Risk Management, Performance & Reporting
Hong Kong Trust Chooses Linedata for Fund Admin
The Hong Kong Trust Company has implemented Linedata Admin Edge to provide fund administration servicing for their client base.
Nasdaq Adopts SevOne Latency Performance Monitoring
Nasdaq OMX will roll out Wilmington, Del.-based network performance monitoring provider SevOne's platform to monitor its datacenters and low-latency networks in North America, Europe, and Asia-Pacific.
Sapient and Kurtosys Team on Fund Marketing for Asset Managers
Sapient Global Markets has launched Client Connect, an asset manager solution for fund marketing and client service automation.
BMO Launches an IBOR
A merger of three investment managers had just been announced when BMO Global Asset Management made the decision to revamp its portfolio accounting procedures. What followed was a near three-year project that made the company the proud owner of an IBOR,…
Esma Examines HFT, CSDs in Risk Report
The European Securities and Markets Authority (Esma) has released its first report on trends, risks, and vulnerabilities for 2014, choosing to focus, in part, on the effects of high-frequency trading (HFT) and the potential systemic risks posed by…
Lombard Risk and Broadridge Strike Collateral Management Alliance
Lombard Risk, the London-headquartered provider of collateral management, regulatory compliance, and reporting technology, and Lake Success, NY-based Broadridge Financial Solutions, have formed an alliance that will address capital markets firms’…
Analyzing direct and indirect global networks to understand true risk exposure -- special report
What you don’t know can hurt you: Analyzing direct and indirect global networks to understand true risk exposure
RepRisk Preps ESG Country-Sector Risk Matrixes
Swiss environmental, social and governmental (ESG) risk data provider RepRisk is preparing to add country-sector matrixes to its company database of ESG information, enabling banks, asset managers and pension funds to view the ESG risks relating to…
OpenGamma Gets ReMatch: CDS Risk Service Taps OpenGamma Analytics
Icap-owned credit default swap portfolio rebalancing and market risk mitigation service Rematch has selected risk management and analytics provider OpenGamma's platform to provide on-demand market risk analytics for single-name credit default swaps.
Investment Managers Outsourcing Dealing Desks
According to a recent roundtable discussion hosted by London-based Fidessa, certain investment managers are considering outsourcing parts of their dealing desks to become more competitive in today’s market environment.
Newedge Adds Ullink Post-Trade Monitoring Solution in Asia
Multi-asset broker Newedge has added UL Monitoring, a post-trade monitoring solution from connectivity and trading solution provider Ullink, to its Direct Market Access (DMA) platform in Asia.
Imagine Adds New Risk Service, Eases Spreadsheet Reliance
Last week, Imagine Software announced it was expanding its Imagine Financial Platform (IFP) and App Marketplace with the launch of Imagine Risk Services. Officials say this latest rollout will provide users with greater customization for portfolio…
March 2014: Breaking the Habit
Microsoft Excel as an operational tool is as flawed as it is ubiquitous on Wall Street—even the regulators are guilty of over-reliance on spreadsheets—but Victor says cutting back on its use in favor of automated processes can mean serious long-term…
Imagineer Partners with Abacus
Abacus Group, which provides hosted IT solutions to hedge funds and private equity firms, will host Imagineer Technology Group's Clienteer software platform in the AbacusFLEX private cloud.
Moody's Analytics Adds Structured Finance Portal
The new web-based platform will provide enhanced content to a range of portfolio managers, underwriters, and risk professionals, with an initial focus on collateralized loan obligations (CLOs).
Take Away Spreadsheets? From My Cold, Dead Hands
Microsoft Excel spreadsheets will continue to be widely used at asset management firms for the foreseeable future. But new regulations, technological advancements, and risk management concerns are leading buy-side firms to examine ways to lessen their…
BNY Mellon Survey: Institutional Investors More Focused Than Ever on Risk Management
A recent survey by BNY Mellon, New Frontiers of Risk: Revisiting the 360° Manager, has found that institutional investors are more than ever focusing on their risk management capabilities, and are also on the look-out for new sets of risk tools.
State Street Launches European Online ETF Platform
State Street Global Exchange has announced the launch of FundConnect, an online trading platform for Exchange Traded Funds (ETFs) designed to enhance the speed and efficiency in European ETF order-taking process.
Parkins to Lead Lombard Risk’s Sales Efforts
Lombard Risk Management, the London-based provider integrated regulatory reporting, compliance, and collateral management technology and services to the capital markets, has appointed Simon Parkins as the firm's global sales director as part of its…
Real-Time Risk: Keeping It Real
Pitches for real-time risk solutions focus more on the sell side than the buy side. Jake Thomases set out to determine how much hedge funds and asset managers care about calculating risk in the blink of an eye. Some do, but it’s largely dependent on…
Collateral Optimization Still Not Widespread, But Growing
A survey by InteDelta and SunGard conducted last summer revealed a dismally low adoption rate of collateral-optimization systems. Only three percent of respondents called their optimization processes advanced or fully automated.
TMX to Use Ullink for Pre-Trade Risk and Connectivity
Canadian exchange consortium TMX Group has selected Ullink, a Paris-based provider of connectivity and trading solutions, to provide a pre-trade risk management and connectivity solution for its equity trading customers.
Bank of England Warns on Cyber Threat to Markets
The Bank of England (BoE) has published its report on Waking Shark II, an exercise designed to test the resilience of wholesale financial markets against cyber attacks. While it found that participants reacted well, more could be done to improve…
Calypso Unveils DTCC Interface to Support EMIR Reporting
San Francisco-based Calypso Technology has released an interface to the Depository Trust and Clearing Corp’s (DTCCs) Global Trade Repository (GTR) service, a repository holding global OTC derivatives transaction data, to assist firms with their European…