Trading systems
Awakening giant?
Some circumstances endure long enough to become embedded in the unexamined assumptions of a generation. In the case of the Japanese economy, these assumptions could prove costly, argues David Rowe
Standard Bank goes live with credit risk management solution
An international bank has gone live with a counterparty credit risk management solution today that will also help it achieve Basel II compliance in key areas of its business. Standard Bank announced that the first phase of its solution on a single global…
Global private equity firms acquire FRS
Two global private equity firms, Kennet Partners and the Carlyle Group have announced the acquisition of regulatory and compliance providers FRS. FRS will continue to provide financial reporting solutions through its suite of applications.
Going electronic
Commodities
Mercato diviso
SWAP DI TASSI
Commodities' legs can run further still...
commodities
The straight-through challenge
Technology
Barcelona summit highlights challenges of ABS growth
Global ABS conference focuses on reporting standards in asset-backed securities market
SunGard launches updated PTA
COMPLIANCE TOOLS
Stepping up to the challenge
Technology
BarCap logs on at last
Technology
RBS extends electronic rates swaps to Asia
Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS) has extended the trading hours of electronic trading of US dollar interest rate swaps on Bloomberg to include Asian business hours.
BarCap opens online structured note trading
Barclays Capital has started offering online trading in equity structured notes to customers worldwide.
Shifting sands
Foreign Exchange
Splitting the market
Interest rate swaps
Electronic trading
Introduction
The price is right?
For banks entering the physical power markets the opportunities are many, but pricing contracts in these volatile markets is fraught with difficulties. Aarzoo Shah, Riccardo Anacar and Antony Kakoudakis look at how to tackle these challenges
PFPC launches mutual funds solution
COMPLIANCE TOOLS
The single life
Trading platforms
An air of simplicity
Profile: Qantas