Barra has expanded the coverage of its Cosmos bond portfolio management system to include a wider range of securities and benchmarks. The new version – Cosmos 3.1 – has broader U.S. fixed-income coverage. Barra has also added a number of indices, including the iboxx euro and sterling credit indices and mortgages. In addition, Cosmo 3.1 features new market-implied credit ratings and an expanded credit spread model.
The importance of complete robust end-to-end data lineage in financial services and capital markets cannot be overstated. Without the ability to trace and verify data across its lifecycle, many critical workflows – from trade reconciliation to risk management – cannot be executed effectively. At the top of the list is regulatory compliance. Regulators demand a...
2026 is set to be the year in which the evolutionary changes hinted in the past 12 months become established within the data landscape, according to expert predictions. Artificial intelligence will mature into the game-changing innovation it has promised for years and private markets, whose growth in importance in the past few years has been...
Now in its 2nd year, the AI in Capital Markets Summit returns with a focus on the practicalities of onboarding AI enterprise wide for business value creation. Whilst AI offers huge potential to revolutionise capital markets operations many are struggling to move beyond pilot phase to generate substantial value from AI.
Risk and regulatory imperatives are demanding access to the latest portfolio information, placing new pressures on the pricing and valuation function. And the front office increasingly wants up-to-date valuations of hard-to-price securities. These developments are driving a push toward on-demand evaluated pricing capabilities, with pricing teams seeking to provide access to valuations at higher frequency...