Risk
CreditSights Integrates BondScore, Ratings on Single Web Platform
The move will allow investment professionals to access CreditSights' risk estimates and ratings via a single platform.
Thomson Reuters Integrates StarMine Credit Risk Analytics into DataScope
The new models will help DataScope clients better predict credit default events.
ASX Taps Nasdaq for Post-Trade Risk Management
The Sentinel Risk Manager solution to provide real-time risk management across ASX clearinghouses.
Real-Time Risk: One Size Doesn't Fit All
Real-time risk management can be a vital tool to HFT environments, but it can be a superfluous luxury to many other market participants.
Fincad Centralizes Data Management in New F3 Release, Adds Negative Interest Rate Modeling Ability
The new features will help reduce data management and modeling errors.
RepRisk Readies User-Specific ESG Risk Products, Tests New Rating Metric
ESG risk data vendor expands product lineup with multiple products for different types of users.
GlobalRisk Integrates Interactive Data Content for Real-Time Risk Exposure
New service combines GlobalRisk's FirmRisk software with data from IDC's Consolidated Feed.
Aviva Investors Fined £17.6m by FCA Over Risk Management Failings
Asset management business also pays out £132m to eight funds in compensation.
Fitch Names Olert CRO
Fitch Group, the parent company of ratings agency Fitch Ratings, has appointed John Olert as group chief risk officer, a newly created role responsible for all types of risk that could impact the company's performance and reputation, reflecting "a more…
APFIC 2014: Firms Must Focus on Data Integration to Meet Risk Regs
Banks have just over a year to address data integration challenges of Basel's new risk requirements
FactSet Embeds Revere GeoRev Data into Portfolio Analytics
FactSet Research Systems has integrated San Francisco-based research and industry classification provider Revere Data's Geographic Revenue (GeoRev) Exposure data into the portfolio analytics section of its workstation, after procuring the dataset as part…
MSCI Releases New Equity Analytics
Index provider MSCI has added seven new US and Asia specific models to its suite of Barra equity portfolio risk models, which factors in additional risk considerations called Systematic Equity Strategies, to help financial professionals to design and…
Pricing Vet Blance Unveils Voltaire Advisors Valuation Risk Consultancy
Market data and evaluated pricing industry veteran Ian Blance has set up a new London-based company, Voltaire Advisors, to provide consulting services around valuation risk to buy-side clients and the hedge fund administrators, asset servicing firms and…
SunGard Adds Real-Time, Cross-Asset Risk Capability to Front Arena
Front Arena Cross-Asset Risk is intended to help brokers and futures commission merchants reduce costs and improve efficiency by replacing the multiple risk systems many of them rely on today
OpenGamma Hires LCH Clearnet's Head of Risk Tech to Drive Clearing Push
Open-source risk management and analytics software vendor OpenGamma has made a number of new hires in its London office to support development of the margining platform it launched in November that aggregates data from different sources to support…
SimCorp, MSCI Launch Interface for Data, Analytics
The new interface is intended to makes it easier for mutual clients to load SimCorp Dimension holdings into MSCI RiskManager and MSCI RiskManager risk analytics into SimCorp Dimension
SunGard Launches Risk Reporting Service for Hedge Funds
SunGard's new managed service validates the data it receives from hedge funds against its risk model database and produces standard and customized risk reports overnight
Fincad Bows F3 Valuation, Analytics Platform
Canadian over-the-counter derivatives pricing and risk management software vendor Fincad has rolled out its F3 platform for enterprise valuation and risk analytics, which provides views of risk, margin and collateral requirements across an enterprise,…
Xenomorph Integrates with R Language for Additional Analytics
Users of the R statistical language will now be able to use rich, validated data from Xenomorph's TimeScape product and Xenomorph's clients will be able to do additional analysis in the R environment
OpenGamma Gets ReMatch: CDS Risk Service Taps OpenGamma Analytics
Icap-owned credit default swap portfolio rebalancing and market risk mitigation service Rematch has selected risk management and analytics provider OpenGamma's platform to provide on-demand market risk analytics for single-name credit default swaps.
Bureau van Dijk Expands Catalyst Risk Data Offering
Dutch company information provider Bureau van Dijk is launching two new products─Credit Catalyst and Procurement Catalyst─that assess reputational and financial risk by blending internal and external company intelligence in one platform.
Markit's McPherson Returns to NewOak
Neil McPherson, former managing director and global head of structured finance at Markit, has rejoined New York-based risk advisory and asset management firm NewOak--where he previously served as a managing director between October 2008 and April 2009-…
IRD's Senior Reporter on the FCA's Review of Outsourcing
Nicholas Hamilton discusses calls from the UK's Financial Conduct Authority for asset managers to develop better contingency plans in case one of their third-party service providers fails
S&P CapIQ Adds Credit Risk Indicators to XpressFeed
S&P Capital IQ is planning to make its entire universe of pre-scored point-in-time, short- to mid-term and long-term credit risk indicators for financial institutions and non-financial corporates available via its XpressFeed data platform.