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Original headline: Special report Author: Risk magazine staff Source: Risk magazine | 01 Dec 2010 Categories: Technology Topics: Software, Awards and rankings, Central clearing, Central counterparty (CCP), Post-trade settlement, M arkit, Intercontinental Exchange (ICE) Banks are gearing up for a wave of regulatory change from Basel III and its liquidity and leverage ratios and credit value adjustment capital charge, to the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act and its focus on central clearing and posting of initial margin. Unsurprisingly, technology vendors are doing likewise to cater to the new demands that will be placed on their systems by banks. Related articles House of the year: Deutsche Bank Review of 2010 Risk technology rankings 2010 Risk software survey 2010 This years software survey gives a snapshot of some of the changes made across a selection of technology vendors over the past year. Improvements to liquidity risk software feature prominently, as banks prepare for two new Basel III liquidity ratios. Solvency II also plays a key part in vendor plans for next year, ahead of implementation by European insurers in 2012. One of the major themes to emerge since the crisis has been the push towards integration and consolidation of multiple bank systems. M any financial institutions no longer have the budget to implement specialist, niche models in certain asset classes or products increasingly, they want systems that can provide cross-asset support. Risk conducted its annual technology rankings against this backdrop. This year saw little change in the leading vendors, despite the shifts taking place in the financial sector. Read our winners here. Print | Close Incisive M edia Investments Limited 2010, Published by Incisive Financial Publishing Limited, Haymarket House, 28-29 Haymarket, London SW1Y 4RX, are companies registered in England and Wales with company registration numbers 04252091 & 04252093.

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