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Towards T+0 reconciliation
The Counterparty Risk Management Policy Group's third major policy statement appeared in early August - and it presents surprisingly radical demands, says David Rowe
Technology Special Report
Welcome to Energy Risk’s 2008 Technology Special Report, which includes an informativeSystem Frontrunner section and the 2008 software Directory. This is a comprehensivelisting of companies that provide energy trading and risk management (ETRM)software…
Carbon traders connect
Over 1,000 delegates signed up to the Environmental Risk carbon trading e-symposium, a live online conference hosted by Energy Risk on May 28. Roderick Bruce looks at some of the highlights
Power in numbers
Amid the ongoing M&A wave in the exchange and interdealer broker space, six smaller independent brokers have joined forces in a bid to stay afloat in ever-deepening liquidity pools. David Watkins reports
Between software and a hard place
The influx of new financial entrants to the energy markets is fuelling demand for less expensive web-hosted ETRM solutions and changing attitudes across the industry. How realistic such solutions currently are, however, is under debate, writes Will Rhode
A meeting of minds
Now in its 12th year, the Energy Risk USA conference in Houston once again brought together key figures in the energy industry to debate the hottest topics. The Energy Risk team reports
Investors should heed lessons of credit crisis
Choose products carefully, warns BNP Paribas, Tighten up risk infrastructure, says the OECD's Hans Blommestein
Derivatives Summit: Improve processing now, OECD market chief says
Despite ongoing market turmoil, the future for derivatives is bright. Or at least it will be if the industry’s risk management infrastructure is tightened up, said Hans Blommestein, head of the capital markets programme at the Organisation for Economic…
Derivatives Summit: Investors should heed lessons of crisis, summit told
Investors should heed the lessons of the credit crunch by changing the products they invest in, said senior BNP Paribas bankers speaking at Risk ’s 2008 Derivatives Summit in London.
Business leaders make post-2012 carbon trading recommendations
A group of 91 chairmen and CEOs of major global businesses has presented recommendations for the post-2012 carbon reduction regime to replace the Kyoto Protocol.
Calyon chooses Caplin Trader
Calyon, the investment banking arm of Credit Agricole, has selected Caplin Trader as the basis for its new online single-dealer portal for fixed income trading. The trading system, developed by technology vendor Caplin Systems, is intended to complement…
DekaBank opts for SunGard system
German bank and asset manager DekaBank has deployed SunGard’s Asset Arena Compliance system, including the Ucits III country specific rules, in a bid to expand structured product and derivative coverage for Germany and Luxembourg.
And the winner is...
The annual Energy Risk Awards honour the outstanding talent at the heart of the energy risk management industry. Find out the who’s won and why...
Credit funds seek flexibility and sustainability from IT solutions
Innovative software solutions for credit strategies are a challenge. IT companies offer a plethora of solutions for an environment that lacks standardisation and needs a high degree of automation. Jamie Wynn-Williams reports
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Regulator Q&A
Advantage: Algos
Algorithmic trading
Broaden valuation options
In the same way credit risk managers used to question how a loan would be repaid if the primary means of payment were to fail, so banks ought to ask if there is another way to value structured credit investments if market liquidity were to dry up, argues…
Corporates shy away from FX e-trading
Corporates have been avoiding the use of electronic platforms in the execution of their foreign exchange (FX) trades, with most showing a preference for traditional voice trading.
Advantage: Algos
Algorithmic Trading
Paladyne and Numerix partner
Pricing and risk analytics provider Numerix and alternative investment technology vendor Paladyne Systems have agreed to integrate Numerix trading, pricing and analytical toolset within Paladyne’s hedge fund platform. The move is designed to allow…