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Bravura Solutions Appoints Roland Slee as Managing Director for Asia Pacific
Bravura Solutions (Bravura), a leading global supplier of transfer agency and wealth management software applications and related professional services, is pleased to announce the appointment of Mr Roland Slee as Managing Director – Asia Pacific. Reporting to Tony Klim, Bravura’s Chief Executive Officer, Roland will be responsible for accelerating growth, developing new lines of business,…
Major Australian Superannuation Fund selects StatPro Seven
StatPro Group, a leading provider of portfolio analytics and data solutions for the global asset management industry, today announces that Brisbane-based superannuation fund QSuper, has completed the implementation of StatPro Seven’s performance and attribution SaaS platform. This is part of QSuper’s three-year strategic plan to improve its in-house investment capability and performance analytics solutions, in…
EFAMA Publishes Briefing on the European Fund Classification (EFC)
The European Fund and Asset Management Association (EFAMA) has published the second edition of its “European Fund Classification” (EFC) Forum Briefing which updates on progress made towards the adoption and enhancement of the EFC so far this year. The EFC has been launched with a view to enhancing the integrity of European investment funds. The…
Northern Trust and BI-SAM Announce Agreement to Integrate Attribution Models for Fixed Income
Northern Trust and BI-SAM today announced an agreement to integrate BI-SAM’s B-One Fixed Income Attribution models into Northern Trust’s multi-faceted web portal, Passport. The agreement with BI-SAM, a leading provider of software and services to the global performance, attribution and reporting industry, will strengthen Northern Trust’s fixed income portfolio analysis capabilities for custody and fund…
Moody’s Corporation Reports Results for Third Quarter 2011
Summary of Results for Third Quarter 2011 Moody’s reported revenue of $531.3 million for the three months ended September 30, 2011, an increase of 4% from $513.3 million for the third quarter of 2010. Operating income for the quarter was $196.1 million, a 4% increase from $188.9 million for the same period last year. Diluted…
Aviva Investors Selects Vermilion Software for KIIDs, Factsheets, Factbooks and Institutional Client Reporting
In a market where reporting demands are ever varying and complex, Vermilion Software is delighted to announce that Aviva Investors has selected Vermilion Reporting Suite (VRS) for the production of their Key Investor Information Documents (KIID), Factsheets, Factbooks and Institutional Client Reports. This will all be delivered within one solution to streamline Aviva Investors’ reporting…
Accuity Issues Critical UN and EU Sanctions Data Enhancements for AML Regulatory Compliance
Accuity, the leading provider of payment routing data, AML screening data and software and professional services, announced today the expansion of its industry-leading sanctions data coverage. Companies will now have access to critical information not found on the standard United Nations (UN) and European Union (EU) sanctions lists to help banks and corporations reduce regulatory…
FSA Slaps Credit Suisse UK with a £5.95m Fine for Data Failings Regarding SCARPs
The UK Financial Services Authority (FSA) has fined Credit Suisse’s UK operations £5.95 million for failing to maintain accurate records for its structured capital at risk products (SCARPs) and risk related systems and controls failures. According to the regulator, the private bank had inadequate systems and controls in place in order to assess its customers’…
Pricing Partners Upgrades its Hybrids Module to Determine the Volatility Bias
Pricing Partners announced today that the award winning Price-it solution enhanced its derivatives pricing library to compute automatically volatility bias due to stochastic interest rates in hybrids models. In a single asset equity (or fx or commodity) model that uses a stochastic interest rates, there is some additional volatility created by the stochastic drift. Hence,…
Nine Out of 10 Bankers Not Confident Over Stress Testing – According to New Sybase Survey
Sybase, an SAP company and industry leader in enterprise and mobile software, today announced results of a survey showing that more than nine out of 10 capital markets executives lack confidence in bank stress testing, while more than 75 percent are struggling to capture trading system data. These key findings, among others, came from a…