Services and solutions
Finance area
SKIPPER Informatica designs and develops desktop software applications for the analysis and valuation of the bond market. These applications connect to the main information providers (Bloomberg, LSEG Refinitiv Workspace, Infront Finance, e-Class, etc.) to acquire—also in real time—prices, FX rates and yield curves required for the calculations.
Our desktop applications are aimed at financial institutions and the various fixed income functions: funding, trading, back office, branch desks, advisory desks, as well as treasury and securities portfolio management control.
WinBond
For the analysis and valuation of the bond market. It offers a wide range of features and runs on a carefully maintained and continuously updated securities master database.
WinPort
For monitoring and management control of the institution’s investment portfolio, both from an operational and an accounting perspective (IFRS 9).
TOL / Internet Banking
Our reference data and calculations are published on leading online trading and internet banking platforms.
Security Sheet
The Security Sheet is a daily PDF report featuring bond data, analysis and risk metrics. It is available via web service and can be integrated into advisory and internet banking platforms.
WinPort
The ideal tool for reliable and comprehensive portfolio monitoring both operational and tax-related designed for treasurers and securities portfolio managers at banking, insurance and financial institutions.
Powered by buy/sell transactions, it complements the institution’s administrative system, providing features for management control and tax analysis in compliance with statutory accounting and IFRS 9.
Historical performance over any period, broken down by security type and by components (realized income, capital gains and interest income)
Forward-looking performance under different interest-rate and FX scenarios
Yield to maturity and risk metrics
Daily Value at Risk (VaR) calculation (Price VaR and Rate VaR), for both the overall portfolio and individual securities, using the desired confidence level and time horizon
Accurate cash-flow reporting, with daily recalculation of indexed coupons
Statistics and simulations
TOL / Internet Banking
Our reference data and calculations are distributed on leading online trading and internet banking platforms.
Real-time yields calculated on ASK prices make it possible to monitor markets to identify opportunities and assess risks, relying on data that are always up to date, accurate and widely accepted by the financial community.
Branches and distribution networks can also benefit from SKIPPER Informatica’s calculated data and analyses—made available through the institution’s corporate intranet—to add value and professionalism to day-to-day client interactions.
SKIPPER Informatica’s yields are available in real time on leading online trading systems and internet banking services.
Security Sheet
The Security Sheet is generated daily in PDF format and includes the security’s master data, cash flows up to maturity and, for all listed securities, an assessment of income parameters, risk indicators (VaR, Modified Duration, etc.), historical performance and graphical trends of market data, yields and spreads.
The Security Sheet can also be enhanced with a Descriptive Sheet, which provides a narrative summary of the bond’s features, as well as an additional page outlining the risks—both calculated and descriptive—arising from the purchase of the bond.
The service is available via web service, and all Security Sheet data are also made available as files within online trading (TOL) and internet banking platforms to complete the information provided to clients and advisors.
Advisors and Private Bankers
Our products and services support financial advisors and private bankers in their daily analysis of financial markets, providing a complete and in-depth view of the fixed income market.
Bonds are often held in clients’ custody (administered) accounts; therefore, it is important to have effective tools to offer clients advice based on highly reliable data and analysis.
SkipperBond
It is a complete and reliable solution for fixed income information and bond market analysis, designed to support financial advisory activities for private clients. The breadth of financial information, application features, and the scope of the securities master database can be customized to deliver the most effective solutions for different types of users: branch advisors, private bankers, independent advisors, and financial advisory firms (SCF).
SkipperPort
It is the application for managing portfolios of both net and gross clients, including their full historical trading activity and cash management. The module integrates with SkipperBond to provide analysis, valuation and complete portfolio management, also covering investments other than bonds. Key features include portfolio yield and duration calculations, performance analysis for individual securities and for the overall portfolio, cash-flow reporting, summaries and simulations. All outputs can be exported to PDF or Excel.
Media / Data Provider
Our products and services support financial advisors and private bankers in their daily analysis of financial markets, providing a complete and in-depth view of the fixed income market.
As part of its information services, SKIPPER Informatica provides analyses and statistics to media outlets, financial portals and research firms.
Our analyses and contributions in leading financial media and news outlets
For over thirty-five years, various newspapers and financial portals have published our data, analyses and calculations on yields, performance and BUND–BTP spreads on a daily basis—both in print and online—making them available to market professionals and the general public.
