Technology
Front adds back-office capability to Arena
Front Capital Systems, a Stockholm-based operating unit of Pennsylvania-based technology company SunGard, will finalise development of a new back-office capability next month that it will offer as part of its flagship trading system, Front Arena.
Algorithmics launches Algo Risk on Bloomberg
Algorithmics, the Toronto-headquartered provider of risk management software, has launched its Algo Risk risk management application, a product developed in partnership with news and information provider Bloomberg.
Tullett expands SwapMarker coverage
Tullett Financial, a subsidiary of inter-dealer broker Tullett, which provides data on derivatives products, has brought together its North American and European SwapMarker services to offer a single global service for real-time interest rate derivatives…
£60 billion Isis fund signs up to Riskdata
Isis, a £60 billion UK investment fund created through the merger of Friends Ivory & Sime and Royal & SunAlliance Investments at the end of last year, has signed up to use an interactive risk management system developed by Paris-based company Riskdata.
Eurohypo selects Front Arena
Eurohypo, the German mortgage bank created by Deutsche Bank, Dresdner Bank and Commerzbank, has selected the Front Arena IT system to manage its interest rate derivatives, fixed-income, credit derivatives, structured products and money markets trading.
Algo teams with Agena to solve op risk data history issue
Canadian risk management technology supplier Algorithmics has teamed up with UK software company Agena to help institutions to better model operational risk.
FT Interactive Data enhances BondEdge credit risk capabilities
FT Interactive Data, a Massachusetts-based supplier of financial information and analytical software, has expanded the credit risk management capabilities of its BondEdge fixed-income portfolio analytics product.
STP - Morgan Stanley Speeds FIX Monitoring
To better manage exposures, the firm realized traffic running through its electronic trading network had to be monitored in real time.
Reuters 3000Xtra offered via servers
Reuters has developed a centrally managed server farm that should allow clients to deploy its premium information and trading Reuters 3000Xtra terminals at reduced cost.
RMS releases portfolio-based pricing for weather derivatives
Risk Management Solutions (RMS), a California-based provider of software for managing natural hazard risks, has released version 3.3 of its Climetrix weather derivatives trading and risk management system.
Korea’s Koram Bank joins SuperDerivatives
Korea’s Koram Bank, a joint venture established by a consortium of local conglomerates, has joined SuperDerivatives, the internet-enabled currency options pricing system.
Moneyline Telerate to offer GFI repo data
Moneyline Telerate will offer access to inter-dealer broker GFI’s European repo data in the next couple of months, and plans to offer other GFI data later this year.
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