A new best practice in pricing is emerging and financial institutions will continue to invest in valuations processes and technology to produce independent and verifiable valuations for all types o
A new best practice in pricing is emerging and financial institutions will continue to invest in valuations processes and technology to produce independent and verifiable valuations for all types of financial assets.
In a roundtable discussion, industry experts will examine how pricing and valuation processes and technology has evolved since the credit crisis hit in 2008. The group will review how financial institutions have revamped methods for pricing positions and portfolios in response to increased pressure from regulators, institutional clients and the industry at large. Financial institutions of all types must continue to improve pricing procedures to keep up with the changes in accounting standards, regulation, risk management practices and technology as these areas will all influence the next phase of development in valuation best practice.
Key topics include:
-What are the major drivers behind a revamp of valuation processes?
-What are the new influences affecting valuations processes in 2010?
-How have financial institutions improved pricing procedures in recent months?ï€
-What is new best practice for valuation processes? What is standard?
-How has the role of data management in building a better valuation process changed?
-What are the new tools and technology used to improve pricing accuracy and the delivery of this data for use in risk management purposes?
-How have valuation service providers (vendors) improve tools and technology to better support their clients?
-What are the differentiators for data and valuations providers? How should a firm compare service offerings?
-What should fund administrators know in order to keep up with their client needs?
What are the main trends that will affect valuations processes in 2010 and beyond?
Format: Webinar
Date: 18 May 2010
16.00-17.15 BST (London/Dublin)
17.00-18.15 CET (Paris/Berlin)
11.00-12.15 EST (New York/Boston)
08.00-09.15 PST (San Francisco/Los Angeles)
Moderated by:
Julia Schieffer, Founder & Editor-in-Chief, DerivSource
For questions regarding the programme or speakers, please contact Julia Schieffer on [email protected].
Who should attend?
Asset managers & hedge funds
Pensions funds
Corporates and End investors
Fund administrators & Custodian banks
Prime brokers
Software vendors
Sponsored by Interactive Data Corporation
Interactive Data Corporation (NYSE: IDC) is a leading global provider of financial market data, analytics and related solutions to financial institutions, active traders and individual investors. The company’s businesses supply real-time market data, time-sensitive pricing, fixed-income evaluated pricing and reference data for millions of securities traded around the world, including hard-to-value instruments.
Interactive Data has decades of experience in providing independent fixed-income evaluated pricing and is a recognised leader in the market. Interactive Data collects, edits, maintains and delivers data on more than 6 million securities, including daily evaluations for approximately 2.8 million fixed-income and international equity issues. Independent valuations for a broad range of alternative investments and highly complex OTC derivatives and structured products are also available. Over 5,000 financial institutions in over 50 countries, including central banks, investment banks, major mutual and investment fund companies, subscribe to Interactive Data’s fixed-income evaluated pricing. www.interactivedata.com
