What we help you achieve
- Upgrade Front Arena safely with predictable downtime and controlled risk
- Implement and extend Front Arena for new desks, asset classes, and workflows
- Integrate Front Arena with market data, back office, risk engines, and reporting stacks
- Improve performance, stability, and operability (monitoring, release process, regression testing)
- Provide expert support to keep mission‑critical environments running smoothly
Core focus areas
BUSINESS & QUANT
Front Arena Consulting
We support business, quant and control functions with practical deliverables — not just recommendations. From model validation and regulatory change to operational workflows, we help you move from requirements to implementation.
Risk Management
- Development of risk models and control procedures
- Regulatory requirements: Basel III, EMIR, SIMM, FRTB, IBOR reform
- Value at Risk (VaR)
- Limit management workflows
Valuation Models
- Development and validation for valuation and hedging
- XVA framework, SIMM optimisation
- Integration of proprietary valuation models in Front Arena
- P&L / attribution workflows
Back Office & Operations
- OTC confirmations matching
- Collateral management
- Trade actions and booking flows
- Front Arena accounting
System Integration & Infrastructure
- Selection and configuration of Front Arena components
- ARENA BI, ARENA WEB, PACE
- Architecture design and target-state blueprinting
- Audit and optimisation of existing configurations
TECHNICAL
Front Arena Development
We design, build and harden Front Arena solutions with a strong focus on maintainability, upgradeability and performance. We can support best practices across core components, accelerate delivery, and reduce operational overhead.
Prime
- Python scripting with AEF
- Custom ASQL queries
- Workbooks with AMAS/AFG
- Risk & scenario simulations (Scenario editor)
- GUI implementation with AUX
- Virtual Trading Manager sheets with ACI
- Upgrade preparation and workbook/script testing
AMAS / AFG
- (Hedge) orderflow setup
- Validation rules in AIMS
- FIX mapping and routing rules in AMAS‑Fix
- Order checks in OMNI
- Debugging with TNPFind
- FIX gateways to external systems
AMBA / XMBA / TAB
- Instrument / trade / orderbook generation in XMBA
- TAB setup and AMBA hooks customisation
- Optimisation of existing AMBA hooks
- XMBA testing for new releases
Performance & Stability
- APS setup
- Workbook migration to PACE
- ADFL performance analysis
- Memory leak investigation
- Startup time improvements
How we work
Why MEG Analytics
01
Front Arena engineers with strong quantitative background in trading, risk and valuation — focused on delivery, not only advisory.
02
Experience across 10+ Front Arena estates in private banks, investment banks and hedge funds, including multi‑asset front‑to‑back setups.
03
In‑house accelerators for deployment, regression testing and release management, helping reduce delivery time and upgrade risk.
04
Structured delivery with strong project management and business analysis: requirements, planning, UAT support, cutover and post go‑live stabilization.
05
Process automation around Front Arena to reduce operational risk and ongoing support cost (controls, workflows, reporting, reconciliations).
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Flexible engagement models: project delivery, team extension, and managed support — with clear scope and accountability.
