Trading systems
Barx forex options trading extended to Asia
Barclays Capital has extended the remit of its Barx electronic trading platform to include the remote trading of vanilla foreign exchange options in Asia. The upgrade will offer traders live two-way streaming of tradable prices across 17 currency pairs…
Dealers dispute benefts of trading algorithms
Algorithms are important but not indispensable in execution trading, said participants at a panel discussion during the fourth Asia-Pacific Electronic Trading Summit 2006, held in Hong Kong yesterday.
Evolution signs up to SunGard
Evolution Capital Management (Evolution), a $1bn hedge fund based in Honolulu, is implementing SunGard's cross-asset trading platform, Front Arena, to support its enterprise trading, risk management, processing and reporting requirements.
EnergyRisk Awards 2006
The Energy Risk Awards 2006: we honour the talent, innovation and enthusiasm that sit at the heart of the energy risk management industry.
The infrastructure challenge
Solvency Platforms
Turning on to liquid investing
Infrastructure
Hey big lender
Technology
Reuters agrees risk management deals with Dubai government and commercial bank of Qatar
Reuters today announced it has signed two deals for its Kondor suite of products in the Middle East with the Government of Dubai, Department of Finance (DoF) and the Commercial Bank of Qatar (CBQ) - the second largest bank in Qatar. Reuters’ head of…
The value of experience
Sunil Chadda was recently installed as head of Citisoft's hedge fund and derivatives practice. Victor Anderson speaks to him about trends that he's identified since his appointment, the impact Mifid (the Markets in Financial Instruments Directive) is…
Re-balancing risk priorities
Op risk managers are taking an integrated approach to the two thorns in their side – Basel II and SOX – writes Choongo Moonga
The cost of complexity
Hybrid products
SunGard enhances firm by acquiring Dataware
COMPLIANCE TOOLS
The right tool for the job
The use of derivatives and structured products in mutual funds is on the increase, especially since the liberalisation of the UK's authorised collective investment scheme and the introduction of Ucits III. But is the asset management industry equipped to…
Banks get stressed
The UK's Financial Services Authority has called on banks to improve stress testing of possible disruptive events, while the Basel Committee declared last year that firms must supplement their value-at-risk models with stress tests. But some bankers…
Leading the energy software revolution
The ETRM software industry is enjoying a long-awaited boom, meaning exciting developments are in store for energy trading and risk management, writes Stella Farrington
March 2006 - Relations with Russia revisited
As Europe becomes more dependent on Russia for oil and gas supplies, it endeavours to maintain good relations with Moscow, while at the same time looking for alternative ways of securing fuel
The right tool for the job
Regulation Update
BoC goes bespoke
Profile
Banks get stressed
Stress Testing
Regulatory arbitrage: back to basics
Risk analysis
Caruana to end stint as Basel Committee chairman
Jaime Caruana will step down as chairman of the Basel Committee on Banking Supervision in July, when his six-year tenure as head of the Spanish central bank expires. A Bank for International Settlements (BIS official says the Committee plans to discuss…
BarCap survey shows options e-commerce still lags behind
A Barclays Capital survey of its corporate customers has found that electronic trading of foreign exchange options is lagging behind, as the market attempts to shift trading from voice brokerage to e-commerce systems.
In defence of Gazprom
The Russian gas giant's recent price dispute with Ukraine has not given it the best start to the year, but the cat calls of political bullying are not deterring Gazprom's European customers, writes Oliver Holtaway