Lucena Research, a predictive analytics vendor, and Wall Street Horizon, a provider of corporate earnings and events data, have announced that they are combining forces to yield offerings that could uncover “actionable signals” for investment. With the partnership in place, Lucena will validate Wall Street Horizon’s data using artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning technologies,… Read More >>
HSBC Private Bank to Use Bloomberg Collateral Management System
Firms Prep for New Margin Requirements HSBC Private Bank and unnamed corporations and financial institutions have adopted Bloomberg’s MARS Collateral Management and reconciliation solution to help them meet new variation margin requirements for non-centrally cleared over-the-counter (OTC) derivatives, according to Bloomberg officials. “It’s a business imperative to trade these types of instruments, so compliance too… Read More >>
Euroclear Announces an Executive Shuffle
Euroclear Appoints Mostrey CEO Euroclear has named Lieve Mostrey chief executive officer, effective at the start of the new year. The appointment follows Tim Howell’s decision to “step down from the group after six years at the helm,” Euroclear says in a statement, which recalls that Mostrey “joined Euroclear in October 2010” as executive director… Read More >>
SEC to Explore DLT at Nov. 14 Fintech Forum
Second SEC Panel Focuses on Clearing and Settlement SEC officials and industry participants will explore distributed ledger technology (DLT) and other IT innovations impacting trading, settlement and clearing via a panel session during the regulator’s Fintech Forum, slated for Nov. 14, at the SEC’s headquarters in Washington, D.C. The forum, which is open to the… Read More >>
Faulty IT Can Cut Revenues in Half: TABB Group
Some Firms Still Using Legacy, Error-Prone IT Nearly one-third of asset managers — based outside of North America — say that they are hanging onto legacy IT platforms even if these systems are causing trade delays and errors, according to a new survey from market research firm TABB Group. The global, non-North American investment managers… Read More >>
Numerix Targets Basel III Capital Calculations
Numerix Expands Oneview Risk Application Numerix, a vendor of cross-asset analytics for derivatives valuations and risk management, has just released a solution that is an expansion of its Oneview Risk application to help banks comply with the Basel Committee’s regulatory requirement for Counterparty Credit Risk (SA-CCR) Capital in time for the January 2017 implementation deadline,… Read More >>
