News
Lloyds TSB selects SAS to manage risk
UK financial services group Lloyds TSB has installed banking risk management software from SAS, a North Carolina-based data management software vendor. The technology will help the bank to meet Basel II credit risk compliance and further automate its…
HSBC rolls out risk system
New angles
Prime broker fees "too low"
Pricing credit risk has come under scrutiny from central bankers in London, as increased competition for prime brokerage business has caused service fees to tumble.
Almeida rejoins Deutsche as global FX sales head
Dan Almeida will begin in the newly created position of global head of foreign exchange sales at Deutsche Bank in London on September 2.
Laying the Trac-x
technology news
Reshuffle at CSFB
people news
Who rates the raters?
rating agencies
Back-up systems key to blackout recovery
New angles
Japan CDOs of ABS set for growth
New angles
Mark-it set to sign 12 dealers to Red in next fortnight
UK credit data company Mark-it Partners expects to sign up between 12 and 20 major credit derivatives dealers to use its credit reference entity database, Red, within the next two weeks.
Deutsche Bank to use Isaac Technology credit risk system
Deutsche Bank has signed up to use US-based Fair Isaac Blaze Decision System software to build an enterprise-wide credit decisioning and risk monitoring solution, the company announced this week.
Euronext profits from derivatives growth
Pan-European exchange Euronext reported strong results today for second-quarter 2003, boosted by increased revenues in derivatives trading.
Isda and EEI collaborate on Power Annex
The New York-based International Swaps and Derivatives Association (Isda) and US trade body the Edison Electric Institute (EEI) published a North American Power Annex to the Isda Master Agreement in August.
BoA hires two for European structured products group
Banc of America Securities has appointed Andrew Jackson as a European structurer in its global structured products group, with responsibility for originating and structuring pooled and single-name structured credit products.
HHEx to launch China index future by year-end
The Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing (HKEx) plans to introduce a new China index futures contract before the end of the year.
WestLB dumps top systems for Summit
The global financial markets group of Düsseldorf-based Westdeutsche Landesbank (WestLB) has selected New York-based transaction processing technology company, Summit Systems, for a major consolidation of its systems environment. The integrated system…
Merrill Lynch beefs up Asia-Pacific debt team with new hires
Merrill Lynch has hired Sibo Feng as director in its global credit products group to focus on correlation trading. Feng, who will be based in Tokyo, was previously with Bank of America.
TriOptima completes biggest ever swap tear-up
Swedish financial technology company TriOptima has completed the largest ever swap termination of 11,446 swaps totalling $987 billion.