For financial services companies, effective and accurate risk management processes are crucial for both financial and operational performance, as well as for compliance.

The key for gaining visibility into risk exposure is real-time data analysis. The underlying challenge stems from the ability to ingest, process, and analyze massive volumes of data, stored in siloed systems and sources. Often times, the IT infrastructure that powers global financial institutions fall short in supporting the growing need for big data, real-time risk analysis.

This case study explains how a U.S.-based Fortune-100 financial firm has addressed the challenge of managing risk in equities trading, with the GigaSpaces SmartDIH. The solution included a dashboard that provided traders with a real-time view of 7 million risk assets, incorporating 100 million risk factors – each re-calculated multiple times a day based on market changes.

Read this case study to learn how this leading global financial firm was able to improve its trading decisions based on accurate, real-time risk analysis.