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BNY Mellon launches new FX platform to help manage execution and access to price transparency

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BNY Mellon has launched a new foreign exchange (FX) platform, meeting client demands to manage execution across their entire portfolio and access improved price transparency. Named Universal FX, the platform supports BNY Mellon clients across all market segments, including investment managers, corporates, hedge funds and wealth managers.

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Nasdaq to process risk calculations up to 100 times faster through integration of AI

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Gil Guillaumey The offering offers new methodology to conduct investment portfolio risk calculations and produce predictive analytics, based on advanced machine learning. As well as improving execution time, the offering will also reduce costs, said Nasdaq.

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Dilemma on Wall Street: Short-Term Gain or Climate Benefit?

The New York Times: Banking

Portfolio managers have conflicting incentives as the economic and financial risks from climate change become more apparent but remain imprecise.

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Fireside Friday with… ION’s Tommaso Di Grazia

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What are the key factors contributing to the rise of credit portfolio trading? Portfolio trading has seen a dramatic rise these past few years. However, in this scenario, traders don’t have the option of choosing the bonds included in a portfolio. Despite this, portfolio trading has become increasingly attractive.

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Abu Dhabi Securities Exchanges and ICE Global Network collaborate to offer direct market access

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The addition of ADX to ICE Global Network follows previous initiatives by ICE in the region, having previously partnered with the Abu Dhabi National Oil Company (ADNOC) to create ICE Futures Abu Dhabi, alongside bringing improved accessibility to local markets.

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Mathematics in Finance: Exploring the Power of Combinations

Peak Frameworks

Consider you have ten potential investment opportunities, and you want to diversify your portfolio by selecting three. Using the combination formula , you can calculate the number of different possible portfolios as follows: 10! / (3!(10 10 - 3)!) = 120 different portfolios. Consider an investor with a portfolio of 15 stocks.

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What is Value at Risk (VaR)? Definition and Basics

Peak Frameworks

Value at Risk , commonly referred to as VaR, seeks to quantify the maximum potential loss an investment portfolio could face over a specified period for a given confidence interval. The choice depends on the nature of the portfolio and the objectives of the risk management exercise.