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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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
ISDA’s CDS Big Bang Protocol Goes into Effect for US Market
Following months of preparation by the banking and vendor communities, the US market has today seen the go live date for the overhaul of the International Swaps and Derivatives Association (ISDA) credit default swap (CDS) standard protocols. The changes are aimed at reducing systemic risk by introducing a standardised pricing system for CDSs and making…
CMA to Integrate CDS Price Data from DataVision with Pricing Partners’ Price-it Excel
CME Group-owned Credit Market Analysis (CMA) has signed a partnership agreement with valuation analytics vendor Pricing Partners, under which CMA will integrate its credit default swap (CDS) price data from DataVision with Pricing Partners’ multi-asset class pricing platform, Price-it Excel. The vendors claim this will provide OTC credit market participants with greater accuracy and transparency…
Calypso Introduces Software Update for North American CDS Big Bang
In line with the rest of the vendor community, derivatives and risk management solution provider Calypso Technology has updated its solutions to accommodate the credit default swap (CDS) ‘big bang’ being led by the International Swaps and Derivatives Association (ISDA). Tomorrow, the new Standard North American Corporate (SNAC) CDS contract convention comes into force, which…
Consistent Firm-wide Approach Required for Pricing Functions to Increase Transparency, Says Celent
In the post-credit crisis world, firms must develop a joint approach to OTC derivatives pricing functions across their internal departmental silos, according to a recent report by consultancy firm Celent. In order to increase the transparency of valuations and meet regulatory requirements to this end, financial institutions must adopt coherent and consistent pricing strategies, says…