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China Development Industrial Bank Outsources Trading Desk to Derivatives.com
Taipei-based China Development Industrial Bank (CDIB) has rolled out Imagine Software's Derivatives.com ASP-based solution to power the bank's new multi-strategy, global macro trading desk.
"The first and most immediate necessity for our new desk was an integrated multi-asset solution that could provide real-time front-office, middle-office, and risk management functions," stated Bertrand Hongre, head of macro trading at CDIB, one of Taiwan's largest and leading venture capital and investment banking institutions.
Among the factors that weighed on its vendor selection — including industry-leading functionality, fast deployment and implementation capabilities — were cost efficiencies and economies of scale. "We think an ASP-based solution is infinitely preferable to a traditional software implementation. Not only is Imagine's Derivatives.com inherently easy to deploy, but because it's a completely outsourced solution, the bank avoids incurring the customary internal IT and data management support requirements," said Hongre.
CDIB plans to spin the desk off into a standalone fund in years to come, so a portable ASP-based solution outsourced from CDIB's internal infrastructure is suited for that purpose, added Hongre. In addition, Hongre said that Imagine could become a future alternative to CDIB's existing systems for fixed income, credit and commodities businesses, and it looks forward to expanding its usage of the real-time portfolio and risk management product.
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