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Kiodex focuses on accounting transparency for corporations
Kiodex, the New York-based provider of Web-based energy risk management services, has launched an accounting tools module on its Risk Workbench platform, an online business process outsourcing resource.
Bank of Ireland opts for Integral STP over client e-trading
Bank of Ireland has taken Integral’s AutoDealer product to aid straight-through processing, the Californian software firm said earlier this week. But, said an official at Bank of Ireland in Dublin, the bank has no immediate plans to use the system to…
Bank race for CLS clients
The world’s top FX banks are racing against time – and each other – to sign up a potential 2,000 third-party banks and institutions as clients for a new forex settlement system, Continuous Linked Settlement (CLS).
Summit and CoVision link up for hedge fund trading platform
New York-based transaction processing technology company, Summit Systems, has teamed up with another New York company – investment management firm CoVision Capital Group – to create an investment trading platform specifically geared to hedge funds.
Barclays opts for SunGard’s BancWare
Barclays Bank has implemented SunGard Trading and Risk Systems' BancWare product for its financial risk management activities across the UK, France and Spain.
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Use of psychological techniques and behavioural studies is an essential part of designing aircraft cockpits. The same principles are now being applied to energy trading screens, as James Ockenden discovers
Icap faces SEC scrutiny over Blackbird role
UK inter-dealer broker Icap could face a raft of regulatory probes due to accusations that it bought a minority stake in US electronic brokerage Blackbird to stifle potential competition to its own voice-brokered business.
UK says op risk paper will prepare firms for Basel II
London – Financial firms complying with the operational risk policy outlined today by UK financial regulators should be well prepared for the systems and controls needed under the Basel II bank accord and parallel European Union (EU) rules.
Reech and Beauchamp launch integrated hedge fund solution
Reech Capital, the London-based supplier of risk management services, has teamed up with software provider Beauchamp Financial Technology (BFT) to offer its RiskHedge risk management engine through BFT's software platform.
FXall customises e-FX trading site for Nestlé
Multi-bank FX trading portal FXall has created a customised trading and information Web platform for the world’s biggest food company, Switzerland's Nestlé.
Reech Capital launches derivatives valuation product
Reech Capital, the London-based supplier of risk management services, has launched FastVal, an independent derivatives valuation service.
SwapsWire eyes October launch
SwapsWire, the inter-dealer interest rate derivatives trading system backed by a consortium of 23 banks, is to launch in October after extensive delays and an entire systems overhaul, according to its chief executive Chip Carver. The system has also…
Rolfe & Nolan secures £1 million from global banks
UK derivatives back-office vendor, Rolfe & Nolan, has secured funding of just over £1 million for its Merlin technology project from two sponsor banks, Deutsche Bank and UBS Warburg.
DrKW’s Piranha bites into online options services
Dresdner Kleinwort Wasserstein (DrKW), the investment banking arm of Dresdner Bank, has added an options service to its Piranha online foreign exchange trading system.
WestLB to adopt Citigroup FX settlement service
Germany's WestLB has subscribed to Citigroup’s e-business CLS (continuous-linked settlement) settlement services for foreign exchange settlement. The deal will allow WestLB to offer CLS settlement services to its German savings bank and Landesbank…
Globex glitch grounds CME's Eagle platform
The maiden flight of the Chicago Mercantile Exchange's (CME) Eagle (electronic arbitrage Globex liquidity enhancer) platform has been delayed until October due to problems with Globex, the CME's electronic trading platform, which supports Eagle.
SuperDerivatives to introduce equity derivatives pricing system
SuperDerivatives, a London-based company offering pricing systems for currency options, has said it is planning to expand its business by launching an equity derivatives pricing system. It said an accepted market price for equity derivatives dealers…