Risk Management, Performance & Reporting
ICE Licenses Eris Methodology for 2015 Product Development
Pair target margin benefits with multi-year deal
CYMBA Unveils Silverstone Platform
New platform features much of the functionality already available in the CYMBA's Athena platform.
Confluence Buys Fund Analytics Vendor Orfival
Deal will allow US-based Confluence to expand its range of services and international reach.
NanoSpeed to Provide Ultra-Fast Risk Checks to LSE
Nano-Risk FPGA run pre-trade risk checks with a latency of less than half a microsecond.
Percentile, Torstone Integrate Platforms
Partnership aims to enhance risk management automation.
GFI Introduces MAC Rate Swaps
The IDB joins a growing list of execution venues offering standardized coupons.
PBOR: The need for a single source of performance data
Without a consistent source of data and limited functionalities in existing systems, firms are unable to perform tasks that are becoming increasingly important in the investment management industry. To gain a competitive advantage in today’s market, it…
Strong Mistrust of Banks Accelerates Risk-Related Spending
The fallout from the financial crisis is continuing to affect public perception of banks, while spending on risk is set to consume billions of dollars in the next few years, according to a senior UBS executive.
Quaternion-UBS Delta Collaborate on CVA Front
Quaternion-UBS Delta alliance will help clients calculate CVA and DVA measures.
Sefcon V: Tech's Impact on SEFs Keeps Growing
Sefcon V looks at the impact technology has had on SEFs
Signs of CLOB Progress as Aggregators Adopt MAC Swaps
Product standardization will key order books' rise
Goldman Sachs AM Launches Money Market Fund Tracker
New tool provides new data in anticipation of greater regulatory oversight.
NICE Actimize Teams With Alacra to Further Develop Its Customer Due Diligence Anti-Money Laundering Solution
NICE Actimize, a provider of a financial crime, risk and compliance software platform for the financial services industry, announced its partnership with Alacra, in an effort to grow its Customer Due Diligence (CDD) anti-money laundering solution.
Fairmat Offers Financial Risk Assessment Solution
Verona, Italy-based financial technology company Fairmat recently released Fairmat Cloud, a web-based financial risk service offering assessments of OTC and structured products.
Buy-Side CROs: To Each Investment Strategy, a Unique Tech Response
At last week's Buy-Side Technology North American Summit, a trio of chief risk officers (CROs) spanning boutique and institutional investment firms gave a candid take on the build-out of their risk management and reporting platforms. The scene, they said…
'Kill Switch' Capabilities Move Corvil Beyond Latency
Dublin-based network and latency monitoring technology vendor Corvil has adapted its monitoring tools to support the creation of automatic "kill switches" to protect trading firms' infrastructures and trading strategies, as part of its efforts to…
Shock Absorption After a Wild Week
Down equity markets this week signaled the return of significant volatility for the first time in a couple years, testing the industry's ability to deal with shocks as flight to safe assets ramped up. But more than ever, this includes an active posture…
Solace Taps SL Corp to Monitor Message Routers
Ottawa-based hardware messaging appliance vendor Solace Systems has enlisted IT monitoring solutions provider SL Corp to provide an adapter for SL Corp's RTView Enterprise Monitor, to provide systems administrators and application support teams with…
Russia's Cinimex Extends Ties with Misys
The Russian provider has joined Misys' InFusion Partner Program after an existing 12-year relationship.
State Street TruCross/FX Platform Goes Live
State Street Global Markets has announced that its TruCross/FX foreign exchange (FX) spot benchmark execution platform, overseen by State Street Global Markets' agency FX unit, is now live.
Portware to Offer S3's Counterparty Intel Analytics Platform to Clients
S3 announced its Basel III analytics solution, Blacklight, will be available for all Portware clients.
BST North America Panel: Derivatives Regulation Creates Tech Limbo, Opportunities
A panel of industry experts discussed the impact regulation of OTC derivative trading will have and what the future holds for the market at 2014's Buy-Side Technology North American Summit.
RepRisk Rolls Out Country-Sector Risk Matrix
Zurich-based environmental, social and governance (ESG) risk data provider RepRisk has rolled out a new matrix that tracks ESG risk by combining country- and sector-level analysis in response to increased customer demand for more granular data, officials…
C-level Panel Talks Information Security at BST North American Summit
The evolution of information security was discussed at a C-level roundtable at this year's Buy-Side Technology North American Summit in New York.