enterprise-wide risk management

VPD is a leading provider of solutions to the asset management industry. The flagship product suite – VPD Risk & Performance – provides functionality and value to asset management operations. It covers a number of functions like GIPS, Attribution, Reporting and Enterprise Data Management with a special edge on risk and performance functions.

In close collaboration with Alfred Berg Asset Management AB, BNP Paribas IP, and other clients, VPD has developed a reporting package to meet regulatory and analytical requirements for RISK.

To help hedge funds meet new demands from regulators and investors, Algorithmics, an IBM Company and leading provider of enterprise risk solutions, today announced that its hedge fund reporting service is now available for the US market. The service, Algo Risk Reports, has recently signed Optima Fund Management as a client in New York for UCITS reporting.

Integration of complex risk, deep cash and liquidity functionality  marks milestone for the industry

- Integration with existing trading systems reduces implementation cost and risk, and time-to-market for new business

Post-crisis firms are focusing on the correlation of different risk types as they now recognize the need for a true total view of risk. In a Q&A, SunGard’s Marcus Cree explains the new drivers behind investment in risk technology and how the culture for risk management is changing to meet demands in the new regulatory environment.

Q. Are financial institutions still investing heavily on risk management even after three years have passed since the financial crisis began? Are there new drivers for the focus on risk management?