Pricing & Valuation
S&P Readies Risk-to-Price Credit Score
Standard & Poor's Valuation and Risk Strategies division is preparing to roll out a new Risk-to-Price (R2P) scoring mechanism, which quantifies how well investors are compensated for their willingness to take on risk, to provide a more predictive and…
SunGard Debuts Front Arena Update
LONDON-Trading software provider SunGard has rolled out version 2010.1 of its Front Arena trading platform for general availability today, March 22, and has added advanced Value at Risk (VaR) and credit limit functionalities, according to vendor…
Quantifi releases Version 9.3
London-based Quantifi, a provider of analytics and risk management products to the global credit markets, has released Version 9.3 of its pricing, hedging and risk analysis platform. Quantifi says V9.3 provides more robust risk reporting, streamlined…
Picture This
One of the key focus areas for the new year is liquidity risk and valuation risk. But to deal with the upcoming challenges, firms are looking for more granular and better integrated data. Tine Thoresen speaks to AIG's Suresh Jayaraman about what data…
Valuation vendor market to expand through 2012
A new Aite Group report anticipates that the pricing and valuation services industry will grow to $2.9 billion by the end of 2012, reflecting pressure from regulators and investors on buy-side managers and their custodians to improve these functions…
Fair-Value Groups and Partnerships
With Vendors Help Avoid Subjective Evaluations, Say Speakers
UniCredit
UniCredit Continues to Evolve Central Pricing System, Adds Financial Measures
Buy Side Bolsters Controls
OPEN PLATFORM
StatPro joins the pricing/valuations fray
London-based StatPro Group has entered the buy-side pricing and valuations space by unveiling its Complex Asset Pricing (CAP) service, a system for pricing complex financial assets. Through this move, StatPro has joined a select handful of service…
High Expectations
While the market has seen rapidly growing demand for independent valuations in the past year, third-party vendors have focused on expanding offerings and helping clients meet new requirements. The vendors providing these services have become vital for…
Market Data's Dirty Little Secret
STREAMING QUOTES
Targeting Transparency
The credit crunch has led to a rapidly growing awareness of independent valuations. But market conditions have not been the only driver. New accounting standards are putting pressure on firms to take control of the process. Tine Thoresen explores why the…