Monitor and Manage Your Forward Position
In the current environment of increased risk hedging, data complexity, market volatility, and other challenges, a centralized commercial management platform is critical.
The IMOS Trading module provides a comprehensive view of your physical, paper, and net exposure to support better trading decisions, risk monitoring, and risk management. It allows you to manage physical freight commitments, cargo contracts, Forward Freight Agreements (FFAs), and options in one powerful, integrated system. Managers can access a clear, up-to-the-minute view of their positions across their entire portfolio-enabling them to evaluate risk exposure and adjust P&L expectations.
Business Benefits
- Monitor, manage, and report on risk across vessel type, cargo, trade area, counter party, trader, or specific trade strategy
- Calculate realized and unrealized P&L and mark-to-market values for all physical and financial contracts
- Immediately view the impact of new deals on the position and profitability of the trade book
- Expand the trade capture contracts administration capabilities of IMOS to more contract types
- Improve ability to aggregate contracts in a portfolio and match them to trades for hedging purposes
- Provide mechanisms for pricing the portfolio, including price data feeds to internal and external sources
- Define risk policy, including limits, credit ratings, thresholds, alerts,
and notifications - Monitor and report compliance with risk policy
- Run forecasts, stress tests, and sensitivity scenarios on the
company's P&L - Expand reports on exposure, P&L, MTM, VAR, credit risk, and changes as a result of trading and over time
- Incorporate credit ratings and trading limits
- Capture, confirm, settle, and invoice trades
