How Technology Can Improve CDO Base Correlation Calibration
The recent volatility in the credit markets has made CDO base correlation calibration difficult for many market…
Commentary
What Has Collateral Got to Do With It?
Jez Bezant explains the importance of collateral management A couple of years ago I was explaining to…
Financial Services Slowdown Continues, and Starts to Bite into Profitability and Jobs
The financial services sector has endured another difficult quarter, as business volumes continued to fall at a…
Time to Take On Novations
Mark Beeston of TZero weighs in on the importance of improving processing of novations The challenges posed…
Desperately Seeking Scale: How Asset Servicers Will Handle OTC Derivatives
Stephen Bruel of TowerGroup talks scale and OTC derivatives Traditional custody is commoditized, and margins are falling….
Will Derivatives Processing Finally Catch Up this Year?
The spirit of New Year has been the same throughout history; looking back at the old year…
BUY SIDE: How can you speed up the negotiating of ISDA documentation?
Sarah-Jane Dennis of Investit tells us how… "In our experience over half of investment management firms using…
Credit Default Swaps: Why are we still backlogged?
Column by TABB Group senior analyst Kevin McPartland Credit Default Swaps (CDS) scare people. An area once known…