XMon is a software that provides real-time monitoring and reporting of market data usage and spending across an enterprise. It allows users to view static data downloads, subscriptions, budgets and more in real-time. XMon also enables dynamic flow control through granular rules to control costs and prevent erroneous downloads. Advanced features include in-depth reporting, cost allocation, and "what-if" scenario modeling to optimize spending.

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•Global view of static data downloads as they occur across the
enterprise and live usage counters.
•Real-time view of end user market subscriptions and fixed costs.
•Global view of spending quotas and budget alerts.
•Enterprise wide indicators provide consumption
information at a glance.
Real-time Monitoring
•Actively control the flow of data using granular flow control rules.
•Control costs of test and development systems.
•Prevent erroneous downloads from occurring and incurring costs for data that is not required.
Dynamic Flow Control
•To cache or not to cache data? Evaluate and quantify ROI for data caching and security master systems.
•Generate consolidated usage reports across data vendors and internal systems and export reports in
Excel and PDF formats.
•Regenerate data invoices and reconcile spending.
•Generate cost allocation reports for business lines, based on real system spending.
•Schedule and automatically email market data usage reports to key stakeholders in the enterprise.
In-Depth Reporting and Advanced Analytics
•Run what-if scenarios using actual recorded past data requests.
•Validate the impact of data vendor pricing changes and view the impact of business changes on the
overall cost of market data.
Intelligent Simulations
•Stay in control of market data spending, be proactively notified of important alerts concerning data
flows: SLA response breaches, erroneous data downloads, contract term expiries and more.
Live Alerts
Market Data Spending: Under Control – Bloomberg, Reuters
XMon allows clients to save costs on market data, reduce the time spent managing those
costs and improves transparency over data spending and data flows within the enterprise.
XMon empowers financial institutions by providing them with a comprehensive understanding of market data
usage and costs and improves their control over market data spending.

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KEY BENEFITS
• Reduce costs and unnecessary data
requests
• Reduce staff time spent on managing
data costs
• Consolidate and report data
downloads across the firm
• Measure firm-wide metrics for cost,
volume and SLA statistics for data
downloads across vendors and
internal systems
FEATURES
• Real-time dashboard for static data
downloads
• Real-time flow control via quotas and
email workflow
• Flexible rule engine
• Global time series reporting
• Multi-user capable
• Multi-system capable
• Scalable, fully hosted platform
CURRENTLY SUPPORTED DATA
VENDORS
• Reference Data
o Bloomberg Data License
(FTP,SFTP, WebAPI)
o Reuters DataScope Select
(FTP, SFTP, WebAPI)
• Real-time price entitlements
o Bloomberg (SAPI, BPIPE)
CONTACT US
Tel: +44 (0) 20 3751 9531
info@xpansionfts.com
www.xpansionfts.com
How much are we spending on TEST environments for
market data?
How can we limit spending on DEV environments?
How would data spending increase if we added a
new business line?
How would a vendor price list change impact our
market data spending?
How much would we save with a security master
infrastructure?
How can we provide better market data spending
governance?
Market Data Spending: Under Control
XMon reduces over-spending and provides evidence
to help clients confidently answer the toughest
questions around market data spending:
XMon adds a new dimension to market data cost management
and provides unparalleled visibility, control and governance
over market data spending.
Monitor
Spending
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Costs
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Finances
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