liquidity

End users, such as insurers, face a squeeze on liquidity and a potential increase in cost of hedging resulting from new OTC derivatives central clearing obligations under both EMIR and Dodd-Frank.

In the first instalment of a two-part series, GCMS’ Saheed Awan explains the likely implications of Basel III on collateral management activities including liquidity management.

SunGard has launched Ambit Liquidity Optimization to help banks minimize the impact that cautious liquidity reserve strategies are having on their return-on-equity. Ambit Liquidity Optimization will help banks identify opportunities to release available funds for revenue generation, reveal intra-day investment opportunities for better returns, and refine cash and payment processes.

Fitch Solutions says that developed market sovereigns in the Eurozone have driven the rebound in global CDS liquidity after the seasonal lull. Leading the surge are France, Spain and Austria, which have moved up 14, 10 and 10 regional percentile rankings respectively over the past month.

The Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) today announced that Commissioner Jill E. Sommers will be acting as the senior Commissioner for the agency in matters relating to the bankruptcy of MF Global, Inc. (MFGI) and the shortfall of funds in MFGI’s segregated accounts containing customer property and funds. The announcement comes after Chairman Gensler recused himself from matters relating to MFGI. The designation of Commissioner Sommers is effective immediately.

Fiserv, Inc. (NASDAQ: FISV), the leading global provider of financial services technology solutions, announced today that Krung Thai Bank has selected Fiserv for asset/liability, market risk, interest rate risk, foreign exchange risk and daily bank-wide liquidity risk management. 

New Interface Supports Communications with Pricing, Risk Management, Databases and Clearinghouses 

Pivot, Inc., the leading provider of instant messaging and liquidity management software to the trading community, today unveiled an extensively updated version of its Pivot Connect application programming interface (API), which supports automated communications with internal systems as well as connectivity to external trading, clearing and data entities mandated by proposed Dodd-Frank regulations. 

First Derivatives (AIM:FDP.L, ESM:GYQ.I), a leading provider of software and consulting services to the capital markets industry, today announced that ILQ, the foreign currency exchange broker, has chosen the Company’s Delta FlowTM service to deliver improved forex connectivity, execution and liquidity solutions to their institutional client base.

SunGard’s high-touch execution services trade desk will be consolidated into Valdi Liquidity Solutions offering customers both “high and low touch” trading capabilities. With this combined offering, customers will have the ability to send orders either to the trade desk to be executed (high touch) or through low latency execution solutions (low touch). SunGard’s trade desk manages agency-only equity trades for all types of buy-side customers in the US through execution-only and soft dollar solutions that help provide commission management.