RiskMetrics’ Acerbi Talks up Development of Mark to Liquidity Modelling
Mark to market may be top of the regulatory and industry agenda at the moment, but according to RiskMetrics researcher Carlo Acerbi, mark to liquidity could well be the next big thing in the risk management world. Speaking at Thomson Reuters’ recent Global Pricing Forum in London, Acerbi elaborated on the development of a model...
Markit and Cairn Capital to Launch European ABS Performance Monitor
Markit, a global financial information services company, and Cairn Capital Limited, a credit asset management and advisory firm, today announced the forthcoming launch of the Markit ABS Performance Monitor platform. This new service will combine Markit’s ABS surveillance capability with Cairn’s advisory and credit market expertise to provide state of the art performance monitoring for...
Majority of Risk Managers Have Yet to Put in Place Adequate Stress Testing Procedures, Says PRMIA
Despite the moves within the regulatory community towards mandating reverse stress testing procedures, the majority of firms have yet to take action and put in place new procedures and systems to cope with the changes, according to a recent survey conducted by the Professional Risk Managers’ International Association (PRMIA). Reverse stress testing is just one...
SuperDerivatives Appoints Matzliah as Asia Pacific Head to Lead its Aggressive Expansion Across the Region
SuperDerivatives (SD) said today that it has appointed Jacob Matzliah as vice President for Asia Pacific. “Asia Pacific is a tremendous growth area for SuperDerivatives since there is very high usage of sophisticated derivatives and strong need for cost effective front office systems that can enhance capabilities to participate in these markets, both as a...
Oracle Capital Selects Quantifi for Valuation and Risk Management of New Structured Credit Fund
Quantifi, a provider of analytics, trading and risk management solutions for the global capital markets, today announced that Oracle Capital, a hedge fund start-up founded by two former Lehman Brothers traders, has selected Quantifi XL for the pricing and analysis of their structured credit portfolio. Founded in 2009, Oracle Capital is based in Hong Kong...
The Clifton Group Selects F3 SDK
Fincad, a global provider of financial analytics, and The Clifton Group, a SEC registered investment advisory firm, announced today that Clifton has selected the F3 SDK analytics platform to expand their existing enterprise-wide derivatives pricing and valuation system. “Staying competitive in the investment advisory business means being able to react to valuation and pricing needs...
SunGard Boosts Data Management Offering By Combining MarketMap and Fame Under SaaS Banner
In line with the current trend in the vendor community towards launching software as a service (SaaS) versions of data management solutions, SunGard has decided to combine its Fame and MarketMap offerings under the banner of a new SaaS environment. The vendor has just integrated Exchange Data International’s (EDI) corporate actions data feed into MarketMap and...
UK FSA Produces Form for Firms to Confirm Why They Won’t be Ready for SCV
The UK Financial Services Authority (FSA) has sent out its pre-implementation report template for firms to fill in to confirm whether or not they will be ready for the incoming Single Customer View (SCV) reforms. Boards must confirm in writing by 31 July the status of their SCV projects, most of which have yet to...
A New Mandate for Pricing Partners with HSBC
Pricing Partners announced today that HSBC chose Pricing Partners’ independent valuation platform Price-it Online, to provide independent revaluation for structured products. Eric Benhamou, CEO of Pricing Partners comments: “HSBC is one of our leading references and a strong sign of the credibility of our derivatives valuation system. With this reference, we are taking an important...
SmartStream’s McGill Elaborates on Risk and Integration Benefits of Misys Partnership
Following the signing of a partnership with investment management solution vendor ByAllAccounts last month, SmartStream has signed yet another partnership agreement, this time with risk and portfolio management solution vendor Misys. Alastair McGill, executive vice president of business development and alliances for SmartStream Technologies, explains that the vendors have been in discussions about the partnership...