Trading systems
Correlation and credit risk
Active development of full credit portfolio modelling continues apace, even though it is not recognised in the proposed Basel II framework.
Job moves
QUOTE OF THE MONTH: - “Regulatory fear is creating a lot of uncertainty, and that fear does impact the financial markets” Jennifer Patterson, energy trading manager at Edison Mission Energy in Australia, arguing at the Australia Risk 2002 conference last…
Creative solutions for unique problems
Credit risk
Red hot in the frozen North
Hedge funds
Milan’s new collections
Italian securitisation
Risk systems take a back seat
Systems
CLS currency settlement system goes live
FRONT PAGE NEWS
Artificial intelligence advances
Artificial intelligence is widely seen as more science fiction than science, a grab bag of 1960s theories that never panned out. But while computers still can’t grasp the difference between concepts such as ‘breadbox’ and ‘Chicago’, artificial…
Quick on the uptake
Systems
TD Securities to upgrade derivatives trading and risk system
TD Securities, the wholesale banking arm of TD Bank Financial Group, has teamed up with NumeriX, a provider of exotic derivatives data and analysis, to upgrade its trading and risk management system.
ING Financial Markets to use Credient for credit portfolio management
The Netherlands-based ING Group has selected SunGard Trading and Risk Systems' Credient application to support its credit portfolio management business.
FXall and FXpress plan STP link
TECHNOLOGY NEWS
KWI joins national energy committee
Software provider KWI has become the latest company to join the executive committee of the National Energy Marketers Association (Nem), a trade body representing energy, telecoms and financial services marketers and consumers.
Weaving an integrated solution
A treacherous credit environment and growing awareness of the danger of credit and market risk correlation have convinced financial institutions that they need to evaluate these exposures together. To get a unified view, will they need to adopt unified…
Front in new sales drive
Stockholm-based trading and risk management technology provider Front Capital Systems, an operating unit of SunGard Trading Systems, has made two key sales appointments to support the company’s global expansion. Front has recruited Stephen Butcher to…
Weaving an integrated solution
A treacherous credit environment and growing awareness of the danger of credit and market risk correlation have convinced financial institutions that they need to evaluate these exposures together. To get a unified view, will they need to adopt unified…