Machine Learning and Analytics

The need for comprehensive risk management has never been greater. As the use of complex derivative instruments continues to increase, so does the need to effectively model, measure and manage the attendant risks - be it market risk, interest rate risk, credit risk, liquidity risk, counterparty risk or just about any form of risk that has the potential to render entire portfolios worthless overnight.

Risk management is no longer a post-trade activity - rather, it needs to be delivered in real-time, pre-trade. But, implementing a responsive, real-time risk management programme is not easy. Changing regulatory regimes, computational complexity, inflexible risk frameworks, poorly calibrated volatility surfaces and interest rate models, and limited visualization capabilities are just some of the challenges that risk managers must contend with.

At Forward Measure, we're working on developing the most flexible and comprehensive risk management solutions, delivered as a Platform as a Service. Whether you are a buy- or sell- side firm in need of a Credit Valuation Adjustment (CVA) platform, an issuer of indexed annuities looking to implement a modern Asset Liability Management programme, or a fund manager in need of a portfolio stress-testing framework, you can look to us. We apply modern financial methods and techniques in conjunction with hardware accelerated computing, big data analytics, low-latency storage and high performance computing to reduce run-times to minutes and seconds from hours to days.

To learn more, email us at pn@forwardmeasure.com

About ForwardMeasure

ForwardMeasure was founded in 2013 and is headquartered in New York City. We are a speciliased consultancy, providing technology strategy and implementation services in Capital Markets and Health Care. Over the years, Forward Measure has established a stellar track record of delivery and innovation in Capital Markets and Banking.

Our Services

We provide high-value consulting services that enable our C-level clients deliver on their business and technology strategy initiatives. We are not a pure-play technology consultancy; rather, we are driven by our clients' business strategies and goals, and deliver optimal technology and operational strategy and implementation services designed to achieve them.

Prashanth Nandavanam, CEO

Prashanth is a hands-on, business-driven technologist specialising in the design and implementation of high-performance applications in Capital Markets, Banking and Insurance. He has established a 20+ year track record of hands-on innovation and delivery, with particular experience in the areas of High Frequency and Quantitative Trading, Asset Liability Management, Wealth Management, Market Data Management and Reference Data Management. His technology expertise spans Machine Learning, Complex Event Processing, Low-Latency Architectures, SOA/Distributed Component Architectures, Distributed Data Grids, Relational and modern (NoSQL, Graph, Columnar) data-stores. Prashanth is as comfortable developing code and designing complex systems as he is programme-managing large-scale business and technology initiatives.

Mr. Nandavanam is an avid sailor, cricketer, and designer of high-end cashmere scarves. He has been a resident of New York City since the late 1990s.