Asset managers

How are investment managers improving collateral management processes three years after the Lehman Brothers default and one year after ISDA published its best practices ‘guide’ for the market? DerivSource’s Julia Schieffer talks to industry participants about their view on true market practice and concerns on managing margin within a central clearing environment.

Investment managers can transform collateral management into a profit centre by generating returns on collateral through securities lending activities. ISC's Sean Sprackling explains how the buy side can adopt this method used widely by sell-side institutions.

Algorithmics, an IBM company, and Axioma, a provider of multi-factor equity models, today announced a business relationship that will benefit both firms’ buy-side clients. Algorithmics will offer data derived from Axioma’s multi-factor equity models as part of Algo Risk Service, Algorithmics’ hosted portfolio construction, risk management and reporting service.

SunGard has acquired the Pilot solution from TOBAM, a Paris, France-based asset management firm. The acquisition, the terms of which were not disclosed, is not expected to have a material impact on SunGard's financial results.

The Pilot solution, built and used by TOBAM as its decision support solution for the fund's principals, is complementary to SunGard's Asset Arena solution suite, which supports the core functions of the asset management industry including investment management, investment operations and investor servicing. 

Buy-side institutions are feeling the strain of new regulatory compliance requirements and increased demands from investors for transparency. In a Q&A, Misys' Jean-Baptiste Gaudemet explains how hedge funds and asset managers are improving risk mitigation, collateral management and reporting processes to satisfy the expectations of both regulators and clients.

Q. How are buy-side firms improving trading processes to meet new compliance requirements including AIFM, UCITS and Dodd-Frank?

Three new SimCorp StrategyLab white papers provide guidance on how the global investment management industry can move beyond ‘business as usual’ in order to rebuild trust in the industry and re-establish growth. 

Markit, a leading, global financial information services company, today announced the launch of Markit Commission Manager.  The service helps buy-side firms manage and allocate commission credits efficiently while addressing the concerns associated with maintaining such credits with a single institution.

- Industry Consortium to Tap Buy and Sell-side Expertise to Create Clear Standards for Transaction Cost Analysis (TCA)

Calypso Technology, Inc., a global application software provider of an integrated trading, risk and processing platform to financial institutions and corporate treasuries, announced today that Legacy Asset Management Company (LAMCO), a fully owned subsidiary of Lehman Brothers Holding Inc., has gone into production with the Calypso system as its core derivatives platform for valuation and risk. With over 500,000 trades across multiple asset classes in rates and credit products, LAMCO will leverage the Calypso System to value both its historical and live trades.

As the deadline for Solvency II approaches, SimCorp, a leading provider of investment management software for the international insurance industry, supports its clients in preparing their IT landscapes for the changes to come.