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BBVA Deploys SuperDerivatives’ Derivatives Solution in Hong Kong
Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria (BBVA), one of the largest European banks, announced that it has selected SuperDerivatives (SD), the global derivatives benchmark and leading multi-asset front office system, to support its currency derivatives business in Hong Kong and to better meet its clients’ changing needs. In allowing better pricing standards across the board, the SD-FX…
Shah and Williams Exit GBST, CFO Salis Steps in as Interim CEO of Global Broker Services
GBST’s CEO of Global Broker Services Sunil Shah has stepped down from his role at the vendor and current chief financial officer, Patrick Salis, has assumed his role in the interim period. Terry Williams, who was chairman of its European operations, has also left the firm. According to a spokesperson from the vendor, the parting…
SEC Publishes Upgraded XBRL Taxonomy for Mutual Funds Risk/Return Reporting
As part of its work to support the reporting of risk/return summary information in XBRL by mutual funds in the US, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has finally completed a series of required updates to its technology infrastructure this week. Mutual funds can now create and fully test their XBRL documents in preparation for…
SIX Telekurs Bolsters its Market Position by Acquiring the Evaluated Pricing Business of CSV
In a major step toward fulfilling the company’s strategic objectives in the area of evaluated pricing services, SIX Telekurs has entered into an agreement with CSV, Incorporated to purchase its evaluated pricing business. As a leading provider of global securities data, SIX Telekurs provides comprehensive information on more than 5.7 million global instruments. Whilst many…
Big Changes on the Cards for Netik?
Earlier this week, we revealed that Netik’s founder and CEO John Wise has exited the building and has been replaced by ex-global head of Autobahn Equity at Deutsche Bank Rob Flatley. This, in turn, follows the departure of long time Netik exec Keith Hale last month, who joined IGEFI Multifonds as its new global head…
Fund Service Provider Harmonic Selects Numerix Analytics to Power Independent Valuation
Harmonic Fund Services (Harmonic), a specialized global hedge fund administrator, today announced that they have selected Numerix, the leading provider of cross-asset analytics for derivatives valuations and risk management, to provide independent valuation and risk for OTC derivatives within Harmonic’s FM3 platform for alternative investment managers. Through the use of Numerix CrossAsset – Numerix’s analytic…
OFI Asset Management Selects Pricing Partners for its Structured Products Revaluations
Pricing Partners, the independent valuation expert and a world leader in mathematical models for valuations of derivatives and structured products, announced today to provide independent revaluations to OFI Asset Management for its interest rates, credit and equity structured products. OFI Asset Management develops and provides tailored investment solutions to its clients. The group operates over…
SmartCo Goes Live at National Bank Financial Group in Canada
SmartCo, Inc., a leading provider of Enterprise Data Management software solutions for the financial industry, is delighted to announce that National Bank Financial Group of Canada has gone live with its innovative data management software solution, SmartCo DataHub. Following a market and competitor review SmartCo’s data management platform has been selected by National Bank Financial…
Wall Street Horizon Launches Real Time Dividends Monitor (RDM), First Service Delivering Automated, Dividend Data for Low-Latency Electronic Traders
Wall Street Horizon today announced the public launch of its Real Time Dividends Monitor (RDM) service, which uses proprietary algorithms to “read” wire-service dividend announcements and parse announcement data into structured fields usable by computerized processing systems. RDM is the first automated comprehensive source of information on dividend announcements available to the investment community. The…
Cosmos Releases Security and Reference Master
Cosmos Technologies, the product development arm of Indus Valley Partners, today announced general availability of Cosmos Security Master, a fully customizable, comprehensive security data management solution designed to centrally store and efficiently manage critical security information in a complex multi-fund, multi-strategy, multi-counterparty, multi-asset environment. Cosmos Security Master is the only commercial solution built from the…