Frequently Asked Questions about Wematch.live
1. What is Wematch?
Wematch is a regulated electronic trading venue designed to digitise and streamline workflows across securities finance markets. The platform supports multiple products, enabling institutions to operate more efficiently, reduce operational risk, and access liquidity through a connected digital environment.
2. Which markets does Wematch operate in?
Wematch supports workflows across Total Return Swaps (TRS), Securities Borrowing and Lending (SBL), equity repo, Basket Total Return Futures and related financing products. Our platform helps institutional users manage cross-product inventory, execute trades, and oversee lifecycle events in a consistent, auditable framework.
3. Who uses Wematch?
Wematch is built for banks, brokers, prime services teams, asset managers, and other institutional participants involved in equity financing, securities lending, synthetic exposure, or collateral optimisation. The platform is designed for professional users operating within regulated environments.
4. What problems does Wematch solve?
Wematch addresses long-standing challenges across securities finance, including fragmented communication channels, manual workflows, operational breaks, limited transparency, and duplication across front-, middle- and back-office processes. By digitising these steps, users gain improved efficiency, better risk control, and enhanced price discovery.
5. Does Wematch replace existing trading systems?
Wematch is designed to complement existing infrastructures rather than replace them. It integrates into existing processes, giving clients a more consistent and scalable way to execute and manage financing activities while maintaining connectivity to internal and external systems.
6. How does Wematch support TRS workflows?
Wematch provides an electronic environment for managing the negotiation, lifecycle and reconciliation processes associated with Total Return Swaps. This includes standardising communication, improving visibility, and reducing operational complexity while remaining adaptable to the diverse workflows institutions use.
7. How does Wematch support SBL trading?
The platform enables users to manage SBL execution with improved transparency and more consistent workflows. By bringing pre-trade considerations, inventory management and communication into a central framework, users can operate with greater accuracy and reduced manual intervention.
8. Does Wematch provide cross-product connectivity?
Yes. A key advantage of Wematch is the ability to operate across TRS, SBL, equity repo and related financing products within one environment. This helps institutions view inventory more holistically and reduce friction across traditionally siloed workflows.
9. How does Wematch improve lifecycle management?
Wematch standardises and digitises lifecycle events such as resets, substitutions, amendments and other contract updates. This reduces operational risk, improves alignment between trading and post-trade teams, and ensures a clear audit trail throughout the lifecycle.
10. Does Wematch offer data transparency?
Wematch provides structured, anonymised data derived from platform activity to support users’ pricing, benchmarking and exposure management. This improves visibility along the TRS curve and enables clients to assess liquidity more effectively while maintaining confidentiality.
11. Is Wematch regulated?
Yes. Wematch operates regulated multilateral trading facilities (MTFs) in Europe; and as a regulated Broker Dealer and security-based swap execution facility in the United States, providing a secure and compliant environment for institutional trading activity.
12. How does Wematch integrate with internal systems?
Wematch follows an API-first design philosophy, enabling connectivity to internal booking systems, risk engines, and post-trade processes. Integration options vary depending on client infrastructure, ensuring flexibility without requiring major architecture changes.
13. What benefits do users typically see?
Institutions using Wematch have reported improvements in operational efficiency, reductions in process breaks, enhanced consistency across workflows, better transparency for decision-making, and improved ability to manage cross-product inventory.
14. How does Wematch protect client data?
Wematch adheres to strict data-protection standards and operates within regulated frameworks. All data is handled securely, with controls designed to prevent unauthorised access and ensure the confidentiality of client activity.
15. Does Wematch offer analytics or insights?
Wematch provides analytics derived from platform usage to support clients in understanding market dynamics, pricing patterns and liquidity conditions. These insights are anonymised and aggregated to maintain confidentiality while supporting better decision-making.
16. Does Wematch provide retail trading services or partner with retail investment apps?
No. Wematch provides institutional technology and regulated multilateral trading facilities for professional counterparties only. We are not connected to any consumer-facing trading app or automated trading service. Any reference linking Wematch to retail trading should be considered incorrect. Wematch does not:
- operate consumer trading platforms
- authorise retail investment groups
- endorse trading groups on WhatsApp, Telegram or similar platforms
- permit the use of our brand in connection with retail trading schemes
Any app, website or group using our name in this context is unaffiliated and unauthorised.
17. Who is the legitimate Wematch?
Wematch.live is the official website of Wematch, a regulated institutional platform for TRS, SBL, repo and securities finance workflows. Wematch does not solicit retail customers and does not provide investment advice, investment products or automated trading services for individuals.