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QUOTE OF THE MONTH: - “The perception of government support may induce the counterparties of government-sponsored enterprises to apply less vigorously some of the risk controls that they apply to manage their over-the-counter derivatives exposures”…
Wall Street Systems offers rates module
Wall Street Systems has released an interest rate derivatives (IRD) module, which supports traditional analytic models as well as multiple-term structure models such as Black-Derman-Toy, Hull-White and Black-Karasinksi.
Citi and JPMC days away from FX Connect integration
The integration of Citigroup and JP Morgan Chase on State Street's FX Connect is only days away, said Simon Wilson-Taylor, managing director of Global Link.
GFI unveils Fenics 2002 upgrade
Interdealer broker GFI today unveiled details of enhancements to its Fenics options pricing system, which is used by an estimated 85% of global options dealers.
JP Morgan Chase and Deutsche join Currenex as member banks
JP Morgan Chase and Deutsche Bank have joined Currenex, the electronic foreign exchange trading portal. Currenex said the additions will enhance liquidity on the FX trading platform, and the news follows from the collapse of rival Atriax earlier this…
Algorithmics charts new business strategy
Ron Dembo, founder and chief executive officer of risk management systems provider Algorithmics, has said that within a few years, one third of Algorithmics’ revenue could come from the company’s new alliance with Bloomberg, announced in January…
Atriax fall stirs corporates into action
Online FX trading could be set to soar, according to industry officials, after the collapse of multi-bank platform Atriax removed some obstacles to client take-up. And its rival FXall looks set to benefit most from the surge in uptake, according to a…
HVB invests in equity trading with Front
Hypovereinsbank (HVB), the German private sector bank, has extended its agreement with Stockholm-based trading technology providers Front Capital Systems, an operating unit of SunGard Trading Systems. HVB will implement Front Arena globally for its…
Tokio Marine launches TokioWeather
Japan's Tokio Marine and Fire Insurance has launched TokioWeather, the country's first software program that calculates the premium on weather derivatives, according to an official at the insurer in Tokyo.
Fame shake-up under new chief executive officer
Fame Information Services, the New-York based market data vendor, has secured a new investment from majority shareholder, Warburg Pincus, the private equity company. New plans to radically shake up the business have been unveiled by incoming chief…
Iris launches eqTrader
Iris Financial Systems, a provider of trading and risk management systems based in San Francisco, today launched eqTrader, a component-based equity portfolio management system, onto the European market. eqTrader enables portfolio managers to automate…
Structured products
Despite hedge funds promising absolute returns, plenty of buyers want guarantees on top
Blackbird completes first FpML trades
Blackbird, the North Carolina-based electronic market-place for over-the-counter interest rate derivatives, has completed the first swap trades on an electronic network using Financial Products Markup Language, or FpML. The deals are the first practical…
Cicada creates risk data management group
Cicada, a US market data distribution systems company, has created a new subsidiary, Cicada Risk, to provide risk data management products. The move marks the company’s first foray into the risk management business.
Citi joins State Street's FX Connect liquidity pool
Citigroup, which failed in efforts to create a merger of e-FX portals FXall and Atriax, ahead of Atriax's collapse late last week, has joined State Street's FX Connect as a liquidity provider.
Electronic platforms short circuit
E-trading
New online FAS 133 tool developed for corporate hedgers
New York-based risk management system provider Reval has developed an online derivatives hedging service, Reval Express. It is intended to provide an affordable means for US corporates that hedge only lightly to comply with derivatives Financial…