Rival Systems Named Best Market Risk Solution Provider in the 2026 Waters Technology Rankings

Industry recognition highlights Rival's leadership in real-time, multi-asset enterprise risk management

CHICAGO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Rival Systems, a leading provider of enterprise trading and risk management technology for institutional firms, today announced that it has been named Best Market Risk Solution Provider in the 2026 Waters Technology Rankings.

The award recognizes Rival's continued innovation in enterprise risk management and its unwavering commitment to delivering sophisticated technology backed by exceptional client service. This latest recognition follows previous Waters Technology Rankings wins in 2022, 2023, and 2024, further demonstrating Rival's longstanding leadership in institutional risk management.

Designed for professional risk managers, traders, and financial institutions, Rival Risk provides real-time, 24/7, enterprise-wide risk management across futures, equities, options, event contracts, fixed income, spot FX, FX forwards, and crypto from a single, fully hosted cloud platform. The system enables firms to continuously monitor exposures and analyze custom market scenarios to make better-informed trading and capital allocation decisions.

Key Capabilities

• Monitor enterprise-wide risk across futures, equities, options, event contracts, fixed income, spot FX, FX forwards, and digital assets in real time.
• Receive configurable real-time alerts as market conditions and portfolio exposures change.
• Calculate intraday Monte Carlo-based Value at Risk (VaR) and Conditional Value at Risk (cVaR) in seconds using current positions, live market volatility, and Rival’s proprietary constant maturity covariance matrix.
• Create stress tests using fixed-price moves, percentage changes, standard deviation shocks, and implied volatility scenarios.
• Configure scenarios by product category, symbol, market capitalization, sector, or time to expiration.
• Upload proposed trades to instantly evaluate their impact on VaR and portfolio risk before execution.

"We are honored to once again be recognized by Waters Technology Rankings," said Rob D'Arco, Chief Executive Officer of Rival Systems. "This award reflects the dedication of our entire team and, most importantly, the trust our clients place in us every day. Our focus has always been on delivering sophisticated enterprise risk management tools that provide real-time insight across every major asset class, while pairing that technology with the responsive client service that has become a hallmark of Rival. As markets become increasingly interconnected and operate around the clock, we remain committed to helping our clients understand and manage risk before it becomes a problem."

About Rival Systems

Rival Systems provides institutional-grade enterprise risk management and trading technology for professional trading firms, brokers, clearing firms, and financial institutions. Its cloud-based platform delivers real-time risk management, portfolio analytics, and multi-asset capabilities across futures, equities, options, fixed income, foreign exchange, and digital assets. Rival is committed to delivering innovative technology backed by exceptional client service to help clients manage risk with confidence.