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After three years of consolidation in electronic trading, are brokers getting what they want from the players who are left and do the providers themselves know where they are going?
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Caterpillar chooses SuperDerivatives for forex hedging
Caterpillar, the US-based manufacturer of construction machinery, has bought the SuperDerivatives system for pricing foreign exchange options.
Wells Fargo signs up to Calypso
Wells Fargo will use Calypso Technology transaction and processing software to support its interest rate derivatives trading desk in San Francisco, said Calypso and bank officials.
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DTCC and Swapswire launch CDS services
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Trema survey highlights poor operational risk controls
Trema, the Sophia Antipolis-based provider of asset management technology, has released the results of its Asset Management STP Survey conducted between June and August this year.
Reuters adds SuperDerivatives to 3000 Xtra
Reuters has added SuperDerivatives’ currency options pricing system to its 3000 Xtra platform, as part of its efforts to boost its position in the treasury markets.
CME sees record electronic forex trades
Electronic foreign exchange trading on the Chicago Mercantile Exchange's (CME) Globex platform has exceeded 100,000 contracts a day for the first time.
HVB extends relationship with Front
Germany's HypoVereinsbank (HVB) has formed a new partnership with Front Capital Systems, the Swedish trading systems operating unit of SunGard. It will result in close collaboration between the two companies in IT development.
SwapsWire launches automated credit derivatives confirmation service
SwapsWire, the UK-based electronic trading platform backed by 23 leading international banks, has developed an automated confirmation-delivery system for credit default swaps (CDS). It believes the service should ultimately reduce processing time from…
CDC Ixis AM selects Riskdata for hedge fund risk management
CDC Ixis Asset Management, the asset management arm of French investment bank CDC Ixis, has bought Riskdata's HEDGiX service to help manage its alternative investment portfolio.
Sponsor's article > When is best practice good enough?
A dramatic change in banking regulation has been the move from prescriptive procedures towards 'best practice' risk management. Disagreements about how quickly the new approach can be applied to credit risk is central to arguments about revising Basel II.