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Discovery becomes first US asset management client for Trema
Discovery Capital Management, a multi-asset-class emerging market hedge fund with $900 million in assets under management, has introduced Trema Finance Kit, a straight-through processing portfolio analysis, accounting and reporting tool.
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ABN Amro selects SunGard’s Credient
ABN Amro has signed up to use SunGard Trading and Risk Systems’ credit portfolio analysis and counterparty exposure tracking system, Credient, for global credit risk management and control. The Dutch bank will use Credient for trading portfolio credit…
JP Morgan Chase launches Credit Navigator for relative-value credit trading
JP Morgan Chase has launched its Credit Navigator product, an analytical tool designed to identify relative-value opportunities in the credit markets.
Taking it slow
Hong Kong's banks are, for the most part, targeting the standardised approach outlined in the new Basel capital Accord, but it is hoped that this will act as a catalyst for the further improvements in risk management.
Mizuho takes FNX for foreign exchange options
Mizuho Tokyo has upgraded to release 4.4 of FNX’s Sierra System for FX options trading. The new release has faster algorithms and architecture to accommodate Mizuho’s high volumes, FNX said.
DataSynapse adds IBM functionality
New York-based technology vendor DataSynapse has expanded its LiveCluster service that provides on demand computing power to be able to use IBM’s eServer zSeries mainframe computers.
CBOT signs on for Radianz services
The Chicago Board of Trade (CBOT) has signed a three-year deal with Radianz to provide an outsourced IP network to deliver its real-time data, CBOT and Radianz officials say.
Working in tandem
The insitutionalisation of the hedge fund industry has strengthened administrators' guiding principle ' to provide an honest interface between fund and investor
Band of brothers
Some companies are assessing the need to share pooled information to manage clients more effectively, but the idea is unlikely to be welcomed by hedge funds
Time to review your systems?
There is a wide choice of products now available specifically targeted at the hedge fund sector