Risk Management, Performance & Reporting
Misys Rolls Out Sophis Value, Version 5
Software provider Misys has unveiled version 5 of its portfolio and risk management platform, Sophis Value. This upgrade includes an updated user interface and has more functionality for risk management.
Improving Operations Through Automated Reconciliation
Spending on reconciliation solutions is set to increase steadily over the next five years, with a compound annual growth rate of 6.4 percent globally, according to CEB TowerGroup. In fact, spending on integrated reconciliation and exception management…
ADI Implements Misys Sophis
Al Dhabi Investment PJSC (ADI) has announced that it will implement Misys Sophis for an expansion in instrument coverage and trading in different asset classes.
CloudRisk Takes on AlphaKinetic's Glide for Risk and Valuations
CloudRisk, a Manchester, UK-based provider of valuations and risk analysis focusing on derivative transactions, selected AlphaKinetic’s Glide Fund Manager’s cloud tools for its client base of investment and trading organizations.
RWE Supply & Trading Taps Sapient
The technology consultancy is tasked with overseeing broad transformation of the German energy specialist's trading and risk management platforms.
DTCC, Euroclear Launch Joint Collateral Service
Euroclear and the Depository Trust and Clearing Corporation (DTCC) have announced the launch of a joint collateral processing service, which aims to automate elements of margin call workflows for derivatives trades.
Hedge Funds Tap Shared Services Ahead of Swaps Futurization
At Markit's annual user conference this week, buy-side executives explained how testing the clearing waters as early as 2011, and leaning on external providers, have helped them through a period of upheaval and occasional late night surprises.
Eqecat Signs Fermat Capital Management
The catastrophe modeling software vendor will provide Fermat, a $4.3 billion asset manager and specialist in insurance-linked securities (ILS), its RQE version 13 platform.
State Street Bolsters Collateral and Reporting Services
State Street has made enhancements to its financial reporting and collateral services to help clients comply with regulations, manage risk and automate their disclosure requirements.
Paladyne Makes a Play for Control of Numerix Risk Tool
Paladyne Systems has secured the rights to the source code, development rights, and unlimited distribution rights for the Portfolio Risk product from analytics provider Numerix. Paladyne has also hired the Toronto- and Hong Kong-based development teams…
IndusInd Bank Selects Calypso
The Indian private bank, based in Mumbai, says it will use Calypso's cross-asset solution to ramp up treasury activities, offer new derivatives, and monitor risk limits as it expands its client base.
BNP Paribas Integrates Swift for Collateral Protection
Global custodian bank BNP Paribas has announced that it has partnered Swift in order to enhance its Margin Protect software, by integrated standardized messages.
Transparency and Consistency Drive Markit’s Risk Upgrade
Markit has announced the release of two significant new tools for its Portfolio Valuations Service, which deal with scenario analysis and the computation of Value-at-Risk (VaR).
Client Reporting: The Road to Empowerment
Quarterly investment reports have long provided the sandwich filling between investment managers and their clients. Vendors have helped to automate the process, but Steve Dew-Jones considers how technology can take this process to the next level.
Buy Side Still Not Ready for June 10 Swaps Deadline
Apparently one set of guinea pigs wasn't enough. Even though Category 1 swap participants─swap dealers and the largest hedge funds─have been clearing most of their interest rate and credit default swaps since March 11, Category 2 participants─a group…
Eka Software Acquires EnCompass
The commodities trading software provider, based in Bangalore, India, says the move will help it provide comprehensive energy trading and risk management (ETRM) support.
Pershing Upgrades CRM with Redtail
Pershing, the broker-dealer and advisor solutions arm of BNY Mellon, will integrate Redtail's real-time client relationship management solution into its NetX360 platform, furthering an ongoing collaboration between the software provider and custodial…
Linear Investments Moves to TradingScreen's TradePrime Platform
London-based hedge fund Linear Investments has announced it will use TradingScreen's TradePrime Platform for execution, order and risk management, as well as to help support compliance processes.
BA Pension Fund Flying with BNY
The two pension schemes of British Airways, with a combined value of approximately $26 billion, have taken OTC derivatives and collateral management services from BNY Mellon.
What Lies Beneath: An Examination of Risk on the Buy Side (Part 2)
In part two of his examination of risk on the buy side, Anthony Malakian looks at how the regulatory environment is changing the way risk is managed and reported on, and delves into the buy versus build trade-off for risk-related technology.
After Lsoc Implementation, Talk of Algo-Enabled Portability
The legally-segregated, operationally-comingled (Lsoc) paradigm is designed to bring greater protection to futures on a customer and ecosystem basis. Futures Commissions Merchants (FCMs) and clearinghouses are pondering a pair of technology issues as…
SS&C Upgrades Portia with Intuitive Enhancements
SS&C Technologies has announced the latest upgrade of Portia, its middle-to-back-office investment platform that it purchased from Thomson Reuters last year.
MIK Solutions Integrates PortfolioScience's RiskAPI
The collaboration provides new on-demand risk measurement analysis for asset managers and hedge funds.