Risk management

BISS Research’s Gary Wright explains why the fragmentation of  the CCP landscape in Europe, which is further complicated by the push for OTC derivatives onto exchanges, will cost the market more and introduce more operational burdens all while not reducing the risks expected.

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.

The Basel Committee today issued a consultative document on the application of own credit risk adjustments to derivatives.

Peter Banham, head of strategy for SunGard’s capital markets business, said, “Regulatory changes are transforming the OTC derivatives space, from execution to settlement. Market participants need to manage large volumes of data in order to clear and process trades. New pressures on the cost and the more effective use of capital make it more important to have automated and real-time capital controls.

TradingScreen Inc. (TradingScreen), the premier provider of multi-broker and multi-asset class execution management systems (EMS) to the buy side, today announced that it has integrated Fitch Solutions’ risk management data to TradeFI, its platform for accessing the fixed income markets.

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?

In a Q&A, Interactive Data’s Darren Marsh explains how centralising reference data management improves a firm’s ability to understand its risk exposures and enables firms to use capital more efficiently and better meet new regulatory reporting requirements.

- Only 8% of those polled consider their standardization and IT support adequate to meet their needs

Open Link Financial, Inc. (OpenLink), a leading provider of energy, commodities, trading, and risk management (ETRM/CTRM) solutions, which support the entire transaction lifecycle, has released survey results from a webinar conducted with Accenture, the global management consulting, technology services and outsourcing company.

Reference Data & Risk; Enterprise-Wide Risk Management Complimentary Webinars