RISK MANAGEMENT TECHNOLOGY BRIEFS

OpVantage releases version 4.0 of OpVar software; Eksportfinans selects SunGard Trading and Risk Systems' Panorama for risk management and processing in treasury operations; DePfa Group licenses the Kamakura Risk Manager software suite.

OpVantage has released version 4.0 of its OpVar software, which brings together NetRisk's RiskOps database and software with PricewaterhouseCoopers' OpVar database and quantification methodology. The OpVar 4.0 database includes over 7,000 operational risk losses greater than $1 million as well as over 2,000 losses under $1 million. Losses can be viewed in any currency and can be adjusted for inflation.

Eksportfinans, the Norwegian Export Credit Agency, has selected SunGard Trading and Risk Systems' Panorama for risk management and processing in its treasury operations. Panorama will support all instruments and integrate market and credit risk managements for Eksportfinans.

DePfa Group, a German-based specialist international-financial institution, has licensed the Kamakura Risk Manager software suite. The software covers market risk, credit risk, net income simulations and transfer pricing. The Kamakura suite also offers integrated default probability estimation and credit-adjusted value at risk.