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 stablecoin market is experiencing unprecedented growth, driven by emerging regulatory clarity, technological maturity, and rising global demand for a faster, more secure financial infrastructure. But with opportunity comes complexity, and a host of challenges that financial institutions need to address before they can unlock the promise of a more streamlined financial transaction ecosystem. These...
Transparency and accuracy are characteristics of data that are equally important for financial institutions’ compliance processes and the rollout of artificial intelligence applications. Without those qualities, regulators will have little trust in the disclosures of firms’ compliance teams and any AI technology will be prone to misleading and potentially damaging outputs. To ensure these two...
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They may be complex and burdened with a bad reputation at the moment, but derivatives are here to stay. Although Bank for International Settlements figures indicate that derivatives trading is down for the first time in 10 years, the asset class has been strongly defended by the banking and brokerage community over the last few...