Maples Finance Adopts Paladyne’s Industry-Standard Technology Platform
Paladyne Systems, a solutions provider to the global hedge fund industry, today announced that Maples Finance, an independent global fund services provider with US$30 billion in assets under administration, has successfully implemented the Paladyne product suite as its middle and back office solution. Maples Finance licensed Paladyne’s Application Service Provider (ASP) platform, a comprehensive software,...
CEBS Produces Advisory Paper on Liquidity Cost Benefit Allocation to Support New Risk Requirements
In order to assist the European financial services community in its attempts to improve liquidity risk management, the Committee of European Banking Supervisors (CEBS) has published a new consultation paper on how to go about producing an effective allocation mechanism for liquidity costs, benefits and risks, CP36. The recommendations are aimed at providing firms with...
Voras Capital Management Selects Sophis Value as Technology Backbone for Newly Launched Hedge Fund
Sophis, a provider of cross asset, front to back portfolio and risk management solutions, today announced that Voras Capital Management, a recently launched global hedge fund, has licensed Sophis Value for front to back office portfolio and risk management for its global trading operations. The system will support its planned strategy of investing in a...
Broadridge Upgrades UK Nominations and Voting Service
Broadridge Financial Solutions today announced that, following the success of the launch of its UK Nominations & Voting Service in 2007, Broadridge has added new features to the service to further enhance its offering to retail brokers. The UK Nominations and Voting Service was created by Broadridge in response to changes put in place by...
Regulation is Driving Force Behind Data Management Change, Agree EDM Council’s Atkin and JWG’s Di Giammarino
They may differ in their opinions in how to go about effecting change, but EDM Council’s managing director Mike Atkin and JWG’s CEO PJ Di Giammarino agreed that the regulatory environment is forcing firms to re-evaluate their data management systems. Both Atkin and Di Giammarino told delegates to TSAM in London earlier this week that...
Data Management Could Learn from Performance Measurement Standardisation, Suggests Robeco’s Reiners
The data management community could potentially learn a lot about standardisation from the world of performance measurement, suggested Corné Reiners, head of both FSC performance measurement and data management at Robeco Asset Management, to delegates to TSAM in London this week. A lot of cooperation has been achieved within the area of performance measurement between...
Tullett Prebon’s Humphrey Discusses Details Behind OTC Val Acquisition
Last week, interdealer brokerage firm Tullett Prebon announced it had entered into an acquisition agreement for an undisclosed amount with derivatives valuation services provider OTC Valuations (commonly known as OTC Val). Paul Humphrey, CEO of Tullett Prebon’s Electronic Broking and Information division, explains to Reference Data Review that the acquisition is all part of the firm’s...
Tullett Prebon Expands into Valuations Services with Acquisition of OTC Valuations Ltd
Tullett Prebon plc, an inter-dealer broker, today announces the acquisition of OTC Valuations Ltd, a provider of independent derivatives valuation services. In an environment of increasing compliance and corporate governance requirements, OTC Valuations delivers a highly valuable service to clients, providing accurate, complete, timely, and independent pricing of derivatives portfolios. OTC Valuations, with its significant...
ISDA Indicates Commitment to OTC Derivatives Repositories and Greater Data Standardisation
The International Swaps and Derivatives Association (ISDA) has this week pledged its support for the establishment of global central repositories for OTC derivatives data and its commitment to the provision of relevant transaction data to supervisory authorities. The promises were made in a letter that has been sent to the heads of the primary supervisory...
Kinetic Partners Recruits Szylar from RBS, Focuses on Modular Approach to Enterprise Risk Management
Kinetic Partners has added a new face to its team, ex-RBS Portfolio Risk Services MD Christian Szylar, to lead the vendor’s efforts in the risk modelling and valuations space. The vendor has been stepping up its approach to the market by touting its modular approach to risk management as a more practical way to meet...