Pricing & Valuation
The Blind Leading the Blind
The unprecedented downturn in the markets during 2007 and 2008 left many institutions in the uncomfortable position of holding complex assets with no way of valuing them reliably and accurately. But even though the acuteness of that phase of the…
Evaluated Prices special report
March 2009 - sponsored by: Interactive Data, SIX Telekurs, Standard & Poor's, Statpro, Thomson Reuters
Evaluated Prices special report
March 2010 - sponsored by: Asset Control Standard & Poor's SIX Telekurs
Opening Cross: The Case for the Defense
One of the beneficial results of the credit crunch and financial crisis is that the financial industry has begun focusing on-and being more critical of-the quality of data it receives, especially in those instances where the price or value of an…
Telekurs Buys CSV for Evaluated Pricing Growth
As Inside Market Data went to press, SIX Telekurs acquired the assets of CSV (Complex Security Valuations), a Ridgefield, Conn.-based specialist provider of evaluated prices for illiquid securities and complex derivative instruments, for an undisclosed…
SD Expands Exotic Options Pricing
Options pricing and risk management software vendor SuperDerivatives plans to add pricing capabilities for correlation swaps and additional deposit structures to its SD-FX currency derivatives pricing platform, to capitalize on increased appetite for…
S&P Readies Risk-to-Price Credit Score
Standard & Poor's Valuation and Risk Strategies division is preparing to roll out a new Risk-to-Price (R2P) scoring mechanism, which quantifies how well investors are compensated for their willingness to take on risk, to provide a more predictive and…
SunGard Debuts Front Arena Update
LONDON-Trading software provider SunGard has rolled out version 2010.1 of its Front Arena trading platform for general availability today, March 22, and has added advanced Value at Risk (VaR) and credit limit functionalities, according to vendor…
Quantifi releases Version 9.3
London-based Quantifi, a provider of analytics and risk management products to the global credit markets, has released Version 9.3 of its pricing, hedging and risk analysis platform. Quantifi says V9.3 provides more robust risk reporting, streamlined…
Picture This
One of the key focus areas for the new year is liquidity risk and valuation risk. But to deal with the upcoming challenges, firms are looking for more granular and better integrated data. Tine Thoresen speaks to AIG's Suresh Jayaraman about what data…
Valuation vendor market to expand through 2012
A new Aite Group report anticipates that the pricing and valuation services industry will grow to $2.9 billion by the end of 2012, reflecting pressure from regulators and investors on buy-side managers and their custodians to improve these functions…
Fair-Value Groups and Partnerships
With Vendors Help Avoid Subjective Evaluations, Say Speakers