Alliance Bernstein Began Clearing Swaps Ahead of MandateJune 14, 2012The buy-side firm is actively clearing interest rate swaps through LCH.Clearnet's SwapClear service so it can plan ahead for market structure changes and optimize its clearing solutions.
MarkitServ Launches FX Gateway Connecting to CCPsMarch 05, 2012The middleware provider announced a single point of access for FX participants to route OTC derivatives trades to CCPs worldwide including CME, SGX and LCH.Clearnet.
Markit Launches Fair Value Service for U.S Mutual FundsDecember 08, 2011The methodology uses the statistical relationship between bond prices and over 30 different market, entity-specific and momentum factors to adjust value at the individual bond level.
A Timely Revolution In Credit Value AdjustmentNovember 12, 2011The new regulatory environment demands that credit value adjustment be both marked to market and actively hedged. Fortunately, powerful analytics tools have emerged to meet the need for fast, accurate and flexible exposure measurement and management, according to Markit's Nosheen Kahn and Paul Jones.
Markit Acquires Risk Analytics Vendor QuICJanuary 12, 2011QuIC provides financial organisations with risk analytics solutions to test market and credit risk tolerance in financial portfolios and simulate risk at the enterprise level.
Markit To Acquire DTCC Loan/Serv Messaging PortalOctober 18, 2010The acquisition expands the ability of Markit's loan messaging hub, Markit WSOData, to accept and distribute Financial Products Markup Language (FpML) messages from agent banks.
The Tangled OTC Derivatives MarketplaceMarch 25, 2010Rather than build connections to multiple central counterparty clearinghouses, many buy-side firms will rely on third-party services to bridge the gap in OTC derivatives clearing.
GoldenSource Takes On Dicey Pricing IssuesSeptember 08, 2009Rules and processes for valuing hard-to-price instruments — and visibility and auditability into those rules and processes — have been built into the company's enterprise data management software.
Markit Launches First Multi-Dealer Valuations PlatformFebruary 25, 2009Markit is launching the platform with six banks - Bank of America Merrill Lynch, Citi, Credit Suisse, Goldman Sachs, J.P. Morgan and UBS - and expects to add additional participating banks over the coming months.
