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Principia expands its credit functionality
Principia Partners, a Jersey City-based risk management technology vendor, said it has enhanced the credit derivatives capability of its Principia System front- to back-office product.
SAS launches new risk management practice in the UK
SAS, a North Carolina-based risk technology and analytics company, has set up a new UK risk management practice for enterprise risk services. It will focus on helping organisations in the financial services and energy sectors identify and understand…
Sophis updates buy-side software
Sophis, a risk management technology vendor based in Paris, has released Value v2.0, a new version of its product for buy-side insitutions.
Barra to lay off 9% of workforce
Barra, the Berkeley, California-based risk management technology vendor, is to reduce its workforce by approximately 9%, from 519 employees to 470 employees worldwide.
Risk Europe 2003: Reuters signs deal with NumeriX for exotic derivatives libraries
Reuters has signed a deal with NumeriX, the US derivatives analytics company, to offer a suite of exotic derivatives pricing libraries for customers of its Kondor+ flagship risk management system. The deal was unveiled at Risk 's eighth annual Risk…
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Preparing for catastrophes is only part of it. More frequently (albeit less extensively), firms are testing their readiness for water main breaks, subway strikes and power outages.
NumeriX enhanced to support more complex credit products
US analytics company NumeriX has enhanced its core analytics toolkit and engine to meet demand from a rapidly evolving credit derivatives market. The modifications will allow users to model, price and manage the risk of a broad range of sophisticated…
Reuters and IBM team up in Asia-Pacific
Reuters has teamed up with IBM Financial Services to offer risk management systems and consulting services to small and medium sized financial institutions in Asia-Pacific.
Thomson Financial releases new 'Vestek' risk model
Canadian information and technology provider Thomson Financial has released its 'Vestek Fundamental Risk Model', which is designed to identify the sources and size of portfolio risks.
Trading with a small ‘t’
What made headlines before is now becoming everyday news: energy companies are scaling back or leaving energy trading. Some industry observers are emphasising the shift to ‘trading around assets’. Anne Ku investigates just what this means
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Dr. Dean Jovic has been appointed to group managing director of risk management/Basel II, a newly created position at SunGard.
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