Derivatives Engineering & Technology
Derivatives Engineering & Technology
Derivatives Engineering & Technology is a print/digital publication produced Risk Waters Group, a monthly magazine specializing in the application of information technology in the capital markets.
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Banca DiRoma Signs With Sungard for Worldwide Derivatives System
By Craig McGuire
Banca di Roma has signed a global licensing deal with SunGard Capital Markets to install the vendor’s Devon Derivatives System and Devon ForEx System across its worldwide dealing operations. The software will support Banca di Roma’s … (Click Here to Read More)
BNS Derivatives Subsidiary Goes Live With OPUS and RiskWatch
By Craig McGuire
Bank of Nova Scotia’s newly formed global derivatives group has started live trading in its Toronto, New York, London, and Tokyo dealing centers. The bank is using a mix of proprietary … (Click Here to Read More)
BP Oil is First Customer for New Riskware Energy Derivatives App
By Craig McGuire
London-based software vendor Riskware Systems today releases a new application for trading and risk management of energy derivatives. The system, dubbed Tims Energy, was developed by Riskware in partnership with … (Click Here to Read More)
CIBC / Wood Gundy Deploys Integral Across Financial Products Group
By Craig McGuire
CIBC / Wood Gundy, the Toronto-based securities house, has teamed up with California-based Integral Development Corporation to develop an application development environment and exotic derivatives trading system based on the vendor’s … (Click Here to Read More)
First Union Deploys In-House System for Bonds / Bond Options
By Craig McGuire
U.S. super-regional First Union National Bank of North Carolina’s Section 20 securities subsidiary has gone live with a proprietary value-at-risk market and credit risk management system for its fixed income and fixed incomes derivatives desk … (Click Here to Read More)
Glassco Park Readies Exotics for Perfect Hedge 6.0
By Craig McGuire
Vancouver-based derivatives software specialist Glassco Park is preparing to release a series of enhancements for the MicroTool Function Library underlying its PerfectHedge analytics add-in for Microsoft’s Excel spreadsheet … (Click Here to Read More)
JP Morgan Decides on In-House System for Swaps Back Office
By Craig McGuire
JP Morgan, the New York-based investment bank and securities house, has decided to develop its own systems to support its London-based swaps back-office operations. The bank had been evaluating systems marketed by several software vendors, including … (Click Here to Read More)
JP Morgan Tests Out Infinity in London for Swaps Bank Office
By Craig McGuire
JP Morgan, the New York-based investment bank and securities house, is piloting software from Infinity Financial Technology in its London swaps operation, bank officials confirm. The bank already uses Infinity’s Montage data model in its New York office but … (Click Here to Read More)
LIFFE to Develop Variant of APT+ for Individual Equity Options
By Craig McGuire
The London International Financial Futures and OptionsExchange (LIFFE) has announced plans to switch its individual equity options from open-outcry to electronic screen-based trading. Technology officials at the Exchange say they will develop … (Click Here to Read More)
Midland Walwyn Upgrades to New Version of Imagine System
By Craig McGuire
Midland Walwyn Capital, a Toronto-based retail brokerage house, is testing the latest upgrade to Imagine Software’s Imagine Trading System. Midland Walwyn successfully installed Imagine last year to support … (Click Here to Read More)
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