Numerix (www.numerix.com), the leading provider of cross-asset analytics for derivatives valuations and risk management, announced today its double award win in the 2015 Sell-Side Technology Awards. Numerix was honored to accept acknowledgement for Best Sell-Side Credit Risk Product for the third consecutive year – as well as for Best Implementation at a Sell-Side Firm due to its work with DBS Bank.

Staying Ahead of the Competition

Despite its high profile and buzzword status – in practice, big data and analytics continues to be underutilised and less than adequately applied by a number of financial services businesses. With such wide recognition, why are companies still missing a trick?

S&P Capital IQ®, a business unit of McGraw Hill Financial (NYSE:MHFI), today announced the availability of expanded research and data from Standard & Poor’s Ratings Services (S&P) on its proprietary research platform. Effective today, expanded S&P Ratings’ research is available in real time through S&P Capital IQ’s Investment Research module, a feature that enables subscribers to view, manage and access all of their investment, credit and specialty research in one place on the S&P Capital IQ platform.

Cisco Systems Inc (CSCO.O) said on Monday that Chief Executive John Chambers would step down after 20 years at the helm to become executive chairman, and that 17-year company veteran Chuck Robbins would become CEO effective July 26.

Chambers, one of the longest-serving CEOs of a Silicon Valley company, will continue to be Cisco's chairman, the company said on Monday.

Milestone Group has been awarded an FTF Gold Standard Award for Best Operational Risk Management Solution.

Have you seen the latest from Tesla? They are making batteries now. Batteries + solar power should save us from global warming and transform the fate of this planet. 

Following its acquisition in March 2014, Pancredit, a specialist lending software provider, today announces a corporate rebrand designed to embody the identity of its parent company Equiniti, a leading provider of technology, administration and payment services.

Visa Europe today announces the launch of Visa Europe Collab, its new international innovation hub. Working with a network of partners from across the digital and fintech ecosystem, Visa Europe Collab offers start-ups and technology entrepreneurs the insight, tools and connections to forge the technologies and services that will transform citizens’ interactions with payments.     

Thomson Reuters, the world’s leading source of intelligent information for businesses and professionals, today announced that BlackRock, a leader in investment management, risk management and advisory services for institutional and retail clients worldwide, has selected Thomson Reuters Org ID (Org ID) to complement its existing rigorous counterparty due diligence process.