Buy-Side Technology/News
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.
BI-SAM to Expand Asia-Pacific Operations
Paris-based vendor BI-SAM is expanding its operations in Asia-Pacific to support the growth occurring in the region.
KPMG Selects SunGard’s Adaptiv to Help German Clients with CVA
KPMG has selected SunGard’s Adaptiv Analytics to support its German clients with assessments of credit valuation adjustment (CVA), and derivatives exposures for default-risk steering and regulatory capital calculations under Basel III.
Société Générale Bank & Trust Migrates to Private Cloud
Société Générale Bank & Trust (SGBT), the Luxembourg-based private banking arm of Société Générale, has completed a two-year project to migrate its core banking system to a cloud-based architecture.
SunGard Extends FoxRiver Algo Suite to Japanese Equities
SunGard Financial Systems has extended the international reach of its Fox River algorithm suite to support trading in the Japanese equities market.
Orc Americas Appoints Jeremie Bacon as President
Stockholm-based technology and services provider Orc Software has named Jeremie Bacon as new regional president to consolidate the firm’s growth strategy in the Americas region.
Temasek Officially Takes Stake in Markit
The deal signed by the Singaporean sovereign wealth fund, which had been speculated upon for a couple weeks, was previously reported by the Financial Times and Reuters to be worth about $500 million, with the stake bought from existing investment banking…
Hoppe Joins b-next
Market surveillance and compliance software provider b-next has added Stefan Hoppe as a sales manager.
RSJ Implements Kx Systems' kdb+
The Prague-based proprietary trading shop, among the leaders in derivatives trading on NYSE Liffe, will use Kx's database and time-series analysis platform to support modeling for its algorithmic trading systems.
Data Centralization Key to Effective Compliance, CTOs Argue
Panelists at the Buy-Side Technology European Summit 2013 in London debated growing levels of transparency and reporting required by regulatory agencies and clients, saying that in order to stay compliant, a thorough data strategy was essential to any…
Man Group's Wright Says CIO, CDO Roles Should be Linked
The roles of chief information officer (CIO) and chief data officer (CDO) should be one and the same, according to Man Group's Mike Wright, global head of technology, in delivering the keynote address at the Buy-Side Technology European Summit 2013 in…
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.
Energy Specialist Denham Capital Live on iLevel
The $7 billion private equity firm, which funds both traditional and alternative energy investments, now uses iLevel's turnkey solution for collecting data, tracking portfolio company valuation, and producing performance reporting.
Trading Technologies Connects to Nasdaq OMX's NLX
The new link to Nasdaq's London-based derivatives market will allow TT's clients to trade in short- and long-term interest rate futures products denominated in either sterling or euro.
Arialytics Unveils New Analytics Platform
Rye, NY-based analytics vendor Arialytics has launched Aria, a new investment discovery platform that will allow analysts to cull vast quantities of data to find investment opportunities.
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.
CloudRisk Takes on AlphaKinetic's Glide for Risk and Valuations
CloudRisk, a Manchester, UK-based provider of valuations and risk analysis focusing on derivative transactions, selected AlphaKinetic’s Glide Fund Manager’s cloud tools for its client base of investment and trading organizations.
Liquidnet Makes Senior Hires to Support Euro Growth
Liquidnet, the institutional block-trading platform used by some 700 buy-side firms, has appointed Julien Fougere and Stuart Thompson to its London-based EMEA trading team.
GoldenTree Takes Paladyne Data Warehouse
US-based investment manager GoldenTree Asset Management has selected Paladyne to supply a data warehouse, in an extension of its existing relationship with the Broadridge company.
Indata Signs Jensen for iPM Cloud
Buy-side software vendor Indata has announced that Jensen Investment Management has become the latest firm live on its Intelligent Portfolio Management (iPM) Cloud product.
RWE Supply & Trading Taps Sapient
The technology consultancy is tasked with overseeing broad transformation of the German energy specialist's trading and risk management platforms.
Northern Trust Unveils Online Form PF Solution
Northern Trust Hedge Fund Services, the fund administrating arm of the Chicago-based bank, has released a new online module that will allow clients to draft, review and finalize their Form PF submissions.
Client Service, Regulation Equal as Data Management Priorities, Survey Finds
A new survey from buy-side specialist provider MoneyMate found that almost an equal number of firms are building data capacity to handle client needs as are looking to comply with regulations.
DataArt Unveils Form PF Solution
Software vendor Data Art has released a front-end application that will allow hedge funds to report their Form PF filings to regulators