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Pricing Partners Launches Source Code Version of Flagship Price-it Solution
Valuations vendor Pricing Partners has launched a new source code solution and development platform for its flagship derivatives pricing and risk management solution Price-it. According to the vendor, the new solution is aimed at expediting the creation and development of a user’s quantitative pricing library, as well as reducing the project risk involved in such…
Bi-Sam Appoints Ex-Reuters Exec Xavier Piquot as Regional Sales Manager for Continental Europe
Analytics software, client reporting and data management solution provider Bi-Sam has appointed ex-Reuters executive Xavier Piquot as its new regional sales manager for continental Europe. The vendor hopes Piquot’s experience within the financial markets and contacts book will allow it to strengthen its presence in the region. Piquot has been in the financial technology market…
S&P Adds Non-US Fixed Income Data from EDI to Securities DataManager
In keeping with its longstanding collaboration with data vendor Exchange Data International (EDI), Standard & Poor’s has added EDI-provided global terms and conditions data on more than 200,000 non-US fixed income securities to its Securities DataManager product. The vendors worked closely together to develop the non-US data offering, which is aimed at allowing customers to…
DTCC and Markit Partner for Automation of Syndicated Loan Reconciliation
The Depository Trust & Clearing Corporation (DTCC) is establishing a link between its Loan/SERV Reconciliation Service and Markit’s Wall Street Office (WSO) loan management system. The two vendors are working together to establish the link, which they claim will facilitate the automation of syndicated loan reconciliation and thus reduce the operational risk involved in the…
Bank Leumi Le-Israel Extends GFI Fenics FX Coverage to Pricing and Analysis
Bank Leumi Le-Israel of Tel Aviv has extended its license for GFI Group’s pricing and risk management software, GFI Fenics FX, to the latest version of the software, including two new models, the Structuring Module and the Exotic Math Module. The bank, which has been a GFI Fenics customer since 1995, decided to expand its…
GoldenSource Opens Sales and Support Office in Hong Kong
EDM vendor GoldenSource has opened a new office in Hong Kong to provide the local market and customers with sales, pre-sales, support, professional services and development services. Mike Meriton, CEO of the vendor, hopes the new office will support its Asian expansion plans, along with its other offices in the region located in Mumbai and…
SGX to Increase Capacity of SGXNet for Corporate Announcements
As part of its wider technology upgrade programme, the Singapore Exchange (SGX) is currently increasing the capacity of its internet-based electronic corporate announcements platform, SGXNet. The exchange indicates that the upgrade is to account for current and future increases in the volume of corporate announcements and is scheduled to be completed in the third quarter…
Point Nine Launches New Real-Time Counterparty Risk and Collateral Management Module
Middle and back office service provider Point Nine has added a new real-time counterparty risk and collateral management module to its service offering. The module, which has been dubbed Ellipse, was created in response to client requirements for increased automation for collateral management and greater analysis capabilities for counterparty risk measurement, claims Yannis Matsis, CEO…
EuropeanIssuers’ Fransens Calls for EU-wide Framework for Shareholder Communication
Issuers and shareholders have been disintermediated from each other and this has resulted in a requirement for the introduction of a framework for shareholder communication and cross border voting, according to Dorien Fransens, secretary general of EuropeanIssuers. Speaking at last week’s gathering of the European issuer community, organised by Aktienforum and EuropeanIssuers, Fransens elaborated on…
NumeriX Launches Educational Courses for Financial Engineers on Derivatives Pricing
Numerix, an analytics provider for structuring, pricing and valuation of derivatives and structured products, is launching a series of courses aimed at financial engineers to educate them on the finer points of pricing and managing complex derivatives within the vendor’s solution. The vendor has dubbed the endeavour NumeriX University and it will be offered free…