Industry News
| February 3rd, 2011 | DerivSource Hosts Free Webinars in Feb & March Our Free Web-events cover collateral management, central clearing and Dodd-Frank data and reporting requirements Collateral Call Communication - Feb 9th: "Reducing Counterparty Risk & Increasing Transparency through Electronic Messaging for Margin Calls." Sponsored by Swift Central Clearing for OTC Derivatives - |
| February 1st, 2012 | NFA Signs Agreement with MarketAxess to provide Regulatory Services to MarketAxess’ Swap Execution Facility |
| February 1st, 2012 | Vista Equity Partners Completes Acquisition of Thomson Reuters Trade and Risk Management Business: Turaz Opens for Business Turaz unveils latest version of Kondor+ trade and risk management software Vista Equity Partners today announced it has completed its acquisition of Thomson Reuters Trade and Risk Management business following the agreement that was announced on 23rd September, 2011. The new company will be called Turaz. The value of the deal was not disclosed. |
| January 31st, 2012 | TIAA-CREF Executive Jonathan Feigelson Joins Reval Board Industry Veteran Brings Regulatory and Legal Expertise to Treasury and Risk Management Provider Reval (www.reval.com), the leading global provider of a comprehensive and integrated Software-as-a-Service solution for enterprise Treasury and Risk Management, announced today that TIAA-CREF Senior Vice President, General Counsel and head of Corporate Governance Jonathan Feigelson has been appointed to its Board of Directors. |
| January 31st, 2012 | Orchestrade Partners with Numerix to Expand Cross-Asset Pricing, Valuation and Risk Coverage Partnership enables Orchestrade clients to manage risk and operations on a single platform using Numerix CrossAsset pricing models and risk analytics |
| January 31st, 2012 | SIX Exfeed and Derivative Partners Intensify Cooperation on Structured Products Data SIX Exfeed, an affiliate of SIX Swiss Exchange, has concluded a cooperation agreement with Derivative Partners Research AG in the area of sales and marketing and customized data delivery for structured products. |
| January 30th, 2012 | SunGard Enhances Stream Fail Monitor for Mortgages and Agency Debt SunGard has enhanced its Stream Fail Monitor solution, part of its Stream suite of post-trade solutions, to help financial services firms comply with the expansion of the Treasury Market Practice Group (TMPG) penalties to apply to mortgages and agency debt fails. Under the latest TMPG recommendations, firms will be penalized for any fails related to mortgage and agency debt transactions. The fees will go into effect on February 1, 2012. The TMPG recommendations are currently limited to U.S. Government Treasury securities. |
| January 24th, 2012 | FIA Establishes Task Force to Respond to MF Global |
| January 24th, 2012 | SimCorp Survey Reveals Buy-Side Lack of Confidence in Data Quality SimCorp, a leading provider of highly specialized software and expertise for the investment industry, today released the results of a data management survey conducted in December 2011. The survey polled nearly 100 executives from 50 buy-side firms across North America. |
| January 24th, 2012 | Sky Road Announces Release of Enhanced Cloud-Based Trading Solution, Swap Trader 2.0 • Innovative hosted solution that quickly on-boards firms to new swap market structures • Powerful analytics for the rates complex, including centrally cleared OTC derivatives and listed products • “On the fly” configurable dashboards for monitoring and taking action on fixed income portfolios |
