Interactive Data Launches Fair Value Information Service for Equity Derivatives
Interactive Data Corporation’s Pricing and Reference Data business has launched a Fair Value Information Service that covers international equity index futures, international exchange listed and OTC equity options. According to the vendor, this service is aimed at helping institutions to meet their fair value requirements for portfolios that contain these financial instruments. Shant Harootunian, managing...
Julius Finance Calls for Standardised House Price Appreciation Scenarios for CDO Valuations
Standardised house price appreciation scenarios should be used in the valuation of complex financial products such as mortgage backed CDOs, according to Julius Finance, CDO valuation technology provider. Peter Cotton, CEO of Julius Finance, explains that a “rigorous approach” is needed to accurately price these products. Julius Finance provides standardised scenarios for corporate defaults using...
Goldman Sachs Selects Derivix for Real-time Options Pricing and Analytics
Goldman Sachs has selected Derivix as the exclusive provider for advanced real-time options pricing and analytics within its Goldman Sachs Electronic Trading (GSET) Signature Programme. According to the vendor, the selection was driven by client demand for fast, accurate and efficient analytics. As a signature partner in the programme, Derivix’s options pricing, analytics and risk...
Interactive Data Steps into Valuations Arena with Prism Valuation Agreement
Interactive Data Corporation’s Pricing and Reference Data business has signed an exclusive agreement with Prism Valuation, under which Interactive Data will be able to provide valuations of complex OTC derivatives and structured products as part of its pricing and evaluation services. The agreement will enable the vendor to further expand and enhance the breadth and...
Tullett Prebon Information Signs Agreement with Koscom to Reach Korean Market
Tullett Prebon Information (TPI), the data subsidiary of Tullett Prebon, has signed a multi year agreement with Koscom Corporation, a Korean provider of specialised IT financial services, under which TPI will supply Koscom with a range of money market and interest rate data. Koscom, which is the software supplier and distribution channel for the Korean...
…While GarantiBank Picks GFI’s Fenics FX for FX Options Pricing and Risk Management
Dutch bank GarantiBank International has selected GFI’s FX options pricing and risk management software, Fenics FX, for the management and revaluation of its forex options positions. Under the agreement, the bank has taken a three year licence for the software. Atilla Burmali, senior system analyst at GarantiBank, explains: “The bank needed better security and transparency...
GFI Group Provides Prism Valuation with Credit Derivatives Data…
GFI Group and Prism Valuation, a provider of valuation and risk management services, have signed a multi-year agreement for Prism to use GFI credit derivatives data in its valuation services. Philip Winstone, global head of data sales at GFI, explains that discussions between the two parties have been ongoing since March this year. “A short...
Hedge Fund Software Vendor Tradar Creates Interface to Thomson Reuters Reference Data Systems
Tradar, a software provider to the hedge fund industry, has created an interface to link its portfolio management and accounting platform to Thomson Reuters’ reference and historical pricing systems. According to the software vendor, the move is a reaction to increased customer demand for Thomson Reuters’ data. Tony Swei, CEO, Tradar, explains: “Recently, we’ve found...
Thomson Reuters Launches Valuation Risk Service
Thomson Reuters has joined the valuations vendor community with the launch of a new service that it claims will provide financial institutions with independent valuations across a number of asset classes and instrument types. The vendor says that its new service is based on an “open model” approach to pricing and valuation and is integrated...
Thomson Reuters Steps up Integration and Launches Independent ‘Open Model’ Based Valuation Risk Service
Thomson Reuters has joined the valuations vendor community with the launch of a new service that it claims will provide financial institutions with independent valuations across a number of asset classes including structured products and derivatives. The vendor says that its new service is based on an “open model” approach to pricing and valuation and...