Knight Capital Enters CDS Clearing Counterparty Race
Knight Capital Group is the latest contender in the credit default swap (CDS) clearing counterparty race, joining players such as CME Group and Eurex. The brokerage and asset management firm says its NetDelta electronic settlement platform has been in development for over a year. The platform is available to both the buy side and the...
Quantifi Releases Version 9.1 with New Models for Pricing CDOs
Quantifi, a provider of analytics and risk management solutions to the global credit markets, has released version 9.1 of its software, which it says is aimed at allowing customers to more closely track the market. The updated version includes new models for pricing collateralised debt obligations (CDOs) and a flexible interface that enables users to...
Eurex Clearing Releases Details for its Credit Derivatives Clearing Solution
Originally appeared in MiFID Monitor Following the announcements by players such as CME and ICE last week, Eurex Clearing has finally revealed more details about its planned central clearing solution for credit derivatives. According to Eurex, the Deutsche Bundesbank has indicated its support for a European central clearing solution for OTC credit derivatives that will...
Interactive Data Adds More Data to Probate Valuation Service
Interactive Data Corporation’s Pricing and Reference Data business has enhanced its Probate Valuation service by adding valuations for new instruments including hard to price securities. According to the vendor, the service now offers valuations for more than six million global listed securities and funds, as well as unit trusts, and takes into account undistributed dividends...
ICE and Clearing Corporation Provide Details of CDS Clearing Platform Plans
Originally appeared in MiFID Monitor Following last week’s announcement by CME Group and Citadel Investment Group about their clearing house joint venture, IntercontinentalExchange (ICE) and bank and broker consortium backed Clearing Corporation have released the details of their planned joint venture in the credit default swap (CDS) clearing space. The joint venture has been dubbed...
CME Group and Citadel Investment Group Unveil CDS Clearing Platform Plans
Originally appeared in MiFID Monitor Following the announcement that they would be launching a credit default swap trading and clearing platform in November, Chicago Mercantile Exchange (CME) Group and hedge fund Citadel Investment Group have revealed more details about their joint venture. According to both parties, the electronic platform will act like an exchange and...
Archway Technology Partners Selects Interactive Data for Daily Securities Pricing Services
Financial software company Archway Technology Partners has selected Interactive Data’s Pricing and Reference Data business to provide daily securities pricing services and evaluations of fixed income securities. Archway, which services the software requirements of private investment companies, will provide its clients with the daily pricing information via its back office accounting platform. Archway will use...
Data Vendors Keen to Play Role in US Government’s Tarp Scheme
Originally appeared in MiFID Monitor Following the passing of the Federal Reserve and US Treasury’s troubled asset relief programme (Tarp) last week, data providers including Thomson Reuters and Bloomberg have indicated that they wish to play a part in the programme. The vendors are keen to get involved in the area of pricing and risk...
Euroclear Launches Pricing Benchmark for European Commercial Paper
Euroclear has launched the first benchmark to help European investors evaluate prices in the region’s commercial paper markers. The securities settlement provider has indicated that the service is based on Euroclear data and provides daily and weekly data on average yields for euro commercial paper. Olivier Grimonpont, director and head of product management for fixed...
Most Institutions Dissatisfied with Valuations Providers, Says PRMIA and OTC Val
Most institutions are dissatisfied with the valuations services being provided to them, according to a recent survey by the Professional Risk Managers’ International Association (PRMIA) and OTC Valuations (OTC Val). The survey, entitled “Transparency and Independence of Derivative Valuations – Current Practices, Trends, Challenges, and Recommendations”, looks at the valuations practices within 483 firms in...