BBVA Deploys SuperDerivatives’ Derivatives Solution in Hong Kong
Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria (BBVA), one of the largest European banks, announced that it has selected SuperDerivatives (SD), the global derivatives benchmark and leading multi-asset front office system, to support its currency derivatives business in Hong Kong and to better meet its clients’ changing needs. In allowing better pricing standards across the board, the SD-FX...
SIX Telekurs Bolsters its Market Position by Acquiring the Evaluated Pricing Business of CSV
In a major step toward fulfilling the company’s strategic objectives in the area of evaluated pricing services, SIX Telekurs has entered into an agreement with CSV, Incorporated to purchase its evaluated pricing business. As a leading provider of global securities data, SIX Telekurs provides comprehensive information on more than 5.7 million global instruments. Whilst many...
Fund Service Provider Harmonic Selects Numerix Analytics to Power Independent Valuation
Harmonic Fund Services (Harmonic), a specialized global hedge fund administrator, today announced that they have selected Numerix, the leading provider of cross-asset analytics for derivatives valuations and risk management, to provide independent valuation and risk for OTC derivatives within Harmonic’s FM3 platform for alternative investment managers. Through the use of Numerix CrossAsset – Numerix’s analytic...
SmartCo Goes Live at National Bank Financial Group in Canada
SmartCo, Inc., a leading provider of Enterprise Data Management software solutions for the financial industry, is delighted to announce that National Bank Financial Group of Canada has gone live with its innovative data management software solution, SmartCo DataHub. Following a market and competitor review SmartCo’s data management platform has been selected by National Bank Financial...
OFI Asset Management Selects Pricing Partners for its Structured Products Revaluations
Pricing Partners, the independent valuation expert and a world leader in mathematical models for valuations of derivatives and structured products, announced today to provide independent revaluations to OFI Asset Management for its interest rates, credit and equity structured products. OFI Asset Management develops and provides tailored investment solutions to its clients. The group operates over...
Russell Investments And Interactive Data Introduce Fair Value Adjusted Index Information For Select Russell Global Indices
Interactive Data Corporation, a provider of financial market data, analytics and related solutions, today announced that its Pricing and Reference Data business will provide its Fair Value Information Service (FVIS) for international equities to Russell Investments for use in providing fair value adjusted information on Russell’s global equity indices. This information is designed to help...
Mackie Research Capital Goes Live on SunGard’s Fame for Pricing Data and Analytics
Mackie Research Capital, one of Canada’s largest independent full service investment firms, has implemented SunGard’s Fame for pricing data and analytics to help support the firm’s investment, research and trading strategies and activities. Providing live data and desktop tools for analysing investment results and opportunities, Fame helps Mackie Research Capital view and analyse accurate, aggregate...
Interactive Data Provides Independent Evaluations for GNMA Reverse Mortgage-Backed Securities
Interactive Data Corporation, a provider of financial market data, analytics and related solutions, today announced that its Pricing and Reference Data business is now providing daily independent evaluations for fixed-rate reverse mortgage-backed securities (HMBS) issued under the Government National Mortgage Association (GNMA) Home Equity Conversion Mortgage (HECM) programme. This programme is designed to provide liquidity...
Hyman Beck & Co. Selects GFI Fenics Professional
GFI Group announced today that Hyman Beck and Company, one of the world’s most diversified alternative investment managers, has licensed FENICS Professional for the pricing and risk management of its FX options business. The agreement includes FENICS Pricing, Analysis, and Structuring. James Lubin, Principal and COO of Hyman Beck said: “We are very pleased to...
Pine River Capital Management Selects Quantifi to Support Credit Strategies
Quantifi, a provider of valuation models and risk management software for the global credit and interest rate markets, today announced that Pine River Capital Management, a leading alternative asset management firm in the relative value space, has selected Quantifi XL for pricing and analysis of global credit products. Pine River, which has offices in Minnetonka,...