Bobsguide White Papers, Case Studies and Best Practices

The client reporting and communications experience within the Investment Management community has been marked by lost revenue, increased cost, poor service levels and a risk model plagued with manual processes and high error rates. As issues continue to mount, leading Investment Managers are moving beyond tactical concerns and embracing the opportunity that exists in the reports that are often the... more

In this white paper Coexis, a global IT provider of next generation software for capital markets reveals benchmark results showing high performance and linear scalability of Syn~ trade processing solutions for settlements on an open source Linux/HP platform with just six X86 processors (including the database server). more

Disparate markets and complex trading call for smarter exceptions management. Straight Through Exceptions Processing (STEP) or intelligent exception management provides the answer and a way of managing on-line interactions with transactional systems, when reference data is updated and of avoiding the risk of manual overrides. more

Revenue Management and Fee Billing Case Study IT Solutions That Meet Security and Compliance Standards Executive Summary To remain competitive, companies must continue to invest in software solutions that efficiently serve their business needs. The key is to embrace these solutions without compromising adherence to policies, procedures and processes in place that insure the control objectives of... more

Market-maker designed Trader Workstation (TWS) optimizes your trading efficiency with a spreadsheet-like interface offering the ability to trade multiple products including stocks, options, futures, futures options, bonds, and forex from a single screen. more

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The IB Universal Account allows you to trade multiple products around the world from a single account. You can trade stocks, options, futures, Forex, and bonds all from the same Trader Workstation screen, and your transaction history and positions are all reported on a single statement. more

IB offers a real-time market risk management platform unifying exposure across multiple asset classes around the globe. more

Successful traders and investors understand that superior technology and lower trading costs can result in greater returns. For 31 years we have been building direct access trading technology that delivers real advantages to professionals worldwide. With consolidated equity capital of US $4 billion, IB and its affiliates exceed 700,000 trades per day. In addition, our prudent and conservative risk... more

Interactive Brokers Prime Broker, besides being a leader in direct market access, has a focus on security of your firms assets. more

risk management, credit default. VaR more

Liquidity Risk Management Assessing and Planning for Adverse Events more

Cyclicality of Operational Risk: The Tracking Phenomenon more

How the world's largest bank's discuss their risks with shareholders. more

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A brief research study examining probability of default in global sovereign debt. Calculations based on the unique buy-side consensus CDS pricing model from CMA. more

The eligibility of more and more categories of credit risk mitigation under Basel II Simple and Comprehensive methods is both a challenge and an opportunity.This paper illustrates that potentially complex many-to-many relationships between CRM and customer exposures are resolvable in a way that is transparently compliant and at the same time optimises minimum regulatory capital, from both the... more