data Analyzer – Energy Edition’s
• Thousands of aggregated curves and
hundreds of data sources
• Accurate, meticulously prepared
information for creating forward curves
• Access to reliable data delivery across
the organization
• Analysis to support business decisions
• Full auditing of “who, when and how”
data usage
DID YOU KNOW?
High quality data that’s supported by our energy and commodity data experts can reduce your operational risk and cost.
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Our data as a service (DaaS) adds value to alternative and fundamental data research. You can access global, comprehensive, real-time and historical data alongside news and analytics in a lightweight application that’s managed by our team on a follow-the-sun basis.
DaaS also allows you to store and process unstructured data from a wide range of previously unsupported public and proprietary sources, leveraging highly novel machine learning models, Optical Character Recognition (OCR) and non-tabular database management techniques.
It can be deployed offshore or on-site based on your needs, relieving internal researchers and data scientists from having to scrape websites, translate languages, reformat inputs and clean data.
Plus, you can minimize the labor and cost involved in transforming fundamental research into useful insights – while also attaining a more reliable information stream.
RELIABLE, FUNDAMENTAL RESEARCH WITH DATA AS A SERVICE
We deliver instant access to 1000+ feeds in multiple formats with tens of new feeds added monthly.
Insurance Risk Management without Compromise
With so much costly, inflexible IT to manage, your on-site infrastructure could be holding you back.
DID YOU KNOW?
Jonathan Silverman
Director of insurance solutions, Microsoft
Insurers are recognizing the value of having access to unlimited compute capacity for risk modeling and . . . making substantial cost savings with infrastructure related to the risk modeling workload.
Are you ready to join the highest flyers?
43%
According to FIS’ research, 43 percent of the fastest-growing insurance companies have migrated one or more mission-critical applications to the public cloud, compared to just 30 percent of the rest of the industry.
32%
MEET FIS MARKET DATA ANALYZER - ENERGY EDITION
DaaS provides a complete fundamental research data factory that effectively and efficiently supports decision-makers and includes
Hand every aspect of complex modeling technology to an expert provider and you'll reep the benefits:
Managed cloud services give you the power and scalability of a sophisticated actuarial modeling and risk management platform, but reduce the challenges, costs and risks of provisioning infrastructure and managing the underlying IT.
DID YOU KNOW?
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The good news is that if you’re outgrowing your traditional, on-premise IT setup, you can easily remove many of its costs, risks and limitations by moving your insurance risk management platform to a managed cloud service.
Imagine the ability to deliver both speed and scale in an elastic actuarial modeling environment you can bend to your will. Factor in the move from capex to opex, which will instantly reduce your total cost of ownership. And with software delivered straight from the cloud to the desktop, you’ll save tremendous time and risk by handing every aspect of complex modeling technology to an expert provider.
Things are looking up. But there’s more than one kind of cloud service to consider.
DATA AS A SERVICE CASE STUDY: CONFIDENCE IN DATA INTEGRITY
deliver speed and scale
save time
eliminate risk
Insurance Risk Management without Compromise
Are you ready to join the highest flyers?
32%
43%
According to FIS’ research, 43 percent of the fastest-growing insurance companies have migrated one or more mission-critical applications to the public cloud, compared to just 30 percent of the rest of the industry.
With so much costly, inflexible IT to manage, your on-site infrastructure could be holding you back.
DID YOU KNOW?
Jonathan Silverman
Director of insurance solutions, Microsoft
Insurers are recognizing the value of having access to unlimited compute capacity for risk modeling and . . . making substantial cost savings with infrastructure related to the risk modeling workload.
MEET FIS MARKET DATA ANALYZER - ENERGY EDITION
FIS has the ability to source and store meter data from metering service providers.
The client has effectively improved its decision-making, lowered costs and reduced risk. They now have 100% confidence in the quality and integrity of their data
because of the comprehensive
FIS solution.
Results
FIS delivered the required data feeds in a phased approach on its hosted environment using Market Data Analyzer – Energy Edition’s 4GL programming language. The proof-of-concept demonstrated how the data could be converted into suitable format, loaded onto FIS servers and accessed by users. FIS provided additional feeds in phases and provided ongoing 24/7 support, including all language translations within a pre-defined managed services contract.
Solution
Website formats, URLs and data models change frequently. Monitoring the websites in real time would be expensive and time-consuming. Missed errors could be costly. The firm wanted to add 1,200 new data feeds. And translating non-English data into English required specialized resources.
Challenges
A global European energy and commodity trading company required accurate market insights to support traders, strategists and risk managers. They wanted a user friendly, self-service data lake from which to pull time series data on demand. Data would need to be imported from over 1,000 websites, multiple exchanges and brokers, and non-English data would need to be translated into English.
Situation
DID YOU KNOW?
With increasingly complex risk models, you can more easily meet regulatory requirements and optimize their margins by leveraging external expertise.
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You can address risk too with our risk as a service (RaaS) offering, which is powered by FIS Market Data Analyzer – Energy Edition’s time-series data warehouse and DaaS model.
RaaS is a comprehensive service that’s designed to deliver efficiencies in performing calculations, calibrating models, managing data and locating the drivers of risk. Its modular, web-based design integrates risk management in harmony with your organization, drawing on a single source of data to improve visibility across asset classes.
RaaS helps you make better decisions based on better insights into risk.
GET RISK RIGHT WITH RISK AS A SERVICE
Andrew Woods
Head of Risk Services, FIS Cross-Asset Trading and Risk
With RaaS, institutions can rely on expert quantitative skills and knowledge without the burden of retaining costly talent or maintaining the calculations.
Insurance Risk Management without Compromise
With so much costly, inflexible IT to manage, your on-site infrastructure could be holding you back.
DID YOU KNOW?
Jonathan Silverman
Director of insurance solutions, Microsoft
Insurers are recognizing the value of having access to unlimited compute capacity for risk modeling and . . . making substantial cost savings with infrastructure related to the risk modeling workload.
Are you ready to join the highest flyers?
43%
According to FIS’ research, 43 percent of the fastest-growing insurance companies have migrated one or more mission-critical applications to the public cloud, compared to just 30 percent of the rest of the industry.
32%
MEET FIS MARKET DATA ANALYZER - ENERGY EDITION
Data services: Sourcing, cleaning, proxying and validating market data to power advance risk calculations
Quantitative support: Expert assistance with checking data inputs, calibrating risk models and ensuring results
Model calibrations: Monthly risk-model calibrations, taking pressure off in-house quantitative teams
Cloud hosting: Host in the cloud on our hardware, highly secure, scaled and tailored to your needs and infinitely flexible
Building on our pedigree of over 25 years creating industry leading risk calculations for global financial institutions, RaaS incorporates
New FIS clients onboarded since June 2019
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FIS Market Data Analyzer – Energy Edition offers a true front-to-middle-to-back-office solution for managing market data and risk with high efficiency and effectiveness.
That’s because FIS backs it up 100% with implementation options ranging from on-premises to hybrid to fully hosted on the cloud, plus follow-the-sun, 24x7 support and maintenance capabilities promising four levels of response time:
COMPREHENSIVE SUPPORT AND MAINTENANCE
Insurance Risk Management without Compromise
Are you ready to join the highest flyers?
32%
43%
According to FIS’ research, 43 percent of the fastest-growing insurance companies have migrated one or more mission-critical applications to the public cloud, compared to just 30 percent of the rest of the industry.
With so much costly, inflexible IT to manage, your on-site infrastructure could be holding you back.
DID YOU KNOW?
Jonathan Silverman
Director of insurance solutions, Microsoft
Insurers are recognizing the value of having access to unlimited compute capacity for risk modeling and . . . making substantial cost savings with infrastructure related to the risk modeling workload.
MEET FIS MARKET DATA ANALYZER - ENERGY EDITION
Leverage our team of expert consultants to integrate Market Data Analyzer - Energy Edition into your existing infrastructure.
Total FIS Market Data Suite installations as
of January 2021
1,115
Covers customization support, maintenance and custom delivery
Consulting support
Covers hosting, hardware, 99.75 availability, disaster recovery, infrastructure, sizing, security and VPN service
Hosting and cloud support
Covers systems and process monitoring, alerts, application and server availability, system health checks and external connectivity assurance
Operations support
Covers product issues, communication, questions, requests, enhancements, upgrades and database administration
Application support
All that comes with our deep energy and commodity domain expertise, global service access and technology experience and resources – wrapped in a guaranteed managed services contract.
Start wherever you are today and scale up at your own pace. Our modular approach to market data and risk management is designed to take you to the next level safely and surely.
