Capitolis Continues Strong Momentum with SA-CCR Optimization and Capital Savings

Recent progress includes growing the network to 70% of the largest global banks and driving over $1.4 trillion in savings since the beginning of the year, with increasing benefit every month

NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Capitolis, the technology company reimagining financial markets, has gained strong momentum by doubling the number of banks taking part in its Standardized Approach for Counterparty Credit Risk (SA-CCR) runs since the beginning of 2022. Capitolis has maintained a frequent cadence of compression runs, helping this strong network of global banks reduce over $1.4 trillion in SA-CCR effective notional since the beginning of the year. Capitolis’ momentum was apparent in its recent SA-CCR run which provided clients five times the effective notional benefit than they received in the first run. The network continues to expand and both existing and new clients are seeing increased benefits from the network effect.

After a strong first half of the year, Capitolis was named “Best Compression/Optimization Service for FX” at the June 2022 FX Markets e-FX Awards, which seeks to recognize firms that have set the bar in electronic foreign exchange trading with skill, dedication, and creativity.

“The last 6 months at Capitolis have been exciting and fast-paced as the industry adapts to the rollout of SA-CCR, and we have seen great momentum in our business over a short period of time,” said Gil Mandelzis, CEO & Founder, Capitolis. “We are growing our network every month and our pipeline is extremely strong. We are looking forward to rolling out additional optimization services to our growing community over the next few months further supporting healthy and safe markets.”

The new SA-CCR framework, the primary capital and leverage measure for much of the financial industry, has been phased in globally over the last few years to provide a single, standardized method by which financial institutions will be required to measure exposures and ultimately manage and capitalize against. Capitolis’ optimization exercises are delivering significant reductions in exposures calculated under SA-CCR.

“Capitolis has been a trusted partner helping us appropriately manage our regulatory requirements and free up capital through our portfolio optimization runs with them,” said Tobias Krause, Senior Managing Director, State Street.

Capitolis’ focus for the remainder of the year is on introducing new innovations to enhance its offering, with the goal of expanding its network of participants. Advances to algorithms will drive better benefits for existing and new clients under SA-CCR.

ABOUT CAPITOLIS

We believe the financial markets can and should work for everyone. Capitolis is the technology company reimagining how capital markets operate by unlocking capital constraints and enabling greater access to more diversified capital and investment opportunities. Rooted in advanced technology and deep financial expertise, Capitolis powers groundbreaking financial solutions that drive growth for global and regional banks – and institutional investors alike. Capitolis is backed by world class venture capital firms, including Canapi Ventures, 9Yards Capital, SVB Capital, Andreessen Horowitz (a16z), Index Ventures, Sequoia Capital, Spark Capital, and S Capital, as well as leading global banks such as J.P. Morgan, Citi and State Street.

Founded in 2017, our team brings decades of experience in launching successful startups, technology and financial services and is growing rapidly from our offices in New York, London and Tel Aviv. For more information, please visit our website at www.capitolis.com or follow us on LinkedIn.