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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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Russell to Launch ETFs Based on Axioma-Driven Risk Factor Indexes
Russell Investments plans to introduce a series of exchange-traded funds (ETFs) based on the factor-based indexes it launched last year in a joint venture with risk factor model specialist Axioma. Like the indexes they’re based upon, the Russell ETFs will leverage the sophisticated data collection, consolidation and normalisation platform that underpins Axioma’s risk factor models.
Thomson Reuters Reverses Risk Management Business Strategy
Thomson Reuters’ decision to divest its Enterprise Risk business appears to be a reversal of strategy that has placed significant emphasis on risk as a product line over the past few years.
Misys Completes Sophis Acquisition as Top Brass Elucidate on Plans
Announcing the completion of his company’s acquisition of Sophis this month, Misys CEO Mike Lawrie appeared to issue a shot across the bow of long-time – and historically larger – capital markets software and services rival SunGard. The combination of Misys and Sophis, he said, would create the world’s No. 1 capital markets solution provider. Further, Ed Ho, EVP and general manager of Misys’ Treasury and Capital Markets group, suggested: “We will have effectively, with the Sophis acquisition, a leading participation in every one of the verticals in capital markets.”
Poland’s BGZ Gains Clear Picture of Exposure and Risk with FRSGlobal RiskPro
Bank Gospodarki Zwynosciowej (BGZ) has upgraded its FRSGlobal RiskPro automated risk management and profitability analysis implementation. The Polish bank opted to extend its use of the system following an assessing of other vendor software.
Raiffeisen Zentralbank Deploys Murex’s MXpress Platform to Support Risk, Trading, STP for Cross-Asset Derivatives
Vienna-based banking group Raiffeisen Zentralbank Österreich AG (RZB) has gone live with Murex’s MXpress platform in support of some 250 complex cross-asset derivatives products. The implementation, handled by London consultants Excelian, has been described as the most complex implementation of MXpress to date, and was completed in 19 months.
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FPL’s New Risk Guidelines Target Algo, DMA and Sponsored Access
Hot on the heels of the SEC’s final rulemaking on pre-trade risk management in November, FIX Protocol (FPL) has issued a set of guidelines for risk management aimed at helping the electronic trading community to establish best practices. FPL hopes its guidelines will aid brokers as they review their electronic trading offerings ahead of the SEC’s July 14 deadline for compliance with its rules in this area.
CRAMC Deal Marks Sophis Value’s First Reference Account in China
The decision by China Re Asset Management Co. (CRAMC), the asset management arm of China Reinsurance (Group) Corp., to adopt Sophis’s Value buy-side trading and risk management platform gives the French software provider a major reference account in China. Sophis also believes that CRAMC is the first insurance company in China to adopt an international software platform; Value will replace a range of locally provided solutions.
Hong Kong Monetary Authority to Deploy Wide-Ranging Risk Platform on Calypso Technology
The Hong Kong Monetary Authority’s plan to deploy Calypso’s integrated risk and trading platform will make use of a broad range of the California-based systems supplier’s capabilities. The Hong Kong central bank selected Calypso following an extensive evaluation process that started in 2008; the project is due for completion in 18 months’ time.
Societe Generale CIB Blazes Compliance Risk Trail with MetricStream Platform
Societe Generale’s deployment of a compliance risk management solution from Palo Alto, Calif.-based MetricStream Inc. offers a vision for a blueprint for constructing an enterprisewide view of compliance risk. The project, phase 1 of which has been rolled out at the Paris headquarters and UK operations of the French bank’s Corporate & Investment Banking (CIB) division, will ultimately be extended to cover two other SocGen divisions: Global Investment Management & Services and Retail Banking & Specialized Financial Services.
IBM Pitches Financial Markets Framework; Pre-Integrates Hardware, Software for Trading, Risk and More …
With the recent launch of its Financial Markets Framework, IBM is positioning itself as a provider of pre-integrated solutions to trading and investment firms, leveraging its own portfolio of hardware and software offerings, and augmenting them with consulting expertise and partner products. The move follows a direction that the IT giant has already taken in verticals such as banking, insurance, and outside of financial services.
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