October 26, 2025

sydney, Australia – Financial firms across the Asia-Pacific region are facing escalating pressure to modernize antiquated trading and risk infrastructures.This push comes amidst increasing product complexity and ever-tightening regulatory demands. Legacy systems are hindering innovation and introducing operational vulnerabilities, prompting a wave of digital transformation efforts.

Murex at the Forefront of Modernization

Murex has emerged as a central player in this transformation, consistently investing in its MX.3 platform and implementing a delivery model designed for continuous upgrades and scalable growth across volatile markets. The company’s approach allows institutions to adapt to rapidly evolving environments with greater agility and reduced risk.

Significant Investment in Technology Innovation

Over the last decade, Murex has committed over €1 billion to research and growth. In 2024 alone, €140 million was reinvested to bolster MX.3’s functionality in areas like digital assets, advanced risk analytics, and artificial intelligence. These advancements directly address the challenges of handling a growing volume of intricate financial products while adhering to stringent regulatory constraints.

Demand for sophisticated financial instruments, such as callable range accruals and equity-linked autocallables, is surging especially in South korea and Japan. Murex is enabling banks, including Seoul-based Shinhan Bank, to swiftly create and deploy these structures with seamless integration across pricing models, risk assessments, and back-office operations.

Alexandre Bon,Murex’s Head of Market Development for Apac,stated,”We offer an unparalleled breadth of asset classes and business processes,spanning the entire spectrum from front-office trading to back-office operations and risk management,all unified on a single platform.”

Performance Gains Through Advanced Architecture

To handle computationally intensive risk modeling, clients are increasingly utilizing MX.3’s hybrid CPU–GPU architecture coupled with cloud integration and ongoing performance optimization. A collaboration with UOB resulted in enhancements that halved the processing time for 60-day FRTB–THERE IS calculations and accelerated valuation adjustments and potential future exposure simulations by 20%.

Recent benchmark studies conducted by murex and Nvidia showcased even more substantial performance improvements using next-generation hardware, like the Nvidia Hopper superchip, highlighting the scalability of MX.3.

Murex is also investigating the application of neural networks to derivatives pricing, aiming to democratize access to real-time risk analytics. Their research centers on a machine-learning architecture specifically designed for the intricacies of exotic products, delivering stable sensitivity analysis at a substantially reduced computational cost. Tests indicate pricing speeds thousands of times faster than traditional methods, providing smaller institutions with access to powerful analytics without substantial infrastructure investments.

Beyond sheer processing speed, Murex is enhancing its book of Record to ensure data integrity throughout the trading, risk, and accounting lifecycle. This design fosters a unified, real-time source of truth, enhancing transparency and operational efficiency while streamlining profit and loss reporting and regulatory compliance.

Streamlined Implementation and Dedicated Client Support

Murex’s success extends beyond technological innovation to encompass its delivery and adaptation of technology to meet individual client needs. The company has restructured its support and implementation model through managed services and automation, allowing for continuous platform evolution rather than disruptive, large-scale projects.

At the heart of this approach is MXevolve, Murex’s development operations-driven solution. it combines an ‘upgrade-as-a-service’ framework and continuous integration/deployment tools specifically tailored for MX.3. This enables institutions to remain current while minimizing operational risk and internal resource demands. Nick Thomas, Apac Head of Client Services at Murex, explains the aim is to make platform innovation “more continuous and discreet.”

A major regional bank leveraged MXevolve to manage multiple simultaneous projects within a predictable upgrade cycle.A significant version upgrade was completed in just six months, despite a 50% larger scope than previous cycles, leading to a one-third acceleration of the bank’s overall development cycle.

murex prioritizes partnership, leading projects with its own consultants and embedding dedicated support teams with each client. These teams cultivate a deep understanding of the client’s surroundings, facilitating quicker issue resolution and better alignment between business objectives and technological advancements. Rupesh Karanjawala,Executive Vice-President and Head of Treasury Operations at Axis Bank,emphasized the importance of their partnership with Murex,calling it “the cornerstone of this remarkable achievement.”

The demand for Murex’s managed services is growing, with 40 clients globally, and a rising proportion in the Apac region, now utilizing the model. The company’s recently established Vietnam hub, launched in 2024, provides testing and technical expertise to regional clients and is slated to double in size by year-end. A new office in Mumbai is planned for 2025 to cater to the increasing demand from India’s expanding derivatives and treasury markets.

Resilience and Reliability

Murex balances cutting-edge innovation with dependable operational performance.Its software-as-a-service offering has achieved SOC 1 and SOC 2 Type 2 certifications without any exceptions, maintaining an availability rate exceeding 99.9%. New features, like MXHealthCheck, used by 70% of Apac clients, allow for proactive system monitoring and early problem detection.

Looking ahead, Murex is focused on AI-driven monitoring, open application programming interfaces for seamless integration, and broadened digital asset coverage. the company’s proactive approach, combined with its established local presence throughout the Apac region, solidifies its position as a trusted partner for institutions navigating modernization and regulatory modifications.

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