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Groupe Reunica’s Muret Elaborates on its Implementation of SAS to Tackle Op Risk and Increase Efficiency
French pension fund group Groupe Reunica has been using SAS’s data warehousing solution for around 10 years, but two years ago decided to expand its implementation to cover reporting and has since rolled out SAS Strategy Management (STM). Arnaud Muret, performance director at the group, explains the progress that has been made, what is still…
ANZ Selects Serisys to Implement the Syn~ Platform Across its Global Markets Business
Serisys Solutions, a provider of IT solutions and services to the capital markets, announced today that it has signed a global agreement with ANZ for the implementation, roll out and 24×7 support of the Syn~ platform across its Global Markets business. Serisys will implement Syn~ as ANZ Global Markets’ unified post-trade transaction processing system for…
IOSCO Highlights Dark Pool Post-trade Data Gaps, Lack of Global Venue Identification Standards
The International Organisation of Securities Commissions (IOSCO) has published its principles for the global dark pool community, which highlights the high degree of disparity across the post-trade data environment for these venues. In particular, it notes the lack of a common venue identification standard and trade reporting processes. IOSCO, which has also been working on…
Former EMC and Tieto Executive Willem Hendrickx Joins Miradore as Advisor
Miradore, an innovative provider of automated IT asset management services, today announced the appointment of Willem Hendrickx as Advisor. He will have a key role in challenging and supporting Miradore’s executive team through an aggressive phase of international growth. The recently introduced Miradore 3.0 provides IT management with a single dashboard view and remote access…
ANZ Global Markets to Use GBST’s Syn~
GBST, a global provider of technology services to the financial services industry, announces today that it has signed a long term agreement with ANZ for the deployment of GBST’s securities transaction platform, Syn~, for the ANZ Global Markets business. ANZ will use GBST’s Syn~ platform as a complete post trade middle and back office solution….
Banks Being Pushed Towards a More Formalised Approach to Risk Management, Say Barclays’ Hayward and BNP Paribas’ Carette
The desire to restore trust and confidence in the market has become the driving force behind much of the investment that has gone into risk management systems, according to Bill Hayward, director of regulatory risk and group risk for Barclays Bank. Speaking at last week’s SAS user conference in Antwerp, Hayward joined Ivan Carette, director…
Moody’s Analytics Introduces Sovereign Correlations to RiskFrontier 3.0
Moody’s Analytics, a leader in enterprise risk management solutions, today announced the release of RiskFrontier 3.0, the latest version of its credit portfolio management and economic capital calculation solution. This release features a new sovereign risk correlation model that enables financial institutions to better quantify and manage the sovereign risk exposure in their portfolios. The…
EDM Council Plans Fee-based Data Quality Rulebook, Ramps up Semantics Proof of Concept Work
The EDM Council has this month indicated that it is considering a new fee-based service that would provide members with data quality rules that firms could embed in their quality review processes. The idea has gone to the association’s board for approval and if it receives the green light, will be discussed with the membership…
EFETnet’s and DTCC Selected by Industry to Develop Commodity Derivatives Trade Repository
EFETnet and DTCC Deriv/SERV (DTCC), announced that the two at-cost, user governed industry cooperatives are collaborating with market participants in the commodities industry to establish a global Commodity Derivatives Trade Repository. The proposed new repository, which will be domiciled in Europe and jointly owned by DTCC and EFETnet, follows EFETnet and DTCC being selected by…
SAS’ Rogers Talks up the Data Detail Store Layer in its Risk Management Platform, Signals Imminent Capital Markets Focused Developments
Risk management solution provider SAS has this week launched the latest iteration of its risk management platform, which features a data integration layer that has been dubbed the SAS Detail Data Store (DDS) for Banking and aims to act as an intermediary between data warehouses and the risk analytics function. David Rogers, global product marketing…