Buy-Side Technology/News
Spectrum signs up with Fiserv
Spectrum Global Fund Administration, a Chicago-based hedge-fund and fund-of-funds administrator with just under 200 clients, has implemented Fiserv's Accurate platform for automated reconciliation and exception management.
SunGard and iShares launch ETF service
SunGard, in conjunction with iShares, a global provider of exchange-traded funds (ETFs), is set to launch a new service to help advisers and third-party administrators (TPAs) incorporate ETFs as standard options in retirement plans. SunGard's ETF…
55% of financial institutions to invest in real time risk tech, says Alteri
Aleri, the Chicago-based provider of complex event processing (CEP) technology and CEP-based solutions, has published the results of its survey on risk management efforts by financial institutions in the wake of the credit crisis. The survey, conducted…
Charles River signs South Africa's Public Investment Corporation
Public Investment Corporation (PIC), one of the largest investment managers in Africa, with approximately $100bn under management, has selected the Charles River Investment Management System (Charles River IMS) for its fixed-income trading and portfolio…
Funds and administrators take a pummeling
New York-based consultancy Carbon360¢ª is due to release its fourth annual Carbon360° Fund Administration Fact Book in the coming weeks. The 2009 version is a 300-page report on all of the 130 fund administrators and the alternatives industry. This year…
Quantifi unveils Version 9.2
Quantifi, the London-based provider of analytics and risk management products to the global credit markets, has released Version 9.2 (V9.2) of its pricing, hedging and risk analysis software. New features in Quantifi V9.2 include:
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"The broker-dealer community is looking at ways to offer models and features less reliant on historical data - models that utilise decision-making and are more intelligent regarding current and predictive market conditions"
Risk professionals suffer fall in compensation packages
Risk Talent Associates, the New York-based risk management executive search firm has published its fifth annual Professional Compensation Survey - Asset Management . It reveals that total compensation packages for risk professionals in the asset…
Direct Access adds compliance app to services
Direct Access Partners, the New York-based institutional agency brokerage that provides hedge funds with institutional trading support services, will add C3's compliance software to its suite of services. C3's compliance reporting and communications…
Deutsche Postbank Financial Services implements BarraOne
Deutsche Postbank Financial Services, part of one of Germany's leading retail banks, is now using BarraOne to help it identify and manage risk across its equity and fixed-income portfolios.