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Liquidity Risk Regulation: Data Quality Under the Microscope
The UK Financial Services Authority’s (FSA) liquidity risk regime has set a precedent for tackling this particularly thorny area of risk management, ahead of the wider implementation of Basel III globally. Reference Data Review speaks to a number of risk technology vendors about the data quality issues underlying the liquidity risk management challenge in light of…
S&P Increases Value Added Content on ABSXchange and Announces 25 New Clients
S&P’s structured finance analytics platform, ABSXchange, has undergone a number of improvements designed to aid market participants’ analysis of their ABS and RMBS portfolios. These improvements will allow clients to run projections against forecasted index rates; view the formulae used in calculated benchmarks including underlying values; aggregate asset valuation metrics such as price and yield…
ISDA Proposes to Use FpML to Link Unique IDs to Standardised Derivatives and a New Central Derivative Product Registry
In line with the recent regulatory driven study into derivatives instrument identification, the International Swaps and Derivatives Association (ISDA) has released proposals to link unique IDs to these instruments and has called for the establishment of a new central derivative product registry infrastructure. The proposals are contained in a recent white paper, which suggests that…
RIMES Joins the NASDAQ OMX Elite Index Data Partnership
RIMES Technologies Corporation today announced that it has become an Elite Index Data Partner of NASDAQ OMX, the world’s largest exchange company and benchmark index provider. All NASDAQ OMX indexes will be available via the RIMES Benchmark Data Service (BDS), the fully managed data service which takes care of clients’ entire benchmark data workflow, improving…
Limited Window of Opportunity in Europe to Influence Regulatory Change Around Incoming Data Requirements, Says BBA’s Irving
Firms need to take action this year if they want to influence the evolving European regulatory process and provide feedback on the impacts of regulation on areas such as data management and risk management, according to Irving Henry, policy director for prudential capital and risk at the British Bankers’ Association (BBA). Speaking at last week’s…
ISDA 2011 Operations Benchmarking Survey
The International Swaps and Derivatives Association, Inc. (ISDA) released highlights from its 2011 Operations Benchmarking Survey today at its 26th Annual General meeting in Prague. The Survey shows the results of industry investment in infrastructure over the past several years. The confirmation process, for example, has been completely automated and 100 percent of eligible credit…
SEI Poll: Investment Managers Optimistic But Remain Focused on Increasing Efficiency
Despite ongoing regulatory challenges and political uncertainty, investment managers are optimistic about their business outlooks. They plan to continue to invest to increase efficiency, reduce risk, and enhance the client experience, according to a poll released today by SEI. The poll, conducted at a recent event for the company’s investment manager clients, shows that nearly…
Helm Bank Selects Oracle
Helm Bank, a Colombian private financial institution, has selected Oracle software and hardware to run its core banking, customer facing services and marketing functions. Helm Bank’s platform includes Oracle FLEXCUBE Universal Banking running on Oracle Exadata Database Machine which delivers extreme performance. Oracle Exadata is the only database machine that provides extreme performance for both…
ISDA Elects 12 Board Members
The International Swaps and Derivatives Association, Inc. (ISDA) announced today the election of 12 directors at its 26th Annual General Meeting in Prague. Of the 12 directors, 11 currently serve on the board. The new director is: Yasuhiro Shibata, Joint Head of Fixed Income Group, Mizuho Securities. The re-elected directors are: Guillaume Amblard, Global Head…
Sacombank has Successfully Deployed Oracle Exadata Database Machine in Vietnam
Sacombank, one of Vietnam’s commercial banks, announced its successful deployment of Oracle Exadata Database Machine, allowing the bank to benefit from the solution’s predictive analytics to make strategic business decisions in real time. This is the first Oracle Exadata Database Machine to be deployed in Vietnam. The solution provides data warehousing, integrated with Oracle Business…