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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…
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.
Moody’s KMV releases RiskCalc for Korean private firms
Moody’s KMV has released RiskCalc Korea, a web-based model for estimating the probability of default or expected default frequencies (EDF) on obligations of non-financial Korean private companies.
Mizuho selects FNX for interest rate derivatives processing
Japan’s Mizuho Bank has licensed FNX’s Sierra System for use in processing interest rate futures and options.
Standard & Poor's enters portfolio risk modelling
Standard & Poor's (S&P) Risk Solutions has launched a portfolio risk tracker model. The model covers both credit and market risk, which should allow banks to calculate their economic capital and perform risk assessments across the full range of risks…
HVB’s US operations upgrade with Front Arena
HVB Americas, the US arm of Germany’s HVB Group, is upgrading to SunGard’s Front Capital Arena version 2.0, to ensure the smooth start-up of a new business in Bermuda. HVB Americas said it needed the latest product since older Arena versions were…
Dutch debt office opts for Trema
The Dutch State Treasury Agency (DSTA) has licensed a debt financing software system, Finance Kit, from France-headquartered financial software provider Trema.
Algorithmics to launch Linux version of Algo Suite
Algorithmics of Canada, an enterprise risk management solutions provider, said today it will launch a fully supported Linux version of Algo Suite by the end of the third quarter of this year.
GlobeOp grabs JP Morgan/Cygnifi fixed-income software
GlobeOp Financial Services, a risk management, operations and administration service provider to the global funds management community, has bought a risk reporting and valuation analytics library, developed by JP Morgan and its now-defunct technology…
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Rolfe & Nolan names new chairman
UK derivatives back-office vendor, Rolfe & Nolan, has appointed John Hamer as its new chairman.
SunGard upgrades ALM tool
SunGard Trading and Risk Systems, an operating group of US technology company SunGard, has released a new version of its asset and liability management (ALM) software, BancWare Convergence.
SAS acquires OpRisk Analytics
SAS, the North Carolina-based data management software vendor, announced that it has acquired the principal assets of OpRisk Analytics, a Connecticut-based operational risk analytics company. It did not disclose financial terms.
Basel II heralds a new ‘golden age’ for risk, says BofE’s Jackson
Basel II is creating a new lingua franca for risk that will usher in a “golden age” of risk management, said Patricia Jackson, special adviser to the Bank of England, at Risk magazine’s Basel II Forum in London today. The debates surrounding the wording…
Law firm launches new collateral legal risk management service
Derivative Services, an affiliate of the international law firm Allen & Overy, has launched a legal risk management service aimed at addressing the complex legal analysis required to take on collateral for derivatives transactions.
GFI targets corporates for options pricing
New York-based inter-dealer broker GFI has launched a new online foreign exchange options pricing service targeting corporates and other lower-volume forex users.
JP Morgan Chase launches buy-side risk management product
JP Morgan Chase is launching a new risk management service, MorganRisk, to enable buy-side clients to gauge market risk in their own investment portfolios using the same proprietary methodologies used by the US bank.
FNX opens South-east Asian hub
FNX, the Pennsylvania-based risk management software company, has established a regional support centre in Bangkok, Thailand.
Numerix launches CompatibL Technologies
New York-based analytics provider Numerix is forming a new company that will seek to accelerate definition and adoption of derivatives systems interoperability standards.
Korea’s Woori Bank installs Reuters’ Kondor+
Korea’s Woori Bank, the country's second largest bank, has signed an agreement with Reuters to use Kondor+ as its risk management tool for derivatives and bond transactions.