Interesting article about a dispute between the Saudi Stock Exchange and MSCI, which may result in the dropping of Saudi stocks from MSCI indices...

http://www.gulfnews.com/business/Markets/10344543.html   more »

A Businesswire article on the recent announcement of Statpro 1H accounts

http://www.businesswire.com/portal/site/home/permalink/?ndmViewId=news_view&newsId=20090810005457&newsLang=en   more »

Looks like Statpro are making the market there own with the recent sale to Nomura on a three year contract of the hosted implementation of Statpro Composites.
Nomura are adopting the hosted solution on a Global scale in 6 different offices.


The link to the PR is below

http://www.statpro.com/pdf/pressreleases/Nomura%20final.pdf

Something else I found on the web is a blog written by a developer who works for Statpro. Take a look and see under the hood at Statpro.


http://www.jamie-dixon.co.uk/daily-blog/a-new-project-begins-statpro/   more »

Source: Bi-Sam, 11 August 2009
Société Générale Asset Management live with Bi-Sam B-One

Following the success of the pilot phase completed at the end of 2008 and the Full Production implementation phase started in January 2009, Société Générale Asset Management went live with the B-One Fixed Income Attribution module on 15th July 2009.


The remaining funds will be loaded during the coming weeks.

Christophe Volard, BI-SAM's COO, said: "We are delighted that SGAM are live after just a few months of pilot and implementation. The joint SGAM and BI-SAM project team worked closely to provide the fund managers and their ...   more »

Here's the link to a PR on a Survey, one among many being released, which indicates a increased focus and attention on Risk management. It would seem evident that risk should be in the forefront of many minds given the worst financial crisis in 80 years.
However, learning lessons and changing behaviour, which are the prerequisites of adopting the total integration of risk management are not easy and quick processes to implement.


http://www.bobsguide.com//guide/news/2009/Aug/11/New_Survey_Reveals_Increased_Focus_on_Risk_Management_in_Wake_of_Financial_Crisis.html   more »