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FRS to buy Providus compliance software
FRS, a division of S1 Corporation, is to buy the Providus risk management and compliance arm of Zions Bancorporation for $800,000.
UK speeds towards Basel II implementation
LONDON – Momentum is gathering at the UK’s Financial Services Authority (FSA) for the implementation of Basel II in the island nation.
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Misys profits from increased bank IT spending
Software and services provider Misys will report higher revenues and profits from its banking division next month, as banks continue to increase their IT budgets.
TriOptima run eliminates $880 billion in surplus CDS
Five software runs conducted this month by the Scandinavian service company TriOptima have resolved $880 billion in outstanding single-name and index credit default swaps (CDS).
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A place on the grid
A growing number of banks have implemented grid technology for their risk management and derivatives trading businesses, allowing them to borrow spare capacity from dormant computers to process complex tasks in a fraction of the time. By Clive Davidson
Trayport connects with IPE
London-based trading systems provider Trayport has entered into an independent software vendor partnership with London’s International Petroleum Exchange.
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After more than a decade of active deployment at major institutions, simulation-based estimation of counterparty credit exposure is on track to become part of the Basel II regulatory capital regime.1 David Rowe notes, however, that its impact on…
Stateside summit
Adding to the success of Energy Risk Europe in March, last month’s Energy Risk USA conference raised some lively debate. ERM, credit risk and the problems facing quant analysts were among the hot topics. Oliver Holtaway reports
Hull and White to collaborate with SunGard
Two of the leading academics in derivatives and risk management research, John Hull and Alan White, are working with the Reech unit of US-based vendor, SunGard, to develop a new structured credit pricing suite.
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