Optimization

Decisions that drive shareholder value.

Capital, funding, and risk, put to their highest-value use. Select an optimization below to see a live worked example - reduce EVE? risk, strengthen liquidity, or deploy excess capital - all illustrative; the same platform models any balance-sheet decision. Bring your own trades, or let it solve.

Every figure shown is illustrative and represents a hypothetical bank - not any actual institution.

Optimization & capital allocation

One optimization engine. All constraints and objectives. Many applications.

Every constraint, every objective, on one platform - with flexible outputs that turn the same dataset into management decisions that drive shareholder value. Built currency-agnostic; non-USD extension is configuration, not code.

All constraints & objectives Flexible outputs Decisions that drive shareholder value

You drive, or it solves

Input your own desired trades and the platform prices the full impact - or let it solve for the least-cost set inside your constraints. Recomputed in real time as positions and markets evolve, with full point-in-time history - so every decision is reproducible as-of any date.

Worked example · EVE-risk optimization

Reduce EVE risk - impact by option.

Illustrative

Objective

Minimize EVE exposure to a +300 bp shock

Subject to

NII? give-up ≤ $10M LCR? ≥ 110% CET1? ≥ 10%

Strategy option

Interactive · click to explore

Output A

Recommended actions

    EVE +300 −8.2% −4.1%

    Output B

    Impact · before / after

    MetricBeforeAfter
    EVE Δ · +300−8.2%−4.1%
    NII · 12-mo$570M$562M
    LCR118%116%
    CET112.4%12.3%

    EVE risk roughly halved for an $8M NII give-up - inside every constraint.

    Output C

    Trade-off frontier · by option

    Dashed line is the efficient frontier. Blended sits on it - most risk cut per dollar of NII.

    Impact by option · before → after

    Metric Before Opt 1 · Swap Opt 2 · Shorten Opt 3 · Blended
    EVE Δ · +300−8.2%−5.6%−4.8%−4.1%
    NII · 12-mo$570M$566M$564M$562M
    LCR118%118%118%116%
    CET112.4%12.4%12.3%12.3%

    All three reduce the up-rate EVE loss and stay inside every constraint - the selected option is highlighted.

    Worked example · funding-mix optimization

    Optimize the funding mix - impact by option.

    Illustrative

    Objective

    Strengthen liquidity (TTF, LCR, NSFR) at minimum NII cost

    Subject to

    NII give-up ≤ $10M LCR ≥ 110% NSFR ≥ 110%

    Funding strategy

    Output A

    Recommended actions

      Output B

      Impact · before / after

      MetricBeforeAfterΔ
      NII · 12-mo$570M$567M−$3M
      Stressed TTF41d72d+31d
      LCR118%128%+10
      NSFR121%132%+11

      Compare all options

      MetricBeforeTerm debtFHLB ladderDeposit (FTP)Blended ✓
      NII · 12-mo$570M$562M$566M$567M$565M
      Stressed TTF41d66d60d62d74d
      LCR118%123%121%124%128%
      NSFR121%131%128%129%133%

      Worked example · capital-deployment optimization

      Deploy excess capital - impact by option.

      Illustrative

      Objective

      CET1 at 12.4% - ~$675M above the 11.0% target. Deploy the excess across growth, dividends and buybacks to maximize shareholder value.

      Subject to

      CET1 ≥ 11.0% Payout ≤ 50% Leverage ≥ 5.0%

      Deployment strategy

      Recommended allocation

      Output A

      Allocation breakdown

        Output B

        Impact · before / after

        MetricBeforeAfterΔ
        Net income · annual$720M--
        EPS · annual$6.00--
        Return on equity12.0%--
        CET1 ratio12.4%--
        Capital returned$0--
        Book value / share$53.33--
        Market value of equity$8.64B--

        Book value / share = GAAP common equity (assets − liabilities, $6.4B - above CET1, which deducts intangibles and applies the AOCI filter) ÷ shares. CET1 is the regulatory measure; dividends and buybacks reduce both.

        Compare all options

        MetricBeforeGrowBalanced ✓Return capital
        Net income · annual$720M$796M$769M$736M
        EPS · annual$6.00$6.68$6.56$6.36
        Return on equity12.0%13.8%13.7%13.6%
        CET1 ratio12.4%11.0%11.0%11.0%
        Capital returned$0$203M$371M$574M
        Book value / share$53.33$52.05$51.44$50.32
        Market value of equity$8.64B$9.55B$9.22B$8.83B

        Worked example · liquidity & collateral optimization

        Cover reserve & collateral needs - impact by option.

        Illustrative

        Objective

        Meet reserve & collateral needs at the lowest cost-to-deliver

        Subject to

        LCR ≥ 110% Level 1 HQLA ≥ 60% Intraday buffer ≥ $0.5B

        Strategy option

        Output A

        Recommended actions

          Output B

          Impact · before / after

          MetricBeforeAfterΔ
          HQLA carry cost · 12-mo$22M$15M−$7M
          Collateral capacity$3.6B$5.0B+$1.4B
          LCR118%122%+4
          Intraday buffer$0.6B$0.9B+$0.3B

          Compare all options

          MetricBeforeReallocateCollateralBlended ✓
          HQLA carry cost$22M$14M$20M$15M
          Collateral capacity$3.6B$3.9B$5.2B$5.0B
          LCR118%121%119%122%
          Intraday buffer$0.6B$0.7B$0.9B$0.9B

          Worked example · cash optimization

          Deploy today's cash - impact by option.

          Illustrative

          Objective

          Deploy $2.0B surplus cash to the highest risk-adjusted return

          Subject to

          Intraday buffer ≥ $0.5B Counterparty limits Same-day settlement

          Deployment option

          Output A

          Recommended buy ticket

            Output B

            Impact · before / after

            MetricBeforeAfterΔ
            Annualized yield4.40%4.62%+22 bp
            Incremental income · 12-mo$0M+$4.4M+$4.4M
            Intraday buffer$0.8B$0.6B−$0.2B
            Cash deployed$0.0B$2.0B+$2.0B

            Compare all options

            MetricBeforeMortgage rollsReverse repoBlended ✓
            Annualized yield4.40%4.66%4.68%4.62%
            Incremental income$0M+$5.2M+$5.6M+$4.4M
            Intraday buffer$0.8B$0.7B$0.5B$0.6B
            Cash deployed$0.0B$2.0B$2.0B$2.0B

            Worked example · shadow pricing

            Price the next best move - impact by option.

            Illustrative

            Objective

            Maximize risk-adjusted return; price the marginal value of each move

            Subject to

            CET1 ≥ 10% LCR ≥ 110% Board risk limits

            Strategy option

            Output A

            Recommended actions

              Output B

              Impact · before / after

              MetricBeforeAfterΔ
              RORWA1.35%1.58%+0.23
              Net interest margin292 bp305 bp+13 bp
              Economic value added · 12-mo$0M+$21M+$21M
              CET112.4%12.3%−0.1

              Compare all options

              MetricBeforeReallocateNew productBlended ✓
              RORWA1.35%1.52%1.49%1.58%
              Net interest margin292 bp300 bp298 bp305 bp
              Economic value added$0M+$14M+$16M+$21M
              CET112.4%12.3%12.2%12.3%

              Shadow pricing · two-tier

              Tier 1 · reallocate

              Optimal reallocation of today's balance sheet

              The shadow price of every binding constraint - capital, liquidity, funding - quantifies what one more unit is worth, so the current book reallocates to its highest risk-adjusted return.

              Tier 2 · initiative optimization

              Which capability or product to add next

              Prices the marginal value of each new capability or product - drawn from a library of capabilities not yet held - and the stability of that value generation, ranking initiatives into a quantified roadmap by both the upside they unlock and how durable it is.

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              Bulls-Eye Solutions builds the enterprise financial platform for modern institutions across traditional banking and digital assets - one platform that unifies risk, capital, liquidity, funds transfer pricing, attribution, and optimization on one shared dataset. Founded by veterans of top-tier bank treasury and risk management, we pair production-grade software with decades of hands-on enterprise experience, delivered as Risk-as-a-Service.