Deriscope

Deriscope

5.0 out of 5 stars
Risk Shell

Risk Shell

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Deriscope:

About

Deriscope is a locally installed Excel Add-In used for financial derivatives valuation purposes. It comes with an integrated user-friendly wizard that allows the user to create various important structures, such as yield and volatility curves and use them to price financial instruments such as options, bonds, interest rate swaps, swaptions, caps, floors, credit default swaps, inflation swaps, basket options etc. A large part of its analytics is carried out by well regarded open source financial libraries, such as QuantLib. Apart from the price and risk of the referenced instruments, Deriscope's output includes detailed cash flows and several quantities of interest and is accurate to within a fraction of a basis point. All daycount, calendar and other conventions are accounted for. Portfolios consisting of several thousands of single instruments can be effortlessly processed.
Risk Shell:

About

Risk Shell is a SaaS risk management and portfolio construction platform for hedge fund of funds and multi-asset investment portfolios. Some of the tools that are included in Risk Shell are: • Quantitative and qualitative asset screening and manager selection • Risk analytics delivering hundreds of statistics • Macroeconomic Scenario Screening™ • Multi-statistic and traditional Peer Group Analysis • Returns-Based Analysis and Holdings-Based Analysis • Portfolio optimization incl. market-neutral portfolio builder • Portfolio What-if analysis • Portfolio marginal risk contribution • Stochastic simulation and stress testing • Risk budgeting • Performance attribution analysis, style analysis and factor analysis • 50+ interactive charts • Shadow accounting for hedge Fund of Funds • CRM & Document management • Due Diligence tools designed for hedge funds
Deriscope:

Platforms Supported

Windows Supported
Mac Not Supported
Linux Not Supported
Cloud Not Supported
On-Premises Supported
iPhone Not Supported
iPad Not Supported
Android Not Supported
Chromebook Not Supported
Risk Shell:

Platforms Supported

Windows Not Supported
Mac Not Supported
Linux Not Supported
Cloud Supported
On-Premises Not Supported
iPhone Not Supported
iPad Not Supported
Android Not Supported
Chromebook Not Supported
Deriscope:

Audience

Primarily front office traders working in the banking and fund industry, but also model validators and consultants.
Risk Shell:

Audience

Fund of Funds, Fund of Hedge Funds, Family Offices, Advisors, Pension Funds etc.
Deriscope:

Support

Phone Support Not Supported
24/7 Live Support Not Supported
Online Supported
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Support

Phone Support Supported
24/7 Live Support Supported
Online Supported
Deriscope:

API

Offers API Not Supported
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API

Offers API Not Supported
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Screenshots and Videos

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Screenshots and Videos

Deriscope:

Pricing

$300/month/user
Free Version Not Supported
Free Trial Supported
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Pricing

No information available.
Free Version Not Supported
Free Trial Supported
Deriscope:

Reviews/Ratings

Overall 5.0 / 5
ease 4.8 / 5
features 4.8 / 5
design 5.0 / 5
support 5.0 / 5
Risk Shell:

Reviews/Ratings

Overall 0.0 / 5
ease 0.0 / 5
features 0.0 / 5
design 0.0 / 5
support 0.0 / 5

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Deriscope:

Pros & Cons from Real Users

Pros

  • - transparency of model parameters - selection of several model types - user-friendly interface - excel feature allows flexibility for market data inputs - can price several products
  • The add-in is really detailed and well designed so that it can be easily adapted for purposed large and small. My use case was very specific and likely not very common with typical users but between the add-in's functionality and the excellent support from the developer I was able to achieve the functionality I needed very easily and quickly.
  • Flexible and easy to use, spot on pricing, direct line with Ioannis to fix problems and developing new features.
  • Deriscope provides a suite of Excel-based derivatives pricing and analysis tools - after trialing and researching various products in the market (Bloomberg MARS, FINCAD, Murex to name a few) it became clear that Deriscope provided the greatest degree of customisability and therefore insight. Another advantage over competitors is the vast range of products and functions that are available. It avoids being a black-box pricing system unlike rival products and it is possible (if one wants and if one is brave!) to delve deep into the fundamentals of how the software works. Its user-friendly, object oriented nature makes it an excellent Excel-embedded solution that I would highly recommend. I would specifically recommend the premium version that makes available custom solutions and consulting - Ioannis has been extremely helpful in implementing new, more niche features.

Cons

  • None.
  • I do not really have anything negative to say about the product. Maybe the only thing would be that there is a bit of a learning curve at first use of the product but one you adapt it and become more familiar it is much easier to use. Also, some of the learning curve comes from the fact that the functionality is very robust and flexible.
  • At times it can be hard to run on a live / auto-refresh excel sheet.
  • There are very few negative points that I have encountered in my time using Deriscope - perhaps due to its far more involved and customisable nature, it will take slightly longer to onboard than, for example, Bloomberg MARS.
Deriscope:

Training

Documentation Supported
Webinars Not Supported
Live Online Supported
In Person Not Supported
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Training

Documentation Supported
Webinars Supported
Live Online Supported
In Person Not Supported
Deriscope:

Company Information

Deriscope
Founded: 2018
Germany
deriscope.com
Risk Shell:

Company Information

ABC Quant
Founded: 2005
United States
www.abcquant.com
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Categories

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Categories

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Financial Risk Management Features

Compliance Management Not Supported
Credit Risk Management Not Supported
For Hedge Funds Supported
Liquidity Analysis Supported
Loan Portfolio Management Not Supported
Market Risk Management Supported
Operational Risk Management Not Supported
Portfolio Management Supported
Portfolio Modeling Supported
Risk Analytics Benchmarks Supported
Stress Tests Supported
Value At Risk Calculation Supported

Hedge Fund Features

Compliance Management Not Supported
Contact Management Not Supported
Investor Accounting Supported
Investor Reporting Supported
P&L Calculation Supported
Partnership Accounting Not Supported
Performance Analysis Supported
Portfolio Analysis Supported
Portfolio Management Supported

Investment Management Features

Accounting Management Supported
Benchmarking Supported
Bonds / Stocks Not Supported
Client Management Not Supported
Commodities Not Supported
Compliance Reporting Not Supported
Data Import / Export Not Supported
For Investment Advisors Supported
For Investors & Traders Not Supported
Fund Management Supported
Modeling & Simulation Supported
Payroll & Commissions Not Supported
Performance Metrics Supported
Portfolio Management Supported
Risk Management Supported
Deriscope:

Integrations

Microsoft Excel Supported
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Integrations

Microsoft Excel Not Supported
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