Technology
PPF enhances risk modelling
The UK Pension Protection Fund (PPF) has added a macroeconomic scenario generator to its in-house long-term risk model.
GlobalView adds TFS, ICAP, CBOT to data offerings
Chicago-based data management company GlobalView has increased its data offerings to include data from brokerage Tradition Financial Services (TFS), an increased offering from ICAP, and futures data from the Chicago Board of Trade (CBOT).
Bloomberg provides STP for credit derivatives
Bloomberg has linked up with New York-based technology firm T-Zero to provide its users with an electronic affirmation process for credit default swaps (CDS). T-Zero’s straight-through processing (STP) will allow users to capture and communicate trade…
SunGard expands Asian operations
Financial software vendor SunGard has boosted its Asia-Pacific presence with the rollout of an order-to-cash process system called AvantGard Getpaid, and increased on-the-ground support in Singapore and Malaysia.
The straight-through challenge
Technology
A secure approach
Compliance wins the race to drive IT security, with efforts concentrated less on tools and more on policy. By Protiviti's Greg Hedges and Claudia Gomez