For the 4th consecutive year, Didier Bouillard, Executive Vice President, SunGard Global Trading, will be racing the famous single-handed offshore race “La Solitaire du Figaro” this summer, and for the first time this will be done under the SunGard flag.

Because middle- and back-office processing requirements are increasing in terms of volume, the post-trade services product line has developed a new Stream RIMS module: Eon.

It is becoming progressively more difficult for smaller regional and specialist brokers to compete with their larger rivals in the fragmented European securities marketplace. The legal, operational and technology costs involved in exploiting the new market structure can be prohibitive for all but the largest firms. SunGard unveils a new brand, Valdi Liquidity Solutions, based on a new operating model that tackles these cost barriers head-on and makes it possible for smaller brokers with a strong client service proposition to compete for execution business. Scale is no longer a necessary entry ticket.

Two new offerings from SunGard deliver real benefits to clients by increasing STP rates

As credit and liquidity have become more difficult to come by in the current financial crisis, financial institutions participating in repo transactions need to be able to effectively manage collateral and reduce counterparty risk throughout the repo lifecycle. Using SunGard’s Stream Credit Monitor, New York-based Daiwa Securities America is able to eliminate the use of multiple margin and credit monitoring systems and consolidate these processes onto one platform to provide a holistic view of risk and exposure.

Options Watch is a new straight-through processing (STP) workflow solution for option exercise/assignment and close outs. Options Watch helps firms to better manage operational risk and reduce the risk of potential losses on option exercise and close out processes.   

Two new products from SunGard’s global trading business are designed to mitigate risk before it’s even taken.

The new release of SunGard Global Trading front office solutions focus on three main themes: strengthening GL Stream features for listed derivatives trading, performance tuning and quality improvements.

Even if trading volumes of listed derivatives are lower than they were a year ago, financial institutions trading futures & options still have to manage sometimes significant volume spikes. SunGard Global Trading has launched a new generation of scalable clearing gateways to handle these high volumes better and also take advantage of a new set [...]

European financial players have to adapt their middle and back offices to really benefit from the opportunities brought by MiFID.