Risk Management, Performance & Reporting
S&P Capital IQ Launches Portfolio Risk Solution
S&P Capital IQ has launched its Portfolio Risk solution, a risk and scenario analytics tool that provides an ability to make decisions about the pricing, hedging and capital management of multi-asset class portfolios in real-time.
Abacus Releases Buy-Side File Hosting Service
Abacus Group, a provider of hosted IT solutions for hedge funds and private equity funds, has introduced FlexDrive, a file-hosting service that allows hedge funds and private equity firms to share and transfer files with other users and other devices.
Risk Waiting
Will concern about reducing corporate actions exposures be enough to push the industry toward advancing the ISO 20022 messaging standard?
Quantifi Releases V11.0 of Pricing and Risk Product
Over-the-counter software provider Quantifi has released version 11.0 of its pricing and risk analysis software, with improvements to enterprise risk performance and valuation scalability.
CBH Group Goes Live with Eka
CBH Group, one of Australia’s leading grain organizations, has gone live with the commodities trading software provider, Eka Software Solutions, to support its trading and risk management operations.
ConvergeEx Upgrades Pre-Trade Risk Controls for ConnEx
Agency broker ConvergEx Group has upgraded the pre-trade risk management system of its outsourced hosted connectivity infrastructure business, ConnEx.
Natixis Joins CLS as Settlement Member
CLS Group has announced that Natixis has upgraded its membership of the service from a third-party participant to a full settlement member.
Kx Unveils Higher-Performance Kdb+ Tick DB
Improvements to underlying tick database technology allows users to run analyses on more data, faster.
Three FCMs Join MarkitSERV Credit Centre
Citi, Bank of America Merrill Lynch (BAML) and Goldman Sachs have signed up to MarkitSERV Credit Centre, Markit's pre-trade credit-checking facility for over-the-counter (OTC) derivatives transactions.
ConvergEx Adds Real-Time Margin Tools
New York-based agency broker ConvergEx Group has announced the addition of real-time margin calculation tools to its LiquidPoint product.
Gravitas and IBM to Offer Risk Services to Small Hedge Funds
Gravitas, a New York-based provider of hedge fund technology, has chosen the IBM Risk Analytics engine to provide risk-as-a-service for emerging and mid-sized hedge funds.
Advent Enhances APX, Moxy in Cloud Push
San Francisco-based Advent Software has released upgraded versions of Advent Portfolio Exchange (APX), its portfolio management platform, and Moxy, its trade order management system. This rollout also includes enhancements to Advent Rules Manager and…
Misys Global Risk to Launch New Risk Tool
Software vendor Misys has launched its new risk-management solution, Misys Risk Insight, a centralization tool for risk information.
Striking a Balance on Operational Risk
The culture within the financial services industry has, unsurprisingly, become much more risk aware since the 2008 crisis. Under such conditions, how can fund administrators balance managing operational risk against achieving efficiencies, while at the…
RMS, Eqecat Sign Data Standardization Agreement
The pair of competing specialist modeling vendors for insurance-linked securities (ILS) like catastrophe bonds have come together to harmonize their exposure data schema.
JC Rathbone Taps Quantifi for CVA Analytics
The risk management and advisory services consultancy firm, JC Rathbone Associates (JCRA), has selected Quantifi’s credit valuation adjustment (CVA) product as its primary solution for counterparty risk analytics.
BAML Exec: "Granular Data Creates Aggregation Challenges"
A Bank of America Merrill Lynch director told delegates at this week's North American Financial Information Summit that firms face challenges aggregating the more granular data now required for risk management
Misys Rolls Out Sophis Value, Version 5
Software provider Misys has unveiled version 5 of its portfolio and risk management platform, Sophis Value. This upgrade includes an updated user interface and has more functionality for risk management.
Improving Operations Through Automated Reconciliation
Spending on reconciliation solutions is set to increase steadily over the next five years, with a compound annual growth rate of 6.4 percent globally, according to CEB TowerGroup. In fact, spending on integrated reconciliation and exception management…
ADI Implements Misys Sophis
Al Dhabi Investment PJSC (ADI) has announced that it will implement Misys Sophis for an expansion in instrument coverage and trading in different asset classes.