Technology
Creditex updates PriceTracker
New-York based provider of credit derivatives data and trading service Creditex has released a new version of its PriceTracker pricing service that covers new sectors and search criteria. Creditex will also add Standard & Poor’s credit ratings to the…
FT Interactive Data launches BondEdge CMO/ABS Analyzer
FT Interactive Data, a provider of financial information and analytical software based in Bedford, Massachusetts, today launched its CMO/ABS Analyzer, an interactive Web-based application providing information and analytics on more than 9,000 US dollar…
Blue Bay signs with SunGard
Blue Bay Asset Management, the London-based alternative investment firm established on July 3 last year, has licensed SunGard Trading and Risk Systems’ Panorama application for risk management and Decalog for decision support and compliance of its hedge…
Isda seeks industry help to develop FpML for credit derivatives
The International Swaps and Derivatives Association (Isda) is seeking industry help to set up a working group to develop financial products mark-up language (FpML) for credit derivatives. FpML, a computer protocol, was built to promote the electronic…
WRMA launches electronic trading standard
The Weather Risk Management Association (WRMA), a global industry body promoting weather derivatives, launched its extensible mark-up language trading protocol, WXML, on Friday following a two-year development process.
Weaving an integrated solution
A treacherous credit environment and growing awareness of the danger of credit and market risk correlation have convinced financial institutions that they need to evaluate these exposures together. To get a unified view, will they need to adopt unified…
Front in new sales drive
Stockholm-based trading and risk management technology provider Front Capital Systems, an operating unit of SunGard Trading Systems, has made two key sales appointments to support the company’s global expansion. Front has recruited Stephen Butcher to…
Making the connection
Front-office systems
Fame and Xenomorph in data link-up
New York-based data provider Fame has teamed up with London-based data storage company Xenomorph to offer a product link-up to equity derivatives dealers.
Swiss Re signs up for updated RMS weather trading system
Swiss Re Financial Products (SRFP) has licensed an updated weather risk trading system developed by Risk Management Solutions (RMS), the California-based technology and data firm.
Challenging times for CROs
Chief risk officers
Weaving an integrated solution
A treacherous credit environment and growing awareness of the danger of credit and market risk correlation have convinced financial institutions that they need to evaluate these exposures together. To get a unified view, will they need to adopt unified…
Industry On Alert
A joint finance-technology-government effort to safeguard the market infrastructure has already resulted in a secret command center and preliminary guidelines for industry-wide best practices.
Standard Chartered's New Risk Architecture
An enterprise-wide risk engine will better integrate risk measurement with business decisions.
Chief risk officers
Risk is the business of insurance companies, but risk management in the sector is not nearly as developed as it is in the banking industry. Now, a new crop of chief risk officers will be trying to change all that.
Measuring the Unexpected
The events of Sept. 11 brought increased attention and confusion to the practice of managing operational risk.