Risk Management, Performance & Reporting
Numerix Releases Server Version of CrossAsset
Numerix, a New York-based provider of cross-asset analytics for derivatives valuations and risk management, has announced the release of CrossAsset Server (CAS), which extends the features of Numerix CrossAsset─the library of market standard valuation…
Multiple SaaS Options; Need for a Single Sign-On
One of the risks of the proliferation of Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) solutions is the need for multiple sign-ons. This was a sentiment expressed by Michael Radziemski, the chief information officer of Lord Abbett & Co.
ITRS, Verdande Partner on Systems Risk
Verdande, the case-based reasoning (CBR) systems provider based in Trondheim, Norway, will integrate its Edge platform into ITRS's Geneos application performance monitoring solution.
Integral Launches Currency Trading System
Integral Development, a Palo Alto, California-based vendor, has launched a new currency trading system for investment managers.
New 'Agora' Enables Shift in Quants' Roles
Flush with financial engineering knowledge as never before, firms are deploying quants to tackle new challenges. Tim Bourgaize Murray reports on a fresh discourse among them about technology—including communication, memory, and intuition—indicating a new…
Imagine Releases High-Volume Risk Management Solution
New York-based Imagine Software has unveiled a new offering that will allow firms to meet CFTC regulatory demands.
Thomson Reuters Partners Chartwell Compliance for Risk Management
Thomson Reuters has partnered with Chartwell Compliance, a Washington-based consultancy, for the provision of regulatory compliance, financial crimes prevention and enterprise risk management technology.
Numerix Creates CTD Curve Construction, Collateral Analysis Tool
Numerix, a provider of analytics for derivatives valuations and risk management, has added new functionality for Cheapest-To-Deliver (CTD) curve construction and collateral analysis.
Collateral Transformation's Influence on Optimization
Some people see collateral transformation and collateral optimization as equivalent solutions to the margin demands of central counterparties. In reality, they should not be considered different sides of the same coin.
Optimize: The How and Who
Collateral optimization is a reality for a few institutions, an attainable goal for a few others, and a pipe dream for the rest. In the second part of his feature on optimization, Jake Thomases checks in on who is optimizing and who isn’t, and on what an…
Collateral Transformation's Influence on Optimization
Some people see collateral transformation and collateral optimization as equivalent solutions to the margin demands of central counterparties. In reality, they should not be considered different sides of the same coin.
New SimCorp Dimension Platform Offers Enhanced Risk Functionality
Copenhagen-based SimCorp has unveiled version 5.3 of its front-to-back-office investment management platform, SimCorp Dimension. The new version offers users reverse stress-testing functionality, in addition to enhanced collateral management and…
Activ Financial Extends Pre-Trade Risk Offering to Canada
Risk management vendor Activ Financial has announced that it is extending its Activ TradeDeck product's coverage to include Canadian exchanges.
Some Sell Side for the Buy Side
Anthony previews the inaugural SST Awards, and reviews the top buy-side stories from this week.
FTN Financial Implements HelixRepo, HelixMBS
Part of First Tennessee National Bank based in Memphis, FTN Financial Capital Markets will use HelixRepo and HelixMBS to track fixed-income financing and automate allocation of its mortgage-backed securities (MBSs) pools, respectively.
Capco Introduces 'Living Wills' Platform
Known officially as resolution plans, living wills for financial institutions are mandated by Dodd-Frank to provide rapid and orderly deconstruction of institutions in event of distress or bankruptcy.
Northern Trust Adds Risk, Performance Info to Data Direct Platform
Northern Trust announced that it is adding additional risk and performance data that will allow institutional and wealth management clients to make more informed comparisons through its Data Direct offering.
IRD's Editor on Basel Committee Principles
Inside Reference Data editor Michael Shashoua says the Basel Committee on Banking Supervision has raised more questions about how data managers should deal with risk data.
BI-SAM Unveils Web-based Portfolio Management Tool
BI-SAM, the Paris-based performance, attribution, and risk management specialist, has launched B-Portal, a web-based portfolio management offering folded into the firm's B-One platform.
TriOptima Launches Counterparty Credit Risk Analytics Platform
Post-trade specialist TriOptima has announced the launch of triQuantify, its new service for the analysis and calculation of counterparty risk management.
BYOD Trend Could Portend IT-Business Relationship Shift
Though Howard Halberstein is cynical about the origin of the bring-your-own-device (BYOD) revolution, Jean Hill says it could be symptomatic of a sea change in the way IT approaches the business side of an organization.
Basel Committee Principles Raise More Questions
Parameters for effective risk data aggregation and reporting issued by the Basel Committee on Banking Supervision appear to encourage data management improvement, but how that will be done is left unanswered
Evaluating the Quality Chain
Is data management carrying out all the imperatives set by regulations intended to address risk issues? Michael Shashoua assesses the chain of cause and effect linking new rules with data quality and operational issues
CFTC's O'Malia Says Tech Training Wheels Are Off
The only way to face the Commodity Futures Trading Commission's challenges is through robust surveillance automation and analytics. Technology is the bike—the commissioner says the regulator needs to learn to ride.