Technology
Westpac buys new risk management software
Australian bank Westpac has licensed SunGard’s Credient, part of its Adaptiv credit risk infrastructure.
Iberdrola moves to spread its influence in Europe
Spanish utility Iberdrola is taking steps to expand its trading and supply activities in Europe, particularly in Portugal, given that the joint Iberian power market is scheduled to open in March 2005.
GFI launches electronic credit derivatives trading platform
Inter-dealer broker GFI has completed the first stage of its rollout of CreditMatch, its electronic trading platform for credit derivatives.
User Choice winners revealed
Energy Risk's first User Choice Awards have been a tremendous success, with over 450 valid votes showing which vendors and data providers are the preferred suppliers to the energy industry in 2004.
SuperDerivatives upgrades forex platform
Options pricing systems vendor SuperDerivatives has launched an upgrade of its SD-FX system, according to RiskNews’ sister publication, Dealing With Technology .
Huberator’s hopes
Weather risk
All systems go
Weather risk
Looking to the east
Weather risk
Sponsor's article > Basel II: time for action
Despite some lingering issues, the main points of contention around the revised Basel II capital Accord have been resolved, and implementation seems more certain than it has for several years. David Rowe argues it is time to stop hoping it will go away…
Bloomberg and Cognotec partner on streaming FX rates
Bloomberg is bringing streaming foreign exchange rates to users of its Bloomberg Professional terminals, courtesy of a joint venture with forex vendor Cognotec, the two firms will announce today, reports RiskNews’ sister publication FX Week .
Business continuity plans drawn for Australia
Business continuity
NYC launches emergency access programme
Business continuity
Measuring operational risk capital
Sponsor's statement
The art of allocation
Alternative investment
Commerzbank achieves real-time credit risk management with Adaptiv Analytics
Corporate statement
Quantifying operational risk
This is the fifth of Charles Smithson's latest series of Class Notes, which will run in alternate issues of Risk through to the end of 2004. Class Notes is an educational series, designed to pull together the threads of recent developments and thinking…
Sponsor's article > Basel II: change is good
Basel II is an opportunity for banks to modernize and upgrade their risk practices, policies and technology to manage risk in a holistic fashion. Alliance & Leicester, a UK based financial institution with assets of over €55 billion, took early advantage…
Bear supplies Optima with risk system
Bear Measurerisk, a technology subsidiary of Bear Stearns Asset Management, is to supply Optima Fund Management with risk monitoring and reporting systems.
The Monte Carlo mindset
There is a rich seam to be mined in the provision of tools to calculate counterparty credit risk. Clive Davidson looks at what's on offer so far, and what could be coming on to the market.