Kasikorn Securities Selects ICE for Enhanced Portfolio Analytics and Risk Management for Derivatives

Intercontinental Exchange, Inc. (NYSE: ICE), a leading global provider of technology and data, today announced that Kasikorn Securities, part of the Kasikorn Bank Group, a leading financial services provider in Thailand, has chosen ICE’s Portfolio Analytics-Derivatives for pre-trade pricing, analytics and post-trade risk management.

"At Kasikorn Securities, we aim to deliver innovative and customer-centric financial services for our clients, and by working with ICE, we can deliver financial products that fit our clients’ market views with the pricing and analytics needed to make timely investment decisions,” said Yongyut Meepetchdee, Kasikorn Securities. “With ICE’s comprehensive derivatives solution, we can also help our clients with idea generation and customized product design around a variety of OTC derivative instruments, including exotic options, embedded in structured products originated by Kasikorn Securities.”

With access to ICE’s portfolio analytics application for derivatives, Kasikorn Securities can analyze holdings at both a single security and portfolio level, with data and analytics covering multiple asset classes. ICE’s derivatives solution will be integrated into Kasikorn’s order management system, and will assist in pre-trade price discovery, decision support tools, risk management and analytics across a wide range of asset classes and instruments.

“As firms look for new ways to serve the evolving needs of their customers, we are pleased to work with Kasikorn Securities to help them meet their clients’ trading, regulatory and risk management needs,” said Magnus Cattan, Head of Client Development, Asia Pacific at ICE. “With our suite of derivatives services, we’re able to provide firms like Kasikorn with a one-stop-shop for clients’ derivatives needs, from pre-trade pricing and analytics tools to measuring and managing post-trade risk.”

For derivatives, ICE offers cross-asset analytical solutions, market data and valuation capabilities with more than 16 years of historical data. ICE’s derivatives valuation and analytics capabilities, which include access to pricing and analytics solutions for structured products and OTC positions, can help enable firms like Kasikorn to provide indicative quotes to clients with live market data and to measure the market risk of their investments.