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Feature: Sizing the Problem and Finding Solutions for Risk Data Aggregation
Risk data aggregation became a hot topic after the financial crash in 2008, when it became clear that banks did not have the necessary risk information readily available to understand their exposures to counterparties and inform regulators of their positions. Senior managers were making poor decisions based on poor data and supervisory regulators failed to…
Talking Intelligent Trading With Andrew Delaney: ITS – The Story So Far
Out of the ashes of A-Team’s highly successful Low Latency Summit conference series riseth the Intelligent Trading Summit, scheduled for this coming February 4 in London. Born of the concept that it’s no longer enough simply to be fast – you have to be smart, too – the Intelligent Trading Summit uniquely brings you the…
Navigating BCBS 239 and the New Stress-Testing Regime
Rigorous stress testing – and emerging regulations like Basel’s BCBS 239 – mean that the risk and finance functions can no longer act in isolation. Regulators are increasingly seeking a true, holistic view of risk. To deliver on the new requirement, banks need to reinvent their infrastructures and operating models, making sure all elements of…
ModelDrivers Outlines the Potential of Data Point Modelling to Meet Regulatory Demands
ModelDrivers is piloting its ModelDR data point modelling solution at a large US headquartered investment bank that initially intends to use the software to support MiFID II reporting. To date, the European Banking Authority (EBA) is the only major financial services organisation that has adopted data point modelling – the authority’s Common Reporting and Financial…
Tracking bonds for Solvency II’s Matching Adjustment
How are you tracking bonds that are eligible for Solvency II’s Matching Adjustment (MA)? With the January 2016 deadline looming, insurance companies and the asset managers that service them need to be able to identify eligible assets in their portfolio. But there’s no single list, rather a set of criteria to be followed, resulting in…
Calypso Adds Portfolio and Risk Management Functionality to Trading Platform
Calypso Technology has extended its trading and collateral optimisation platform with the integration of real-time portfolio and risk management functionality. The integration aims to support growing numbers of investment managers trading both derivatives and cash securities. The complete solution, Portfolio Workstation, builds on existing Calypso capabilities in areas such as pricing and position keeping to…
Cattolica Assicurazioni Implements GoldenSource Solution to Support Solvency II Compliance
Italian asset manager Cattolica Assicurazioni is implementing GoldenSource’s Market Data Solution as part of a Solvency II project that aims to meet the regulation’s January 1st 2016 compliance deadline. The asset manager selected the GoldenSource solution ahead of other contenders for the project on the basis of is completeness, ease of use by non-technical staff,…
Avox Sets Out Development Plans for 2016
Avox has set out its development plans for 2016, including the introduction of a sanctions screening service, support for MiFID II compliance and enhancements to its managed and Know Your Customer (KYC) services. The company, a specialist in entity data services, will also work with its parent DTCC and other subsidiaries, such as Clarient and…
MiFID II: Rewriting the Code
Demanding regulation is transforming order and execution management systems into detail-driven trading engines The capacity of order management systems (OMSs) to support buy-side desks was challenged at the Barcelona-based Fixed Income Leaders Summit 2015 on 14 October by John Greenan, a front office systems specialist, who suggested that some providers “had not kept pace” with…
DataArt Round Table Discusses the Implications of Innovation
Financial services firms need to innovate to meet changing client expectations, but will innovation prove transformational for large incumbent firms or will it support only evolutionary development? This question and others around business models, new technologies, fintech start-up and regtech were the subject of a recent round table discussion hosted by technology consultancy DataArt. Chris…