Risk Management, Performance & Reporting
Advent Signs Irish Wealth Manager
Dublin-based Horwath Bastow Charleton (HBC) has selected Advent's wealth-management platform to streamline and automate its internal workflow processes.
BNY Mellon Tweaks AccessEdge Collateral Management Service
BNY Mellon has upgraded its AccessEdge collateral management portal via a link to Pirum’s tri-party automation service that will allow BNY Mellon’s buy-side clients to better manage their collateral requirements.
Fincad Upgrades F3 with Advanced CVA Functionality
Over-the-counter (OTC) derivatives pricing and risk management vendor Fincad has announced the upgrade of its F3 platform, featuring real-time portfolio analysis and advanced credit valuation adjustment (CVA) capabilities.
Navigating Regulatory Reform After The Financial Crisis Webcast
Waters gathered leading industry experts for a webcast on March 27, 2013 to discuss the operational and technology challenges facing firms in light of the largest regulatory overhaul in recent memory, which is radically changing the way in which global…
Finnish Banks Hand Compliance Burden to SunGard
A trio of private banks from Finland have signed SunGard for support with risk management and performance.
Funding, Credit Risk Efficacy Remain Elusive for Buy Side
Straightening out buy-side liquidity and credit risk modeling is "hand-to-hand combat," as one Waters Roundtable participant put it last week. Can a wider array of solutions soften the blows?
Waters Roundtable: Risk and Compliance Too Close, Stress Tests Overused
Risk and compliance have always been, if not married, then at least dating. Recently, though, they’ve become that weird, co-dependent couple that answers for each other, having to call home to check in every two hours. A few risk managers at a recent…
April 2013: The Naming of Parts
Are initiatives like the investment book of record, and post-VaR risk models really new? Or, Victor asks, have the old parts simply been given new names?
Anthony Malakian: More Than Just Window Dressing
Investors are asking more pointed questions of traders and portfolio managers when it comes to risk management. Anthony hopes this will help make for a safer market.
High Stakes: An Examination of Risk Management on the Buy Side (Part 1)
In part one of his two-part feature, Anthony Malakian examines the state of risk management at the portfolio/trade-book level among buy-side firms. Part two will look at the middle- and back-office functions of risk across the buy side.
MarkitSERV Launches OTC Pre-Trade Credit Checking Facility
Trade processing specialist MarkitSERV has announced the release of Credit Center, its pre-trade credit checking facility for over-the-counter (OTC) derivatives transactions.
Citadel Technology Preps End-to-End Solutions Suite
Over the next year, Citadel Technology will begin rolling out new risk and compliance solutions, and coupling portfolio construction with its order management capabilities.
StatPro Integrates IDC's Fixed-Income Evaluations
StatPro Group, the Wimbledon, UK-based provider of cloud-based portfolio analytics (including risk management and performance and attribution functions) and data solutions to the buy side, has entered into an alliance with Interactive Data Corp. (IDS)…
MST Capital Takes Full SunGard Suite
MST Capital, an Asia-focused global macro hedge fund based in Australia, is live on SunGard’s Hedge360 platform, a hosted, front-to-back office hedge fund investment management suite.
BNY Mellon Unveils New Risk Service
BNY Mellon announced the launch of Risk View, a service that combines data management, visualization technology, and consulting for clients looking to improve their risk management capabilities through a third-party solution.
Lombard Risk, AcadiaSoft Embark On Collateral Management Alliance
London-based Lombard Risk Management and AcadiaSoft, a provider of collateral management technology and services based in Pembroke, MA, have announced an electronic collateral messaging collaboration.
Kerius Takes Numerix CrossAsset
Boutique financial risk management advisory Kerius, based in Paris and Geneva, will integrate the Numerix CrossAsset derivatives pricing analytics platform for its hedge modeling business.
Prescient Ridge Goes Live on New Trading Infrastructure
Highland Park, IL-based Prescient Ridge Management (PRM), a managed futures fund specializing in short-duration, systematic trading strategies, has gone live with its new trading infrastructure incorporating Connamara’s Made-to-Measure components.
Study: Legacy Systems, Decentralization Stunt Growth
A survey conducted by Nielsen for buy-side technology vendor SimCorp’s StrategyLab research arm reveals that older platforms imply higher costs and slower response to business and regulatory requirements.
Can Windows, Samsung Make a Run at Apple in the Tablet Space?
Windows and Samsung have made moves to cut into Apple's dominance in the tablet space. Will they find any buyers on the buy side?
Operating Model Rethink Required, Says Milestone Chief
Buy-side institutions can increase efficiency and reduce costs by changing to dynamic operating models, according to Geoff Hodge, CEO of Milestone Group, which provides software to the funds management industry.
IMS HedgeOp Opens Hong Kong Office
IMS Group and HedgeOp Compliance, the buy-side consultancies which merged last year, have opened a Hong Kong office under the name, IMS HedgeOp.