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Barclays Global Investors installs BlackRock's Aladdin
Barclays Global Investors (BGI) has enlisted BlackRock Solutions' Aladdin enterprise investment system for its fixed-income risk analytics and processing. The investment arm of the UK’s Barclays Bank went live with Aladdin for domestic active fixed…
apsWire expands board, gains regulatory go-ahead
OTC derivatives dealing platform SwapsWire will expand its board of directors from nine to 13, with shareholders Bank of America, Credit Agricole Indosuez and Lehman Brothers gaining board representation along with chief executive Andrew Brown.
TT becomes latest service provider casualty
Trading Technologies (TT), a multi-market trading screen technology provider for exchange-traded derivatives, has become the latest casualty of the global economic slowdown, and has unveiled restructuring plans that included 37 job losses and the closure…
Macquarie and Aquila link to offer Australian weather hedges
Australia's leading investment bank has signed up with the US' Aquila to market weather derivatives in Australia and New Zealand.
Hedge fund bears thrive
The gloomy economic environment is bolstering the returns of hedge funds that focus on short selling and distressed securities, according to figures released yesterday by Van Hedge Fund Advisors International.
Prudential Securities hires futures head
New York-based Prudential Securities has made Alex Ladouceur its head of global futures, foreign exchange and metals – a newly created role. Ladouceur will drive all the company’s futures division operating activities, including sales and trading,…
ICE promotes sales and marketing staff
IntercontinetalExchange (ICE), which has bought London's International Petroleum Exchange, has promoted a number of its sales and marketing staff to manage the growth in business during the past 10 months, the company said.
RMS upgrades Hawaii hurricane model
Risk Management Solutions (RMS), the California-based provider of natural hazard risk modelling, has released an upgraded Hawaii Hurricane model that offers improved risk assessment capabilities to insurers re-entering the Hawaiian market for hurricane…
Investec extends Front system to FX
Investec has extended its use of Front Capital Systems' Front Arena to support its global FX trading.
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