Trading systems
Aviation industry calls for inclusion in Copenhagen deal
Four of the world's leading airlines have today called for carbon dioxide emissions from international aviation to be included in any new global climate change deal agreed at the UN's Copenhagen Summit in December.
Fit for forex
A variety of online trading and analytics platforms are being offered by banks to their clients. Risk looks at the functionality and benefits of some of these systems. By Ryan Davidson
Software Survey 2009
Software Survey 2009
Lean machines
Technology
A model approach
Technology
JP Morgan wins Risk's derivatives house of the year award
JP Morgan has won Risk magazine's derivatives house of the year award for the second successive year. In a 12-month period that saw the collapse of Bear Stearns and Lehman Brothers, unprecedented volatility in the market and capital injections into…
Counting on the counterparty
High-profile banking failures have led to uncertainty over the ability of credit derivatives counterparties to honour their side of the trade. Contingent credit default swaps, or CCDS, are designed to mitigate this risk. But will plans for a central…
Regulatorisches Chaos
Leerverkäufe
Electronic OTC commodities platform launched
Agora-X has launched an electronic communications network (ECN) for the negotiation of over-the-counter (OTC) transactions in commodity and derivative contracts.
The drive for automation
Trading technology
The final frontier
Single-dealer platforms
Iosco to tackle trading abuses
The International Organisation of Securities Commissions (Iosco) will crack down on "trading abuses", according to technical committee chairman Christopher Cox.
Iosco launches task forces to support G-20 aims
Daily news headlines
G-20 principles spell increased financial regulation
Daily news headlines
G-20 backs derivatives reform
The Group of 20, which contains the world's leading developed and emerging economies, backed derivatives reform proposals in a summit hosted by US president George Bush in Washington, DC on Saturday, November 15.
CFTC petitioned to allow clearing of OTC agricultural contracts
Agora-X an electronic trading and negotiation platform for commodities, has petitioned the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) to allow the clearing of over-the-counter (OTC) contracts in major agricultural commodities.
Bailouts fail to lift markets
The news of massive bank bailouts on both sides of the Atlantic failed to support the stock markets this morning - UK and European equities fell sharply in early trading, led by a weak financial sector.
JP Morgan launches mobile forex platform
A new proprietary e-trading platform that allows clients to access real-time executable streaming foreign exchange rates (forex) from their desktops and Blackberry devices was launched on Wednesday by JP Morgan.
SuperDerivatives recruits derivatives systems implementation expert
SuperDerivatives, a derivatives solution provider, has appointed Zohar Hod as vice-president, Strategic Sales. Based in New York, Hod will be responsible for implementing the company’s multi-asset solutions to a range of clients in the global banking and…
A long road ahead
Compliance Tools
Asia sets the pace
Asia Risk Technology Survey 2008