(Based in Paris, Murex serves financial services firms via solutions for securities trading, treasury markets, risk management, and post-trade operations. A majority of the voters in the FTF News Technology Innovation Awards competition selected Murex’s MX.3 as the Software Solution of the Year for 2107. We got time with Frank Heanue, who is head of… Read More >>
Banks Still Not Ready for FRTB Challenge
Although larger banks are making progress in laying the foundation for the Fundamental Review of the Trading Book (FRTB) requirements, there is still a lot of work to be done, according to a new study by London-based business management consultancy, InteDelta, sponsored by reference data vendor Asset Control. This may not come as a surprise… Read More >>
CloudMargin and Markit Move Valuation to the Cloud
CloudMargin to Feature Markit’s Portfolio Valuation Services The portfolio valuation services of Markit, a financial information services and systems vendor, will become available via CloudMargin, a cloud-based, collateral management software platform, say officials from both providers. The combine services are timed for upcoming requirements on initial and variation margin “within the BCBS IOSCO framework, set… Read More >>
Calypso Readies Initial Margin Calculation Offering
San Francisco-based Calypso Technology, a specialist in capital markets software, reports that it will be releasing a “new solution for calculating the initial margin required on non-cleared derivatives trades,” officials say. The solution will meet the requirements of the Basel Committee on Banking Supervision (BCBS) and the International Organization of Securities Commissions (IOSCO) for margin… Read More >>
TORA Unveils Prism System
TORA, a provider of trading technology and financial services, reports the release of its portfolio and risk management system, named Prism. Prism offers TORA clients “portfolio and risk features in … fully integrated with its … order and execution management system (TORA Compass),” the company, which characterizes itself as a provider of “products that have… Read More >>
