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JWG’s Di Giammarino Talks up Data Practicalities of Risk and Regulatory Onslaught

The long list of incoming regulations, especially those that will require the reinvention the risk management wheel, have thrown into the spotlight the need for firms to get a better handle on their operational risk, said PJ Di Giammarino, CEO of think tank JWG at the recent Thomson Reuters pricing event in London. Reiterating his…

ABSXchange Loan Analytics Platform Announces 11 New Clients

ABSXchange, Standard & Poor’s platform for structured finance and whole loan analytics, is pleased to announce it has won a number of new contracts with a series of large financial institutions in Europe. Standard Chartered, Natixis, Amias Berman, Bayern LB, Monte dei Paschi di Siena, Harbourmaster, Delta Lloyd, BPV, ESAF, Swiss & Global AM and…

Resilient Pricing Benchmarks are Needed for Europe, Agree Thomson Reuters Panellists

In light of the current high market volatility, Europe is in need of resilient pricing benchmarks in order to more accurately model instrument pricing, especially for those at the complex end of the spectrum, agreed panellists at Thomson Reuters’ Global Pricing Forum in London last week. The push towards providing greater transparency around prices from…

Issuance of ISINs for Loans is a Step in the Right Direction, Says DTCC’s Lewis

This year has seen the issuance of the first set of ISINs for the loans market and Mathew Keshav Lewis, vice president of the Depository Trust & Clearing Corporation’s (DTCC) LoanServ business, reckons this is a great start to introducing further data standardisation in this particularly slow moving corner of the market. Of course, there…

FactSet Research Systems Reports Results for the Third Quarter of Fiscal 2010

FactSet Research Systems, a provider of integrated financial information and analytical applications to the global investment community, today announced its results for the third quarter of fiscal 2010. For the quarter ended May 31, 2010, revenues were $160.3 million, up 4% compared to the prior year. Operating income for the third quarter increased to $55.7…

ESF’s Angheben Warns Firms to Keep a Close Eye on Post-Trade Transparency Regime Progress

Firms need to keep a close eye on what is shaping up to be MiFID II, under the auspices of the Committee of European Securities Regulators’ (CESR) consultation on post-trade transparency, warned Marco Angheben, director of the Association for Financial Markets in Europe (AFME) and the European Securitisation Forum (ESF) at last week’s Thomson Reuters…

SuperDerivatives Launches Online Revaluation Investigation Tool

A pioneering tool for accurately valuing over-the-counter (OTC) and exchange-traded derivatives was launched today to hundreds of fund managers at the industry’s key annual conference in Monaco. SuperDerivatives (SD), the derivatives benchmark, announced the launch of its Revaluation Investigation and Analysis system (RIAS) to validate valuations for complex and vanilla derivatives in all asset classes,…

Quantifi Develops Cutting-Edge Credit Valuation Adjustment and Counterparty Risk Solutions

Quantifi, a provider of analytics, trading and risk management solutions for the global capital markets, today announced the release of two groundbreaking new products Quantifi CVA (Credit Valuation Adjustment) and Quantifi Counterparty Risk – currently in beta testing with a select few clients. Rohan Douglas, CEO at Quantifi, commented, “We are very excited to be…

Engineering Approach to Data Management Challenges of New Regulation is Best, Says HSBC’s Johnson

The deluge of regulatory change that is facing the data management community is best tackled by adopting an engineering approach, according to Chris Johnson, head of product management, market data services at HSBC Securities Services. Speaking at a recent Thomson Reuters pricing event as a data management representative rather than on behalf of HSBC, Johnson…

FRSGlobal’s Brammertz Propounds Risk Management Benefits of the US Office of Financial Research

The plans for the establishment of a US-based reference data utility in the guise of the Office of Financial Research continues to make its way through the US political system and it seems that many of those from the risk management world feel it will make a difference for the better. The Professional Risk Managers’…