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Counterparty Reporting Still Below Standard, Say Market Supervisors
According to an international group of market supervisors, five years after the financial crisis, firms are not meeting their expectations in relation to the consistent, timely and accurate reporting of their counterparty exposures
Eagle AM Goes Live with SimCorp Dimension
Eagle Asset Management, based in St. Petersburg, Florida, has selected the buy-side technology provider's Dimension platform to cover investment accounting, performance measurement, client reporting, and compliance.
SimCorp, TechMahindra Collaborate on Contingency Service
The vendors are preparing to pilot a new service that will help asset managers improve their contingency planning by providing critical data points if one of their service providers fails
IBOR Breakfast Briefing: Buy versus Build Debate Rages On
Panelists at a breakfast briefing on the investment book of record (IBOR), hosted by Waters, typified the continuing debate over how an IBOR system should be delivered at investment firms, with some praising the vendor route, and others claiming that the…
Buy-Side Technology Awards 2013: Best Portfolio Accounting Platform—SimCorp
SimCorp marks its first win in the portfolio accounting platform category this year, an area that has traditionally been dominated by industry stalwarts, Advent and Multifonds. This year in particular marks a validation for Dimension, SimCorp’s flagship…
Investment Book of Record special report
November 2013 - sponsored by: Bloomberg, DST, Eagle Investment Systems, SimCorp, SunGard
Constrained by Capital Requirements, Wealth Management IT Struggles to Comply
Wealth managers and private banks, the heirs of aging technologies and manual processes, need to change. Prodded by regulators to deploy more efficient and flexible operating infrastructures, most of them have been left with big gaps to fill and…
IBOR: Where OMS, Portfolio Analytics, and Fund Accounting Intersect
Buy-Side Technology’s North American Summit last week hosted an inventor. Andrew Meisel, while at Barclays Global Investors, created and coined the term “investment book of record,” or IBOR. The concept has picked up considerable traction in the last…
BST North American Summit 2013: Talking IBOR with SimCorp's David Kubersky
Waters chats with SimCorp managing director David Kubersky about the relative merits of the Investment Book of Record (IBOR) concept sweeping the buy side.
Munich Re's Asset Management Arm Selects SimCorp
Munich Ergo Asset Management GmbH (MEAG), the Bavarian insurance provider's $228 billion asset manager, will install SimCorp Dimension at its home office in Germany, as well as in Hong Kong and New York.
Centralization Takes Center Stage
Data management professionals are increasingly looking for ways to integrate and centralize reference data, as seen in stories in the October issue of IRD. Channeling data directly from its sources could be a helpful pre-requisite
AIMCo Turns to SimCorp for Investment Management
Alberta Investment Management Corporation (AIMCo) has gone live with SimCorp Dimension for automation of investment workflow.
IBOR Takes Hold on Buy Side
The investment book of record, or IBOR, is becoming an attractive option for buy-side firms that want a more accurate view of their portfolio positions at the start of the trading day. Nicholas Hamilton explores the options available for firms looking to…
SimCorp Names Colson to European Post
The portfolio management software maker has hired Emmanuel Colson, recently of Thomson Reuters, as co-head of its Western European unit
London's BlueBay AM Live on SimCorp Dimension
The $53.9 billion asset manager will use Dimension for trade processing, derivatives clearing, investment book of record (IBOR), fund valuation, investment accounting, data and collateral management.
SimCorp Study Notes Legacy Systems' Stubbornness, R&D Disparities
The research note from Ingo Walter, an NYU Stern Professor, surveyed 500 buy sides - finding that around a quarter of the world's top investment managers are still operating on legacy systems, despite their inherent challenges.
Buy Side Grappling with Derivatives Processing Workarounds
Many buy-side firms are choosing workaround solutions for derivatives modeling and processing, rather than consolidating to one platform, according to a survey by investment management software provider SimCorp.
Citisoft CEO: Back Office Derivatives System Overhaul is Open Heart Surgery
Any major overhauls to legacy systems in order to accommodate derivatives are going to happen primarily in the middle and back office, argued Paul Migliore, CEO of consultancy Citisoft, during a webcast on derivatives processing.
SimCorp Updates Dimension with Trade-Processing Dashboard
The buy-side provider's asset management platform, version 5.4, will also include functionality for FX hedging overlaying multiple portfolios, trading limits capability for compliance managers, and enhancement to the strategy manager application for…
SimCorp, AcadiaSoft Partner on Margin Calls
The investment management solutions provider will use AcadiaSoft's MarginSphere instant messaging service, which provides automation of dispute-based processing for collateral issues and exceptions.
A Good Technologist is Hard to Find, Says JPM AM Exec
What began as a conversation about consolidating systems for accounting and trade─itself a deviation from advertised topic of supporting broad bespoke product ranges─took a sharp turn when JPMorgan Asset Management's chief business technologist for fixed…
Swedbank Robur Chooses SimCorp for Solvency II Reporting
The software vendor's Solvency II system has been integrated with the SimCorp Dimension investment management platform that Swedbank was already using, leading to better data quality, lower operational risk and reduced maintenance costs
Swedbank Robur Online with SimCorp for Solvency II
The Swedish asset manager, with about $70 billion actively managed across 130 funds and institutional clients in Scandinavia and the Baltics, has expanded its previous SimCorp Dimension implementation with an add-on for the upcoming regulation targeting…
Lord Abbett Turns to SimCorp for Investment Management
New Jersey-based asset manager Lord Abbett has selected SimCorp’s investment management solution to support the firm’s value creation strategy.