Asia Risk technology survey 2009

Heavyweight technology companies with a long track record and scaleable systems capable of handling high levels of simple transaction flows performed well in Asia Risk’s 2009 technology rankings. Thomson Reuters ultimately emerged as the victor ahead of Murex in what transpired to be the technology vendors’ third annual head-to-head. Clive Davidson reports

The Asia Risk 2009 technology rankings were dominated by a prizefight between two trading and risk system heavyweights - Thomson Reuters and Murex - who slugged it out across almost all categories. While Murex punched more strongly in the pricing and trading systems, where the two vendors featured in the top three in every category, Thomson Reuters landed some effective blows in the risk categories and scored second in the data vendor category, where Murex does not compete, to eventually take