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Bayerische Landesbank to use Algo for cross-product margining
Bayerische Landesbank (BayernLB), 50% owned by the Association of Bavarian Savings Banks with the remainder held by the Bavarian regional government, plans to implement Algo Collateral for all its cross-margining by March next year.
White-lightning response is needed for US market
There is still fundamental value in the US market, but fund managers have to be quick of the mark to exploit the current situation
Staying neutral
Crescendo UK fights market difficulties to avoid a drawdown in recent volatile markets
Pondering structural change
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Bank of China International chooses Sophis
BOC International Financial Products, a division of Hong Kong-listed Bank of China International, has selected risk management software company Sophis to support the front, middle and back office of its new derivatives unit.
Currenex extends post-trade FX settlement and allocation
Multi-bank FX trading portal Currenex has added new features to its FXtrades service, improving the efficiency of its allocation and settlement processes and minimising post-trade errors, according to Lori Mirek, president and chief executive.
Correlation and credit risk
Active development of full credit portfolio modelling continues apace, even though it is not recognised in the proposed Basel II framework.
JCF to use Quantal analytics in bid to take on Barra
JCF Group, a provider of analytical models and software for investment managers, has launched a new risk measurement module within its flagship JCF Quant product in a bid to take on California-based Barra.
CreditTrade and Reech to offer combined CDS data service
Electronic credit derivatives broker CreditTrade and financial software provider Reech Capital are combining pricing resources to offer a single service for valuing credit default swaps (CDSs).
German focus: Trouble below deck
Despite weathering a number of storms over the past decade, notably reunification and monetary union, the German economy is facing a new threat.
SAP launches new Basel II functions for mySAP Banking
German software services provider SAP said it is providing new functions for its mySAP Banking package to help banks meet the requirements of the risk-based Basel II capital Accord and new international accounting standards in the European Union (EU).
Hedge funds targeted by Summit-CoVision alliance
Summit Systems, a New York-based trading, risk management and straight-through processing vendor, and CoVision Capital Group, an investment management firm, have partnered to provide an investment platform specifically geared towards hedge funds.
OpenLink introduces Swift messaging capability
OpenLink, a New York-based trading and risk management software company, has released its Open Settlement Solution - an integrated Society for Worldwide Interbank Financial Telecommunication (Swift) messaging capability for its Findur system. Evaluating…
Murex to supply clients with Reech Capital derivatives models
Financial software provider Murex is licensing some of competitor Reech Capital’s products to give its clients access to models to more accurately price and hedge exotic FX options.
Hong Kong Exchange moves to increase derivatives transparency
The Hong Kong Exchange has agreed to let information vendors such as Reuters and Moneyline Telerate list its derivatives prices for the first time, in a move designed to improve market transparency.
Job moves
QUOTE OF THE MONTH: - “Regulatory fear is creating a lot of uncertainty, and that fear does impact the financial markets” Jennifer Patterson, energy trading manager at Edison Mission Energy in Australia, arguing at the Australia Risk 2002 conference last…
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