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Algorithmics Advocates Active Management of Counterparty Credit Risk with CVA in New White Paper
In its latest white paper on counterparty credit risk, Algorithmics outlines several recommendations and milestones for any institution interested in actively managing its counterparty credit risk (CCR) using credit valuation adjustment (CVA) to price the counterparty risk. Since the crisis, there has been a shift from passive to active management of counterparty credit risk that…
SGSS’s De Nexon Highlights Challenge of Moving to the ISO 20022 Messaging Format
The decision to move to the ISO 20022 message format is not being taken lightly by the majority of the financial institutions in the market; Société Générale Securities Services (SGSS) for one is currently weighing up the ability of its clients and counterparties to support the standard and the migration costs involved. Eric De Nexon,…
Welcome to the Hotel California
A particular analogy used by a panellist at last week’s SunGard City Day in London (what once used to be the GL.Net Forum) stuck with me all weekend. In reference to the current regulatory regime, the speaker from Royal Bank of Canada compared the situation his firm was facing in light of the regulatory driven…
Euroclear Management Reshuffle Continues, May is Next Out of the Door
International central securities depository (ICSD) Euroclear has certainly had its fair share of people moves this year, with the departure of a number of its Xtrakter subsidiary execs earlier this year and the upcoming addition of ex-BNP Paribas Fortis exec Lieve Mostrey as chief technology and services officer at the start of next month. Following a…
Resolving Symbols and Enabling Choice (Sponsored Article)
By Mark Woolfenden, managing director of FOW TRADEdata The choice of and the investment in trading solutions for both the buy side and sell side of the derivatives industry is an important determinant in the degree to which competition exists in brokerage and other trading related services. Well managed instrument symbology enables sell side firms…
Ex-Reuters Head Bannocks Joins Nomura International as MD in Charge of Ref Data Programmes
After six years at Thomson Reuters, most recently as head of post trade services, Christopher Bannocks has left the vendor to join Japanese firm Nomura’s UK-based Nomura International team as managing director in charge of reference data programmes. Prior to his exit, Bannocks moved from the Enterprise division to the front office focused Sales and…
Aim Software Plans Launch of a New Corporate Actions Scrubbing Module for the Start of 2011
Data management solution vendor Aim Software is planning to launch a scrubbing module for corporate actions in the first quarter of next year, according to Josef Sommeregger, vice president business development and sales at the vendor. The move is a reaction to client demand and also proved a deciding factor in SimCorp’s recent decision to…
B-Next’s Fabisch Talks up Growth Plans, Two New London-based Clients
Following its decision to partner with Interactive Data and set up UK-based operations last year, compliance and regulatory reporting platform vendor b-next has bagged two new clients in London and is searching for new recruits to bolster its team in the city. The vendor is looking to hire on the ground staff to deal with…
DTCC Names Leonard Head of Operational Risk
The Depository Trust & Clearing Corporation (DTCC) announced today that it has named Andrew Leonard as managing director and head of Operational Risk for DTCC. In this new position, Leonard will report directly to Donald Donahue, DTCC chairman and chief executive officer. Leonard is a financial industry veteran with more than 25 years’ experience leading…
Independent Report Recommends Rethink of Information Highway to Spot the Next Financial Crisis
Two years after Lehman slipped into bankruptcy, the Achieving Supervisory Control of Systemic Risk report, released today by JWG and Paradigm Risk, has found that, while regulatory progress has been made, the infrastructure required to spot the next financial crisis has yet to be effectively implemented. The report, which was commissioned by the Financial Services…