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SuperDerivatives launches risk system
SuperDerivatives launched a foreign exchange options risk management system today.
AGF Alternative Asset Management selects RiskData
AGF Alternative Asset Management, the fund of hedge funds arm of French group AGF Asset Management – which is part of Allianz Dresdner Asset Management – has implemented the 'Fofix' risk management system from investment technology firm RiskData.
Major op risk software providers grow at expense of smaller rivals
Sales of operational risk solutions seem to be on the rise, but it is established vendors who are seeing deals close. Many small or new software houses in the op risk space seem still to be experiencing a lull in sales.
Sponsor's article > Accounting for revenue uncertainty
The past 20 years have seen an increasing focus on mark-to-market accounting when determining corporate profits. This has been accompanied by a dramatic growth in contracts where multiple complex contingencies interact to affect valuation. David Rowe…
Philippine National Bank installs Misys’ Opics
The Philippine National Bank (PNB) has installed Misys Wholesale Banking Systems’ treasury, derivatives and capital markets product, Opics. This should reduce risk and increase efficiency as part of improvements to its IT infrastructure.
UBS signs global data deal with Reuters
The investment banking arm of Switzerland’s UBS has signed a global deal with Reuters that will ensure its risk management systems receive market data in real time.
Order Management Systems Clamp Down
Banks are looking to Order Management Systems to achieve compliance, settle trades and take advantage of liquidity. Are your traders ready for the coming Bull Market?
Bank of Israel signs up for SuperDerivatives
The Bank of Israel, Israel’s central bank, has adopted UK-based technology vendor SuperDerivatives' foreign exchange option pricing and analytics system.
Bracing for Basel
When international banking supervisors met in Basel, Switzerland in 1999 to propose a new framework for capital adequacy, they set in motion the biggest shake-up of the decade as to how banks measure risk and allocate capital. The new proposals, called…
Moody’s KMV launches loan mark-to-market tool
Moody’s KMV has launched a new web-based analytics tool that allows loan portfolio managers to value loans called CreditMark.
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Tradition widens Credit Access with Moneyline
Swiss inter-dealer broker Tradition is responding to user demand for data on the fast-growing credit derivatives market by distributing its credit derivatives prices over Moneyline Telerate, according to RiskNews ' sister publication Inside Market Data …
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