Joe Jones

The Block Division

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Joe Jones

Chief Technology Officer for

The Block Division
Driving technology innovation and
product strategy for the block
products
Led successful Risk projects for tier
one. Previously, Joe also helped
build a full Basel II compliant Risk
platform

Why Use Blocks?

Consolidate information from multiple trading

systems
Remove dependence on spreadsheets
Analyze large volumes of Risk data
Get rid of long batch cycles
Provide flexible ad-hoc reporting engine
Improve Credit and Market Risk Reporting and
Analysis
Enhance analysis of Commodity Flow and
Liquidity

Who is Using Blocks?

Where Does a Block Fit in Our Companys Landscape?

Analysis
Credit Risk
Market Risk
Positions
REAL TIM
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Self Service Reporting

A well constructed block gives business users the ability to easily construct
and share their own report views on their data without the involvement of IT
Canned
Reports

Who knows best IT or the business user?

Enable business users to be a part of an
Agile BI cycle
IT

What is the view of Audit and Control?

Effective use of visualization, block browsing
and reporting tools

Risk
Managers
Ad hoc
Reports

Calculation or Analytics Engine

CLEAN:
Failed valuations
FRONT OFFICE SYSTEMS
Calculation
Sensitivities

MARKET DATA

CATEGORIZE:
Standard Taxonomy
Calculation
Stresses

ENRICH Market derived

sensitivities and liquidity, VaR

GOLDEN
SOURCE

DISAGGREGATE
Indexes
TRANSFORM Volatility Indexes
and commodity ETFs

Calculation
Volatilities
& Volumes

AGGREGATE
On the fly?
REFERENCE DATA
Outside the Block
Inside the Block
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Block Intelligence Products

Credit Risk
Market Risk
Scoring
Commodity Flow
Positions
Treasury
Reference Data
Management
Workflow

Visualization

REPORTING
and
VISUALIZATION

Questions? Q/A

Thank you

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