As every year, for 2011, Risk magazine has released technolgoy rankings of derivatives and risk management products. Accordings to Risk magazine, it received 821 valid responses from various banks, hedge funds, pension funds, insurance companies and corporate treasuries. Here are the top three leaders: Overall: #1 – Murex #2 – Thomson Reuters #3 – Misys [...]
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The FIX 5.0 is the response to the growing needs of financial institutions. The FIX version 5.0 enhancements address the following key needs of industry. PROTOCOL LEVEL: Introduction of independent session layer called Transport Independence (TI) Framework. This framework is known as FIXT. It’s initial version is 1.1. You can get detailed specifications from fixprotocol.org. [...]
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I recently posted my “Credit Default Swaps – The Big Picture” presentation for download. It was prepared to introduce Credit Default Swap instruments and various high level details. Presentation covers: Definition of CDS Importance of CDS Market Players & their roles CDS Examples Myths and Facts of CDS CDS Instrument Categories Instrument Types & Options [...]
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Good news!! I am happy that LeadMyGoals is being picked up by TV channels. Here are couple of new items. Hoping for more with upcoming all new version of LMG. * As a weightloss planner App on NBC DFW * As a new year resolutions tracker on NBC News Please make sure you and your [...]
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It has been pretty painful investigating this weird problem – “Column <ColumnName> does not belong to table Table” even though we have this column in the specified table. Sometime it is just throws error – “….table ‘Table’” when there is no such table ‘Table’ in database. After thorough investigation many experiments, we found that the [...]
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The property ‘ValidValues’ of report parameter doesn’t have the expected type – Design Tip
Posted on 02. Jun, 2010 by khader.
==Market Price== Price of the security/instrument at which it is being traded in corresponding market. For example, if MSFT is being traded at $25 on exchange its market price is $25. ==Market Value== ==Fair Value== It is fair price of the instrument based on market conditions. Usually when it is VALUE, it is being derived [...]
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Bloomberg Open Symbology – BSYM (Bloomberg open sources its Security Identifier Universe)
Posted on 25. Feb, 2010 by khader.
A while ago, Bloomberg announced that it is making its proprietary security codes public (http://bsym.bloomberg.com/sym/). I received couple of emails asking what that means. Many news items used the term ‘Open Source’, which was confusing to some. First, let me explain what they are making it open source. As some of my articles on this [...]
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FIXED INCOME MARKET ANALYSIS 4 Full Days Comprehensive course on Fixed Income Markets. This course is designed for professionals working in Capital Markets Technology and related areas to provide complete insight into Fixed Income markets. The course covers all fundamental topics, market mechanics, basic pricing and risk analytics, bond options and basics of structured products. [...]
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FIX Protocol Training Program
Posted on 17. Sep, 2009 by khader.
If you are planning to start using FIX protocol in your organization, I can help you to get on board quickly. I can design custom course to suit your needs and provide a training program on your site anywhere in the World. Please contact me for more details. You can watch my FIX Protocol Introduction [...]
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Capital Markets & Equities
Posted on 11. Sep, 2009 by khader.
4 Day Course This Course is for technology professional working in or planning to work in any Securities business domain. This course covers the list of unique topics that explore practical aspects of the Securities business and related technologies. It is designed by industry experts unlike academicians. DAY ONE Capital Markets Overview of Financial Markets Financial [...]
