Technology
VC funds clean up
Investment in clean energy technology is attracting new venture capital money even as the traditional investors, electric utilities, are withdrawing. In the first of a two-part series, Catherine Lacoursière investigates the latest financing trends in…
Preparing for the worst-case scenario
When unpredictable and cataclysmic events befall a business, its recovery systems must be up and ready to go, reports Duncan Wood
Spreadsheets: a tool you can trust?
For more than two decades, spreadsheets have been the tool of choice for financial services firms. But do they contain hidden dangers? Dianne See Morrison reports
Reuters' outages help competitors
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Credit model meltdown
Dealers are trading increasingly high volumes of bespoke tranches of synthetic credit risk with each other, yet there still appears to be little consensus on the application of credit models. Is there a danger the house of cards may come tumbling down?
SwapsWire expands equity derivatives service
London-based electronic confirmation service SwapsWire plans to roll out its equity option confirmation service across Asia after the launch of the service in Japan earlier this year.