Buyside

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.

-Client clearing on SwapClear up by 175% in 2012 to over USD 700 billion total notional

Robert Schnibbe brings years of executive experience in financial services to Cutter Associates

Cutter Associates, a research, consulting, and benchmarking firm supporting the investment management industry, today announced that Robert Schnibbe, Jr. has joined the company as Chief Operating Officer. Mr. Schnibbe will provide day-to-day operational leadership to the firm, including managing the firm’s sales function and product areas.

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.

Traiana, leading provider of post-trade solutions, announced today that it has extended Harmony’s contract-for-difference (CFD) equity swap network to buy-side firms. A growing group of the world’s leading buy-side firms are now connected to Harmony for complete CFD equity swap post-trade automation.

Northern Trust announced today it has enhanced its comprehensive suite of risk tools by integrating BarraOne with its global operations platform to strengthen predictive risk analytics and reporting across asset classes, including derivatives.

Senior executives from the investment management industry feel confident enough about the future that they are expanding into new geographical locations, according to a survey taken at Investit’s bi-annual industry conference.

The conference, held on 28 January 2010, was attended by 60 delegates from 19 investment management firms with £3.5 trillion of assets under management, and six third party administrators with £25 trillion of assets under custody and management.

The International Swaps and Derivatives Association, Inc. (ISDA) today announced that it has jointly submitted a report with market participants and industry associations to industry supervisors and regulators, regarding buy-side access to central counterparties (“CCPs”).