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IPC Systems Names Industry Veteran Peter Brucia as Global Head of Data Sales
IPC Systems, Inc., a leading provider of trading communications solutions to the world’s top financial services firms, today announced the appointment of Peter Brucia to Vice President of Sales, focused on increasing data services worldwide. In this newly created position, Brucia is responsible for developing and managing strategic relationships with global enterprises. He will also…
Advent Adds BITA RISK to Alliance Partner Program in Europe, The Middle East & Africa
Advent Software, Inc., a leading provider of software and services for the global investment management industry, today announced that BITA Risk, the global provider of private client suitability assessment, risk profiling and profile monitoring applications, has joined Advent’s Alliance Partner program. BITA Risk combines deep industry and academic expertise in portfolio risk, analysis, construction and…
Opinion: Big Data Solutions to the Problem of Volume
By Amir Halfon, Senior Director for Technology, Capital Markets, Oracle Financial Services With the latest developments in the European debt crisis reverberating across the globe, the importance and necessity of managing the large amounts of data related to risk exposures is apparent more than ever. As I mentioned in my previous blog post, the ability…
Being Smart About Being Fast – One Speed Does Not Fit All
As the trading landscape has undergone significant changes over the last several years, financial institutions have developed an insatiable need for low latency. Infrastructures that once had to handle a maximum of 50 trades per second, now must process thousands – an increase of more than 1,900%. However, aiming to gain the lowest latency possible…
Opinion: Harnessing Big Data to Mitigate Risk
By Amir Halfon, Senior Director for Technology, Capital Markets, Oracle Financial Services Systemic risk was at the heart of the financial crisis of 2008, and is again on everyone’s mind as the current sovereign debt crisis unfolds. Regulatory and industry efforts are, therefore, focusing on getting a more accurate view of risk exposures across asset…
Brady Energy Selected by RAO Nordic Oy to Support its Risk Management, Asset-backed Trading and Origination
Brady plc, the leading global provider of trading, risk management and settlement solutions to the energy, metals and commodities sectors, announced today that RAO Nordic Oy, a major multi-commodity European trading house with a wide range of trading operations and diversified trading portfolio, has selected Brady Energy’s trading and risk management solution to support its…
FNB Custody and Trustee Services Goes Live with DST Global Solutions’ HiPortfolio Asset Servicing Solution
DST Global Solutions, a leading global provider of software technology and services to the investment management industry, today announced that FNB Custody and Trustee Services, part of one of the largest financial institutions in South Africa, has gone live with its HiPortfolio solution for investment accounting and asset servicing. The solution has resulted in improved…
Fundamental Interactions Deploys First Virtualized ATS and Broker Matching Engine Platform on Options PIPE Private Cloud
Options IT, the provider of the Options PIPE Private Financial Cloud services platform for the sellside and buyside and exchange communities, announced today that Fundamental Interactions, a provider of low-latency market data, risk management, and order routing and crossing solutions, has deployed its FIN Virtual Exchange order matching and execution engine on the Options PIPE…
Eagle Sees 2012 Focus on Globalisation, EDM and Cloud
Following a record year of revenue and profitability growth in 2011, Eagle Investment Systems expects to continue the trend in 2012, backed by significant investment in R&D and personnel as it expands particularly outside of its US base. According to president John Lehner, the company has added a record number of new clients in 2011…
Moody’s Analytics Launches RiskAuthority, Its Next Generation Basel III Solution
Moody’s Analytics, a leader in risk measurement and management, today announced the launch of RiskAuthorityTM, its next generation regulatory capital management solution. A comprehensive Basel I, II, and III compliance solution, RiskAuthority enables risk professionals to calculate, consolidate and report their organization’s credit, market, operational, concentration and liquidity risk. Developed specifically for banks, credit institutions…