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View Article  SimCorp Integrates FINCAD Derivatives Analytics
Press release - 23 July 2008
FINCAD and SimCorp have entered into an agreement to integrate FINCAD's derivatives pricing software into SimCorp's investment management enterprise solution, SimCorp Dimension.

The global agreement extends SimCorp Dimension's integrated pricing mechanism to encompass a wider range of derivatives than ever before. These include credit derivatives and instruments implemented within the system's new XpressInstruments framework, such as exotic derivatives, structured products and hybrids. These can now be valued directly from within SimCorp Dimension using FINCAD's advanced theoretical pricing solutions. As a result SimCorp Dimension customers can eliminate data manipulation tasks required to price such positions and thus reduce operational risk while simultaneously improving efficiency.

Søren G.A. Pedersen, vice president for partner development at SimCorp comments, "FINCAD derivatives pricing expertise perfectly complements SimCorp Dimension, allowing us to offer our customers access to timely, accurate and proven pricing for credit and other more complex derivatives seamlessly from ...   more »
View Article  More Clearing News....

Well it is all happening at once in the world of clearing. As I mentioned in a previous article Eurex were also about to launch a service and here is the press release for it:

Initial phase will focus on credit index clearing/
Service complements existing market infrastructure to offer effective counterparty risk management

22 Jul 2008

Eurex Clearing evaluates different formats to introduce a central counterparty (CCP) solution for products which are today handled bilaterally over the counter (OTC). It aims to complement current US initiatives with a European solution. The European OTC CCP platform could utilize existing Eurex Clearing functionality as well as new functionality for trade and risk management. Eurex Clearing is in discussions with several infrastructure providers concerning their involvement in a new platform. The initial product scope will be the credit default swap (CDS) market, focusing on iTRAXX index exposures that are mainly traded out of ...   more »
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