Technology
Regulation and economic capital spark debate
Risk Europe 2004
Top Singapore dealers sign up for SuperDerivatives’ SD-FX
Ten financial institutions in Singapore have signed up to SD-FX, the FX options pricing system of UK-based technology company SuperDerivatives.
Covenants: crisis of confidence
Financial covenants that rely too heavily on ratios are just not sophisticated enough to predict the likelihood of default, argues Sarah Woo. Loan originators must learn a trick or two from their colleagues in portfolio management and develop…
Covenants: crisis of confidence
Financial covenants that rely too heavily on ratios are just not sophisticated enough to predict the likelihood of default, argues Sarah Woo. Loan originators must learn a trick or two from their colleagues in portfolio management and develop…
KWI hires SVP of operations
KWI, the London-based provider of trading and risk management software for the energy industry, today announced the appointment of Alan Somerville as senior vice president (SVP) of operations.
Linedata rolls out compliance engine
Buy-side technology vendor Linedata Services has launched an enterprise-wide pre- and post-trade compliance engine, Linedata Compliance.
Linedata rolls out compliance engine
Buy-side technology vendor Linedata Services has launched an enterprise-wide pre- and post-trade compliance engine, Linedata Compliance.
Linedata rolls out compliance engine
Buy-side technology vendor Linedata Services has launched an enterprise-wide pre- and post-trade compliance engine, Linedata Compliance.
Barclays Capital introduces electronic dollar interest rate swaps trading
Barclays Capital has enabled users of Bloomberg Professional to trade dollar interest rate swaps electronically via its automated real-time execution platform, Barx.
The Mystery Behind the Numbers
A host of recent compliance regulations in the US and the UK has shined yet another light on the need for clean reference data.
No More Fake IDs
As the economy recovers, financial firms are looking for technical advantages that increase top-line revenues as well as manage costs.
Bayer signs up for SunGard Adaptiv
Bayer, the German pharmaceuticals and chemicals company, has chosen Sungard’s Adaptiv trading and risk management product to support its commodity, foreign exchange and fixed-income trading operations.
Sarbanes-Oxley: The costly road to compliance
Some companies are looking to get a better return on their investment in Sarbanes-Oxley compliance by making it part of a larger exercise that looks at firm-wide processes and controls, and not just those surrounding financial reporting, writes Clive…
Bayer signs up for SunGard Adaptiv
Bayer, the Leverkusen-based pharmaceuticals and chemicals company, has chosen Sungard’s Adaptiv trading and risk management product to support its commodity, foreign exchange and fixed-income trading operations.
CBOT makes protocol and ticker changes
The Chicago Board of Trade’s (CBOT) new quote vendor network (QVN) has prompted an overhaul of how the exchange distributes data from Dow Jones Indexes (DJI) as well as changes to CBOT’s ticker plant, reports RiskNews' sister publication, Inside Market…
Wall Street Systems launches new structured products software
New York-based software vendor Wall Street Systems has launched two new systems, one focusing on credit derivatives while the other handles structured products.
Banca Intesa consolidates credit derivatives systems
Banca Intesa has selected London-based Tamesis’ trading and risk management system for its credit derivatives operations.
Covenants: crisis of confidence
Financial covenants that rely too heavily on ratios are just not sophisticated enough to predict the likelihood of default, argues Sarah Woo . Loan originators must learn a trick or two from their colleagues in portfolio management and develop…
The waiting game
The Italian power market has finally opened to competition, but how long willenergy users have to wait until they can trade on the new electricity exchange? Joe Marsh reports
BNP tap Etrali for floors in China
French trading communications technology maker Etrali has done a deal with BNP Paribas to deploy its hardware on trading floors in China, says Henri Vautheny, Etrali’s general manager for Asia, excluding Japan.