Infrastructure
GFI launches mark-to-market service for forex options
Inter-dealer broker GFI is attempting to establish a benchmark daily 'revaluation fixing' service for currency options in response to new accounting standards designed to assign a fair value to derivatives positions.
Banca Intesa: conquering the cultural challenges of op risk
MILAN - Much ink will be spilled over the more quantitative aspects of operational risk — modelling, data gathering, technology infrastructure, for example. But it's the cultural challenges of implementing an operational-oriented framework that risk…
McDonough speaks on QIS3 results, and US regulatory changes
"At this early stage, the results suggest that the incentives built into the New Accord are functioning as we had hoped," said William McDonough, president of the Federal Reserve Bank of New York and the head of the Basel Committee on Banking Supervision…
Vwd Launches Energy Analysis Service
German news and data provider vwd has launched an analysis product for the electricity and natural gas markets. The service is aimed at energy traders, analysts, portfolio managers, distributors and brokers.
Heavyweights move to tackle rising unnamed counterparty risk
Top foreign exchange banks are joining forces with central banks and industry groups to eliminate unnamed counterparty risk.
Extreme Outsourcing
"Lift-out" outsourcing projects by major institutional firms prime the pump for the rest of the industry.
Lepus lists op risk leaders
US firm OpRisk Analytics, Canada-based Algorithmics, and UK company Raft International are leading the operational risk vendor market, according to a report published in January by management consultancy Lepus.
TriOptima’s swap tear-up service readies for March launch
TriReduce, an interest rate swaps tear-up service developed by Stockholm-headquartered TriOptima, may start its first run in late March, following a delay of about three months due to documentation and technology hook-up issues.
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