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Quartet FS Launches ActivePivot 4.2 and ActivePivot Live 2.3 FREE - A-Team Wire
Data Integration and Emerging Technologies Offer Beneficial Opportunities
Data integration and the adoption of technologies including data location aware computation, in database analytics and event stream processing will improve analytics, reduce decision making time and, in turn, contribute to cutting the costs associated with duplicated data.
Managing Data Technology Remains a Challenges at Enterprise Level, DMRAV Delegates Told
Proving return on investment (ROI) while attempting to take an incremental approach to enterprise data management projects remains a significant challenge for managers seeking sign-off for EDM projects, delegates at A-Team’s Data Management for Risk, Analytics & Valuations conference in London heard.
Big Data Solutions Tackle the Challenges of Increasing Regulation
The introduction of 70 capital markets regulations in Europe over the next 18 months and the addition of about 300 regulations in the US are driving the need for big data solutions that can deliver on-demand risk and business analytics reports, more granular risk management and the ability to combine unstructured data behind products such as OTC derivatives with structured data.
Misys’ Blanc on the First Fruit of the Vendor’s Integration Work with the Sophis Portfolio: Misys Risk
Following its acquisition of Sophis, which was finalised in March this year (see more on which here), Misys has been focused on allowing clients to “leverage the combination” of both vendors’ component parts (as explained by CEO Mike Lawrie back in March). The first fruit of the combined vendor’s labours is today’s release of its new enterprise market risk solution, Misys Risk, which brings together Misys’ risk management framework approach with Sophis’ front office technology capabilities. Karim Blanc, head of risk management solutions at Misys (and ex-Sophis employee), explains the details to A-Team Insight.
Misys Focuses on Enterprise Risk, Collateral Management and Central Clearing Support, Says Dewnarain
Misys is focusing on a number of initiatives in several key areas including providing support for central clearing in the OTC markets, enterprise risk management (ERM) and cross asset collateral management, according to Denny Dewnarain, deputy European managing director of Treasury and Capital Markets for the vendor. Following its acquisition of Sophis earlier this year (see more on which here), Misys has also spent time examining specific areas of integration between the solution set it acquired with Sophis and its own offerings, although it is keeping the Sophis set intact.
Opinion: Risk Management Nirvana Comes Together in the Form of Real-time
By Dale Stevens, business development director for Capital Markets at SAS UK
The case for real-time risk management was made clear in report published by Lepus earlier this week. The report is based on interviews with senior representatives from four global banks and two independent consultants with extensive past experience in the field of risk. It finds that banks have reacted strongly in the face of the financial crisis, but that there are a number of inadequacies with the current approach to risk management.
PerTrac Builds on Fat Tailed Technology to Add Illiquid Assets to RiskPlus
Analytics and reporting solution provider PerTrac has introduced a second release of its RiskPlus risk analysis solution that adds ‘infilling’ techniques to cover illiquid assets and additional geographic factor models to deliver an enterprise view of risk. The PerTrac RiskPlus 1.2 software has been developed by predictive performance analytics solutions supplier FinAnalytica and builds on a partnership between the companies that was made in 2009 and delivered an initial release of RiskPlus in April 2010 (see the release here).
FRSGlobal Backs Away from Lombard Risk but Misys Deal Looks Close
Talks between FRSGlobal and Lombard Risk Management about the former making an offer for the latter have been terminated, with Lombard stating that “FRSGlobal has confirmed that it does not intend to make an offer” and that Lombard Risk is “no longer in an offer period.”
Thomson Reuters Addresses the Evolving Needs of Risk Managers FREE - A-Team Wire
FRSGlobal’s Interest in Lombard Risk Suggests No Easy Outcomes
The scramble within the vendor community to build up their risk management solution portfolios took another turn this week as FRSGlobal, a Wolters Kluwer financial services company, approached Lombard Risk Management about making an offer for the company.
Sybase Launches Risk Analytics Salvo with IQ and ESP Releases
Sybase has made a significant push into the enterprise risk space with two system releases in the Business Intelligence and CEP areas. The releases aim to help clients deal with enterprise decision-making but have direct relevance to the increasingly Big Data approach to risk management.
Dell’s Purchase of RNA Holds Potential for Enterprise Risk Solution
Hardware supplier Dell’s quiet acquisition last month of Portland, Oregon-based memory virtualisation specialist RNA Networks could give it the ammunition it needs to launch a credible assault on the enterprise risk and high performance analytics marketplace.
Societe Generale Installs Quartet FS’s Olap Technology as It Builds Out Global Trading and Risk Architecture
Societe Generale Corporate & Investment Banking (SGCIB) has continued the rejuvenation of its risk management infrastructure with the implementation of Quartet FS’s ActivePivot online analytical processing (Olap) aggregation engine to support global, near real-time risk management.
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