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Front to boost product development with new hire
Front Capital Systems, a Stockholm-based operating unit of Pennsylvania-based technology company SunGard, has appointed Mats Lillienberg as chief technology officer in a bid to expand its product development.
Deutsche unveils IT 'vision' for derivatives
Deutsche Bank has started a radical overhaul of its derivatives technology that, internally, it is calling its 'vision programme’ for derivatives. The bank has now entered the first six months of an ambitious three-year programme designed to overhaul the…
Barra upgrade targets investment professionals
Barra, the Berkeley, California-based risk management technology vendor, has released a new version of its web-based risk analysis tool BarraOne, designed to make risk management more accessible to a broader range of investors.
Third-party CLS take-up slows
Take-up of the continuous-linked settlement (CLS) service by third-party banks is slowing as a result of time-consuming back-office changes and a waning sense of urgency, CLS project managers told RiskNews ' sister publication, FX Week .
Basel may advise banks on outsourcing
The Basel Committee on Banking Supervision may investigate the risks associated with outsourcing trading systems to third parties, a senior Bank for International Settlements (BIS) official told RiskNews ' sister publication, FX Week .
CMS BondEdge adopts Audit Integrity’s surveillance tool for accounting anomalies
CMS BondEdge, a provider of fixed-income portfolio analytics, has adopted Audit Integrity’s quantitative rating system, which helps evaluate a firm’s financial accounting and governance practices.
CBOT to use Rolfe’s RANorder Pro as front-end system
The Chicago Board of Trade (CBOT) has entered an agreement with UK technology company Rolfe and Nolan to use its RANorder Pro as a trading front-end system.
BarCap launches first single-dealer electronic platform for euro swaps
Barclays Capital (BarCap) and Bloomberg today launched the first single-dealer online platform for trading interest rate swaps. The platform will allow BarCap’s clients to trade vanilla euro-denominated interest rate swaps across various maturities via…
Sponsor's article > The point of op risk
The inclusion of an explicit operational risk component in the proposed Basel II Capital Accord has caused widespread controversy. Much of this has surrounded the feasibility of accurately measuring, or even defining, such risk. In this first of three…
Reuters sues Bloomberg over alleged FX patent infringement
US trading technology firm Bloomberg could be forced to stop using parts of its foreign exchange matching and conversational dealing technology if its UK rival Reuters succeeds in a patent infringement lawsuit.