Structured Finance

Agreement addresses need for increased visibility into large portfolios of complex structured finance instruments for more accurate risk management and compliance 

Independent Odd Lot Evaluations are Now Offered for Corporates and U.S. Structured Finance Instruments

S&P Valuation and Risk Strategies, an independent and analytically separate business unit within Standard & Poor’s that provides users with market intelligence and analytic insight for risk-driven investment analysis, has expanded its odd lot securities evaluations capabilities beyond municipal bonds to provide odd lot pricing for U.S. corporate bonds and U.S. structured finance instruments.

Markit, a financial information services company, today announced the appointment of Richard Paddle as managing director and Head of Markit’s European structured finance business based in London.

riskart S.p.A., a leading specialist consultancy in bespoke solutions for Back Office administration of structured derivatives, is looking to build a global network of partners for its riskart Derivatives Management suite.

Principia Partners, the leading solution provider for the management and administration of structured finance operations, today announced the availability of Principia SFP (Structured Finance Platform) Version 6. The new release addresses the specific needs of structured finance portfolio managers by providing the industry’s first standardized suite of compliance reports and out-of-the-box accounting.

Aviva Investors (formerly Morley Fund Management), one of the largest active asset managers in the UK has gone live with 4sight’s Securities Finance software solution for its Securities Finance business.

Aviva had previously been using a system supplied by one of 4sight’s competitors and the implementation involved the migration of data and changeover from the legacy system, in addition to interfaces between several third party systems and 4sight Securities Finance.