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Content tagged with Risk Management posted in February 2010
Statistical Research Teams Up with Progress Software on HFT Algo Trading
News  |  2/26/2010  | 
SRL will use Progress Apama's CEP platform to offer one-stop shop for quantitative and algorithmic trading to brokers and hedge funds.
Incentive Capital Management Selects Pricing Partners
News  |  2/25/2010  | 
Dublin-based asset manager chooses Price-It Excel to price and risk manage its inflation linked derivatives business.
Mitsubishi Extends Brady's System to Global Trading of Precious Metals
News  |  2/25/2010  | 
Mitsubishi will use Brady as a single integrated platform for both physical and derivatives trading, gaining improved exchange connectivity and regulatory compliance.
The Marriage of Compliance and Risk
Commentary  |  2/25/2010  | 
With a new regulatory regime in the offing, and the promise of more stringent controls likely to be fulfilled, Matt Grinnell of Fidessa LatentZero looks at how asset management firms can prepare themselves by breaking down the barriers between legal, risk management and compliance teams.
ConvergEx Offers Prime Brokerage Clients Commission Management Tech
News  |  2/24/2010  | 
ConvergEx offers North Point clients commission management technology.
Turquoise and EuroCCP Extend Clearing Service to Hungarian and Czech Securities
News  |  2/23/2010  | 
Turquoise will offer trading in the Hungarian and Czech securities cleared through EuroCCP from Feb. 26 onward.
SEC Risk Proposal: A Fair Start But Lacking Specifics
Commentary  |  2/22/2010  | 
The SEC risk management proposal advocating baseline operational risk controls is a good-faith attempt by regulators to augment risk management within brokers and broker/dealers, however, the SEC leaves too much discretion of acceptable practices to the discretion of the firms whose activities require control.
Hedge Funds Make Operational Changes, Says Study
News  |  2/22/2010  | 
About 70 percent of hedge funds have altered their operations to reduce counterparty risk, reports Omgeo-sponsored/Greenwich Associates study.
How to Hide Your Computer Tracks at Work
News  |  2/12/2010  | 
This video shows you how to hide your computer tracks at work.
Trading Cross Connects Hires Gabirel NG As VP of Risk Management
News  |  2/9/2010  | 
Incubator of high frequency trading teams taps NG, formerly with Gottex Fund Management, for risk management.
Wall Street Firms, Hedge Funds, Recruit CIA, Ex-Military Intelligence
News  |  2/8/2010  | 
Wall Street firms and hedge funds are actively recruiting former CIA and military intelligence officers in a bid to boost their security and risk management practices.
LCH.Clearnet and SIX x-clear Publish Interoperability Link Summary
News  |  2/8/2010  | 
Maintains that interoperability can be safe for CCPs across Europe, and this model withstood the Lehman default.
Pricing Partners Launches Price-it VaR
News  |  2/4/2010  | 
With the recent unpredictable market movements, the accurate calculation of VaR, risks and stress tests on complex products has become a crucial issue, the vendor says.
ISE Makes Minority Investment in Hanweck Associates
News  |  2/3/2010  | 
ISE to capitalize on Hanweck's high-Performance GPU-Based computing, and low-latency market data for options analytics.
DebtMarket Hires Three Industry Experts
News  |  2/1/2010  | 
Online marketplace for whole loan portfolios hires former executives from Fannie Mae, GMAC Residential Capital and Capmark Financial.


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