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IBM rolls out SuperDerivatives for currency options
IBM has signed a multi-licence contract with London-based foreign exchange pricing company SuperDerivatives. The company will roll out the SuperDerivatives pricing system for currency options to the IT company's treasury team based in Armonk, New York.
Measure by measure
How can the skill of analysts, who provide forecasts of corporate earnings, be accurately measured?
Summit markets new porfolio product
New York-based transaction processing technology company, Summit Systems, has started to aggressively market its new portfolio processing product, Summit FT. The web-based product offers instant delivery of real-time information across a range of primary…
Derivatech wins first options risk software deal in China
Bank of China has licensed FX options software from US-based vendor Derivatech, in what marks the country’s first forex risk management software deal.
Bank of Bermuda selects Reech FastVal for derivatives valuation
The Bank of Bermuda has selected Reech FastVal for its global fund services (GFS) division, which provides fund administration services to the alternative funds industry. Reech FastVal will be used to provide independent valuation or validation of the…
Icap extends use of Kalahari software
Inter-dealer broker Icap has extended its use of pricing software company Kalahari’s derivatives pricing system ‘Kace’ to its Singapore, Hong Kong and Sydney offices.
Banks behind in op risk systems implementation
Bank operational risk measurement and management frameworks are not yet being used to drive business decision-making at most firms, according to a new survey by PA Consulting, an international financial services consulting firm.
Ontario Teachers’ Pension Plan licenses credit risk software from Kamakura
Ontario Teachers’ Pension Plan, Canada’s second largest pension fund, has licensed credit risk modelling software from Honolulu-based Kamakura.
Solving The Identity Crisis
Prudential Financial's homegrown Customer Identification Program solution answers the question behind the USA Patriot Act's Rule 326: Do you really know your customer?
BTM expands use of forex pricing system in Japan
The Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi (BTM) has extended its use of financial software company Cognotec’s online foreign exchange trading system in Japan.
System-ready for Sarbanes-Oxley
Energy companies are not alone in having to review their operations to comply with the Sarbanes-Oxley Act. Energy software suppliers, too, are looking at their systems, although most are confident they are already well prepared, finds Clive Davidson
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Lloyds TSB selects SAS to manage risk
UK financial services group Lloyds TSB has installed banking risk management software from SAS, a North Carolina-based data management software vendor. The technology will help the bank to meet Basel II credit risk compliance and further automate its…
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