Monday, August 6, 2007
The Master Trust Bank of Japan goes live on Calypso for derivatives processing
The implementation forms part of MTBJ’s initiative to provide high quality sophisticated products, which will enable the bank to achieve its goal of becoming the leading global custodian bank; while also providing the highest standard asset management services.
Pension funds are increasingly investing in derivative products such as interest rate swaps. In addition, available products for making investment decisions in the investment advisory industry will expand after the new Securities Exchange Act, which will be enforced this year. Under the current investment advisory law derivative trades are limited to negotiable securities only, but under the new act this will include credit derivatives. Therefore, MTBJ expects to see further increase in the need for OTC derivative trades such as credit derivatives, interest rate swaps etc, resulting in the need for supporting technology.
In order to comply with the new environment and rapidly evolving market, MTBJ will completely systemize all of its asset management operations relating to derivatives, allowing for high volume processing of derivative transactions. Calypso is an integrated cross-asset software system designed for trading, risk management and processing, combined with high flexibility and extensibility. Specific enhancements have been made to the system to support the Japanese market.
MTBJ will utilize the back-office functions of Calypso’s derivatives solution for asset management. By implementing Calypso, the cash flow calculation, schedule management, market valuation associated with trading OTC derivative products will be possible. Efficient processing and detailed management of high volume derivative transactions, which historically have been difficult to handle, will now be simplified.
In the initial period of the operation, target products are limited to domestic and international interest rate swaps, currency swaps, domestic credit default swaps, total return swaps, swaption, cap and floor with the possibility of expanding coverage in the future.
About Master Trust
The Master Trust Bank of Japan, Ltd is a specialized master trust asset management bank with the managed assets reaching 125 trillion yen as of the end of June 2005. MTBJ is majority-owned by Mitsubishi UFJ Trust and Banking Corporation. http://www.mastertrust.co.jp/
Monday, July 16, 2007
Landesbank Baden-Württemberg Selects Calypso
- Calypso chosen as strategic trading platform for their growing Financial Markets Division
San Francisco, July 16, 2007 – Calypso Technology, Inc., (Calypso) a leading provider of capital markets trading software solutions, today announced that Landesbank Baden-Württemberg (LBBW), the leading financial services provider in southwestern Germany with significant retail, corporate and financial market clients worldwide, has selected Calypso’s platform for trading interest rate derivatives, credit derivatives, risk analysis and back-office processing.
The Financial Markets Division of LBBW provides banks, corporate and institutional clients with sophisticated capital market funding and risk management solutions, including numerous instruments and solutions for hedging interest rate and credit risks. As part of LBBW’s corporate strategy, the company is making a targeted effort to grow its capital markets business through the development of structured products as well as the corporate derivatives business.
“In 2006, existing customers grew their usage of these complex derivative products, and we grew our customer base within and outside of Germany,” said Ralf Winkelmann, Head of Capital Markets for LBBW. “We needed new systems that could process these complex products, while allowing us to innovate by quickly adding support for new trading instruments as the markets evolve.”
“Financial markets are growing more complex every day,” said Charles Marston, CEO of Calypso Technology, Inc., “Our vision to provide an integrated product that addresses all asset classes with front-to-back-office functions makes it possible for innovative financial services providers to serve their clients in new ways.”
About Landesbank Baden-Württemberg (LBBW)
With EUR 428.3billion in assets at the end of December, the bank ranks among the largest in Germany. LBBW is the central banker for the savings banks in Baden-Württemberg and by incorporating Landesbank Rhineland-Palatinate, (a EUR 67.7 billion institution) the bank has enlarged its geographic area. Since August 2005 LBBW has also strengthened its position in its core market through the integration of BW-Bank, a EUR 20 billion bank that catered to high net worth individuals.
Monday, May 14, 2007
Calypso Unveils Version 9.0; Extends Leadership Position in Capital Markets Software
- Infrastructure enhancements build on technical superiority
- Further broadens product coverage
San Francisco, May 14, 2007 - Calypso Technology, Inc., (Calypso) a leading provider of capital markets trading software solutions today unveiled Version 9.0 of the Calypso suite of solutions. Enhancements in all solution areas build upon Calypso’s innovations in trading, risk management and processing for derivatives, treasury and securities.
Calypso Version 9.0 includes several new innovations that distinguish Calypso from other providers in the capital markets space. These include:
- Calypso eXSP now enables clients to configure Instrument Masters for exotic structures without any coding. Embedded in each Instrument Master is its generic calculation rules and trade entry panel, so that at time of trade, the trader just needs to select the best-fit Master, modify to match unique specifics such as indexes or spreads, and then book the trade. The new structure is fully and instantly incorporated within Calypso as a standard trade. Calypso eXSP provides unrivalled product coverage while enabling clients to control when and where to bring new products to market.
- Calypso ERS (Enterprise Risk Service) now includes a complete real-time limits solution. Built upon the state-of-the-art web-based infrastructure of ERS, the limits module enables enterprise-wide monitoring of settlement, exposure and issuer limits.
- The Calypso Credit Derivatives solution now includes a unique CDO structuring & analysis tool that enables the creation of a bespoke portfolio, pricing of the complete capital structure, enables substitutions and manages the trades affected by substitutions. Markit certification guarantees the quality of integration work for their data. In addition, credit contingency features have now been added to all OTC products.
- Calypso’s underlying infrastructure has also been modified to ensure it remains at the cutting edge of software development. The use of clustering for data servers ensures maximum availability of the solutions, and the Calypso database schema is now defined in XML to simplify the upgrade process. Additions of new server-side components thin the Calypso client applications further.
- The new Calypso Asset Management Module adds functionality meeting the specific requirements of asset managers to the leading sell-side capital markets solutions. The module enables fund and strategy configuration and associations, the ability to trade funds, position configuration and look-through analysis.
“Our highly-skilled engineering team has excelled in enhancing the Calypso functionality and infrastructure with Calypso Version 9.0”, said Charles Marston, CEO of Calypso Technology, Inc. “We have made several of the enhancements in conjunction with various clients’ input and the market feedback to Calypso Version 9.0 has been extremely positive to date. The innovations demonstrate that Calypso is still the next generation provider for capital markets trading.”
Monday, March 26, 2007
Calypso named by Markit as First Certified Partner for Trading and Processing Solutions
In order to receive certification, Calypso’s product management team for credit derivatives had to demonstrate that the completed integration of CDS, CDS Indices, RED and Tranche data met the integration standards defined by Markit. The certification means that joint customers of Calypso and Markit can be assured of a high quality of integration. The combination of Calypso’s best of breed front-to-back solution for credit derivatives and Markit’s leading independent credit data creates an unrivalled value proposition for any organisation trading these products.
“Calypso has invested in an ongoing partnership with Markit for several years – we were the first vendor to integrate RED in 2004 and have expanded the integration of Markit data throughout our credit derivatives solution”, said Charles Marston, CEO of Calypso Technology, Inc. “Beyond the certification, we continue to look at new ways to interface to Markit’s offerings. For example, through our project to integrate Markit’s Reference Cashflow Database for clients using Calypso to trade CDS on ABS.”
“We are delighted to recognize Calypso as the first trading and processing solution provider among our alliance partners to receive formal certification. Calypso has proven the quality of its integration work, a process that was accelerated by the strength of the partnership between the two firms and the technical skills of individuals on both sides,” said Nicola von Schroeter, Global Head of the Markit Alliance Program.
About Markit
Markit Group Limited is the leading provider of independent data, portfolio valuations and OTC derivatives trade processing to the global financial and commodities markets. The company receives daily data contributions from over 75 dealing firms, and its services are used by almost 1,000 institutions to enhance trading operations, reduce risk and manage compliance.
Markit’s position in the derivatives markets has been acknowledged by the industry with numerous awards. In 2006, the company won Operations Management’s Vendor of the Year award (Trade Processing); Financial News’ Best Derivatives Data Solution and Best New Vendor Solution (Portfolio Valuations); Credit’s Best Operational Support Services Provider; Inside Market Data’s Reference Data Provider of the Year, and Company to Watch; Risk’s Trading Initiative of the Year (Credit Event Fixings); and Structured Finance International’s Editor’s Award for Advancing Structured Finance. In 2005, Markit received International Securitisation Report’s Editor’s Award for Innovation; International Financing Review’s Innovation of the Year (Credit Event Fixings); Financial News’ Best Derivatives Data Provider; and Operations Management’s Vendor of the Year award.
For more information, see http://www.markit.com/
Monday, March 12, 2007
Erste Bank selects Calypso as strategic derivatives platform
Erste Bank was looking for a solution which could handle the more exotic interest rate products it offers clients, and also had key strengths in credit derivatives and FX options. The bank was impressed by Calypso’s comprehensive functionality and ability to handle a broad range of derivative products. One of the key drivers behind Erste Bank’s decision to choose Calypso was the flexibility of the application, which means the Bank can add new structures and hybrid products with specific payouts when needed.
“We felt it was time to move to a system that would provide us with a simplified way to trade the exotic products we are using. The strength of integration in Calypso’s front to back system is extremely important to us; we expect to see significant benefits through managing cross-asset risk and improving STP for flow and structured derivatives”, commented Herbert Juranek, Head of Group IT of Erste Bank. “Our decision to use Calypso is based on its ability to support our business now as well as a strategic approach to expanding our derivatives activity in the future. We will be leveraging Calypso's highly extendable platform to gain competitive advantages.”
“Derivatives trading and processing are key areas of strength for Calypso, and we welcome the opportunity to become a strategic partner for Erste Bank and look forward to supporting their business development plans”, said Charles Marston, CEO of Calypso Technology, Inc. “Erste Bank’s selection of Calypso is another step in the substantial increase in our German, Austrian and also Central and Eastern Europe client base; and we have expanded our presence in Germany significantly to meet this demand.”
About Erste Bank
Erste Bank, founded in 1819, was the first savings bank in Austria. Today it represents one of the largest financial services providers in Central and Eastern Europe, where Erste Bank has so far acquired more than 10 banks (in Slovakia, Czech Republic, Hungary, Croatia, Serbia, Romania and Ukraine). Almost 50.000 employees serve almost 16 million clients in more then 2.700 branches. 13 out of its 16 million clients live in Central and Eastern Europe. Erste Bank’s business focus is directed at the retail market as well as small and medium-sized enterprises. It offers a broad range of services comprising consumer finance and mortgages, savings and wealth management products as well as SME finance and corporate banking.
Thursday, March 1, 2007
Calypso Celebrates 6th Consecutive Year of Double Digit Growth
- Product innovation and commitment to technology excellence drive client growth
- Achievements recognized by Risk Magazine, Financial-i, and Inc. 500 awards
San Francisco, March 1, 2007 - Calypso Technology Inc. (Calypso) the leading provider of capital markets trading software solutions for global financial institutions, today announced that 2006 was its sixth consecutive year of double-digit revenue and client growth.
The new client signings include global and regional banks, hedge funds and asset managers. Building on its 2005 landmark gains, Calypso experienced almost 25% increase in new clients in the Americas and a 40% gain in Europe, while client numbers more than doubled in Asia. Both new and existing clients expressed strong interest across all products with front-to-back solutions for derivatives trading, enhanced structuring capabilities, as well as treasury processing exhibiting the greatest demand.
"These results demonstrate Calypso's persistent investment in research and advanced technology, which has enabled us to deliver products and services that help clients excel in a demanding marketplace," stated Charles Marston, Chairman and CEO of Calypso. "Our innovative infrastructure coupled with continuous functional enhancements, consistently pushes the boundaries for capital markets systems."
In 2006 a variety of enhancements and services were introduced, including:
- Enterprise Risk Service (ERS), state-of-the-art risk management capabilities that meets the challenges of calculating, aggregating, and disseminating key risk measures in real-time
- Cash management module, enables users to streamline their own accounts, as well as provide a value-added service to their clients
- Enhanced collateral management module, including margin requirements
- Continued leadership in credit including support for credit default swaps on asset- backed securities and for CDO2
- Front-to-back support for a wide variety of structured and hybrid products without coding, enabling clients to react quickly to the creativity of their trading room
Calypso continued to achieve industry recognition throughout 2006 for its innovative technology that helps organizations address end-to-end capital market needs for the newest, most complex investments to high volume, commoditized instruments and achieve unmatched results. Key awards included two first place rankings in Risk Magazine for 'Credit Trading' and 'Credit Front-to-Back Office Systems', plus top-five finishes in nine other categories; Financial-i's 'Most Innovative Derivatives Processing Solution', and a year-over-year 131 ranking jump to the 309th spot in the Inc. 500 ranking of fastest-growing private companies in the US.
Wednesday, January 10, 2007
Calypso Ranked as Top Solution for Credit Derivatives
- Risk Magazine awards Calypso the #1 position in credit trading as well as credit front-to-back office systems in 2006 Technology Rankings
- Calypso recognized as ‘Most Innovative Derivatives Processing Solution’ by Financial-i’s inaugural “Leaders in Innovation Awards”
San Francisco, January 10, 2007 – Calypso Technology Inc, the leading provider of capital markets trading software solutions, today announced that the Calypso credit derivatives solution was voted the top trading system and front-to-back office system for credit in Risk Magazine’s 2006 Technology Rankings.
“The biggest gains in this year’s survey have been made by California-based Calypso Technology, Inc. Calypso has moved from 16th to sixth place in the overall results, with wins in credit trading and credit front-to-back office systems, and top-five finishes in nine other categories,” noted Risk Magazine. Calypso Technology’s diverse client base and unique strength in credit derivatives enabled the jump up the rankings and resulting wins in credit. The rankings are based on a survey of technology end-users in banks, hedge funds, asset management firms, and other financial institutions.
Calypso was named the ‘Most Innovative Derivatives Processing Solution’ by Financial-i Magazine in recognition of its commitment to product innovation over the last 12 to 18 months, cost effectiveness in terms of implementation and deployment, ease of implementation, and agility in responding to the dynamic financial markets. Built on superior system architecture, Calypso provides end-to-end solutions that help clients excel in today’s heightened competitive environment. “It is the only solution that was built from inception as an integrated product addressing all asset classes, and front-to-back-office functions,” the magazine stated in its Q4 2006 issue.
Charles Marston, Chairman and CEO of Calypso Technology, Inc. commented: “These awards highlight the satisfaction of our customers and also Calypso’s ability to keep pace with the evolving derivatives market and incorporate the latest developments into our solutions. We continually strive toward both these goals so we are delighted to receive this prestigious industry recognition. We would also like to thank our customers for voting for Calypso – it is through their partnership that we have gained our position as the key innovator supporting capital markets trading.”
Tuesday, October 10, 2006
Calypso Launches New Cash Management Module
- The new module is designed to allow clients to carry out cash management tasks on both internal (nostro) accounts and also client accounts
Sibos, Sydney, 10 October 2006 – Calypso Technology, Inc., a leading provider of capital markets trading solutions for global financial institutions, today announced the launch of a new cash management module for internal and client accounts. The new module enables Calypso users to streamline their own accounts, as well as provide a value-added service to their clients.
The new module is designed to allow clients to carry out cash management tasks on both internal (nostro) accounts and also client accounts. The new module enables the monitoring of cash positions and the creation and sending of account statements according to a user’s definitions. Account sweeping can be executed manually or as a scheduled task, with transfers made automatically as required. Interest calculations, the ability to apply management fees to nostro and client accounts, as well as comprehensive reconciliation facilities including the generation of appropriate SWIFT messages, assists Calypso users in updating their own and their client’s accounts in a timely and accurate fashion.
Fully integrated with the Calypso cross-asset processing solution, the cash management module incorporates Calypso’s workflow capability to give users the option to automate each process as required.
Charles Marston, Chairman and CEO of Calypso Technology, Inc. commented: “Calypso’s back office functionality is broadly recognized as one of the true market leaders in terms of increasing processing efficiency and reducing the costs involved. The new cash management module is a compelling addition to our offering. It gives our customers the ability to meet the varied and specific requirements of their clients.”
Monday, October 9, 2006
Calypso Technology Expands in Asia
- Aaron Hallmark appointed Head of Professional Services in Singapore
Tokyo/Singapore/Sydney, 09 October 2006 – Calypso Technology, Inc., a leading provider of capital markets trading solutions for global financial institutions, today announced that it has expanded its operations in Asia-Pacific in response to increasing demand for its software solutions within the region.
Aaron Hallmark has been appointed Head of Professional Services in Singapore, moving from Calypso’s New York operation to work with Singapore-based clients. August saw the opening of Calypso’s Mumbai office, headed by Manohar Uchil, for sales, support and development. Calypso opened an office in Singapore in 2005, and has had offices in Sydney since 2001 and Tokyo since 2002.
Calypso’s Asian clients include Mizuho, Sumitomo Trust & Banking (STB) and Pusan Bank, and during 2005, the company’s client numbers in the region doubled. Working with these clients has resulted in functionality being added to the system to handle some of the more specific requirements of banks in different Asian countries. For example, modifications were made to the accounting module to be compliant with Japanese GAAP and connectivity to MEPS+ has been added.
Charles Marston, Chairman and CEO of Calypso Technology, Inc. commented: “Asia Pacific is an important region for Calypso, as we are seeing increasing demand for sophisticated derivatives systems as well as Treasury software. Calypso provides a strong software solution for these areas, and our increasing client base is testament to this.”
Friday, September 22, 2006
Calypso Leaps Up the Inc 500 Ranking to #309 in 2006
“We are delighted by our upward progress and recognition in the Inc 500 ranking this year. We continue to successfully explore new markets and new opportunities, and that success is reflected in our favorable sales growth,” said Charles Marston, Chairman and CEO of Calypso Technology, Inc.
Thursday, September 14, 2006
Calypso Announces Opening of Mumbai Office
- Tenth office opened due to local demand and expansion plans
San Francisco, Mumbai, 14 September 2006 – Calypso Technology, Inc., a leading provider of capital markets trading software solutions for global financial institutions, today announced the opening of its Mumbai office, and the incorporation of its Indian subsidiary.
The Mumbai office will comprise individuals in sales and support roles, as well as developers who will complement the existing development teams in San Francisco, New York, Paris and London. Calypso has increased headcount globally in the last 12 months and, by opening an office in India, the company plans to continue to drive its hiring plan forward.
The new office is headed by Manohar Uchil, who joins Calypso from JPMorgan Chase, bringing over 20 years of financial markets experience. Mr. Uchil spent six years at JPMorgan where his roles included Chief Business Technologist – India for the investment banking division. Prior to JPMorgan, he also gained extensive capital markets IT experience from Citicorp Overseas Software Ltd and Tata Consultancy Services.
“In Mumbai, we have identified a pool of talented individuals in the field of financial software technology, as well as an appetite in the banks for capital markets trading including derivatives and structured products,” said Kishore Bopardikar, President of Calypso Technology, Inc. “This provides an excellent setting in which to grow Calypso and, with Manohar’s knowledge and experience, we expect to successfully recruit a great local team designed to enrich Calypso in several ways. Furthermore, we are excited about the opportunities presented to us in the Indian market and look forward to welcoming new clients in the region.”
The Mumbai office is the tenth Calypso office. Headquartered in San Francisco, Calypso Technology also has offices in New York, London, Paris, Frankfurt, Singapore, Sydney, Tokyo and Johannesburg. Calypso Technology will exhibit at the Risk India Congress taking place in Mumbai on 19-20 September.
Monday, July 31, 2006
Calypso Launches Calypso ERS
Risk managers will be able to leverage this new module to monitor and oversee key risk exposures with measures such as Value-at-Risk, stress tests and risk factor sensitivities. Calypso ERS utilises a Service-Orientated-Architecture (SOA), distributes risk simulation analysis over a compute-grid and delivers results in a Web browser. This architecture is designed to meet the scalability, extensibility and deployment requirements that leading financial firms need to manage their business.
“The increasing complexity of financial instruments and phenomenal growth in markets such as credit derivatives have placed demands on existing risk management systems. This has made it harder for risk managers to get the visibility they need on enterprise risk exposure,” says Amir Khwaja, Director of Risk Management at Calypso Technology, Inc. “We believe that with Calypso ERS, we have a product offering that enables financial firms to meet the challenge of calculating, aggregating and disseminating key risk measures that are same-day not next day, utilising pricing models calibrated by the firm and covering the depth and breadth of trading activity.”
Calypso ERS is fully integrated with the rest of the Calypso suite of capital markets solutions and has the agility to grow in line with the demands of the market.
Wednesday, May 24, 2006
T-Zero Partners with Calypso Technology Bringing Greater Efficiency and STP to CDS Trading
Under the new partnership, Calypso’s front-office trade capture system provides seamless access to T-Zero’s Affirmation Service. T-Zero’s workflow and real-time messaging ensures that Calypso clients capture their credit derivative transactions with 100% accuracy. In addition, T-Zero’s “Agnostic Connectivity” allows Calypso clients to electronically connect to DTCC, GlobeOp and the T-Zero user base, which is growing daily.
Mark Beeston, president of T-Zero, indicated that all Calypso credit derivatives clients, which include both buy-side and sell-side organisations, can benefit from reductions in operational risk, human errors and operations costs through T-Zero.
Beeston pointed to statements made last week by former U.S. Federal Reserve Board Chairman Alan Greenspan indicating concerns that credit default swap transactions were still being captured on paper. According to reports, Greenspan called the backlog of unconfirmed trades “unconscionable” while also commenting that many trades “could be confirmed instantaneously” using available technology.
“Cairn welcomes the partnership between T-Zero and Calypso,” said Chris Bentley, infrastructure guru and Head of Operations at Cairn Capital, “We have worked closely with both parties to define a seamless, integrated trade capture and risk management infrastructure, moving towards timely trade data capture and matching. Innovations like this are vital steps in removing the current constraints on the CDS market and creating a volume insensitive environment – promoting growth and stability.”
“The credit derivatives market is continuing to develop its own unique infrastructure, of which T-Zero is an instrumental component,” said Charles Marston, Chairman and CEO of Calypso Technology, Inc. “At Calypso, we strive to maintain our market-leading position in credit derivatives by working with companies like T-Zero, which we believe brings a valuable proposition to the market. We are delighted to be the first front-to- back solution provider to take this strategic step.”
“It is our goal to continue to work toward resolving the multiple operational issues affecting the markets to help ensure future growth in the industry,” said Beeston. “We are delighted to be partnering with Calypso in working towards this goal. Calypso software is used by numerous dealers, hedge funds and asset managers and this partnership significantly facilitates the adoption of T-Zero by those institutions.”
T-Zero’s approach to electronic connectivity and messaging directly addresses the major inefficiencies in post-trade derivative processing highlighted by the New York Federal Reserve and the FSA. T-Zero’s post-trade messaging and workflow system has been adopted by numerous dealers and trading platforms.
About T-Zero
T-Zero’s approach to electronic connectivity and messaging directly addresses the major inefficiencies in post-trade derivative processing highlighted by the New York Federal Reserve, the FSA and other regulators over the past year. Since being launched in August 2005, T-Zero’s post-trade messaging and workflow system has been adopted by numerous dealers and trading platform offering a uniquely flexible solution for the global credit derivatives market. The T-Zero platform enables communication and electronic affirmation of credit derivative trades on trade date, greatly reducing operational and settlement risks. A truly open communications platform, T-Zero connects market participants including major credit derivatives dealers, hedge funds, asset managers, prime brokers, fund administrators and documentation execution providers. Visit www.tzero.com for more information.
Monday, May 15, 2006
Banco Espírito Santo Selects Calypso
Calypso was selected on the strength of its complete cross-asset coverage which provided the best fit for its business. This is coupled with Calypso’s proven implementation track record and strong list of reference clients. Banco Espírito Santo needed to replace outdated legacy systems and considered several vendor solutions.
Mr. Pedro Cruchinho, a Senior VP at Banco Espírito Santo, commented: “We conducted a thorough review of several systems for our Treasury and Capital Markets department. Calypso stood out as the solution that could handle every instrument we traded – it is truly a cross-asset system.”
“The project with Banco Espírito Santo represents our first step into the Portuguese market, while expanding our Southern European client base. This is a very exciting growth phase for Calypso and we are delighted that Banco Espírito Santo is part of the success story,” said Charles Marston, Chairman and CEO of Calypso Technology, Inc.
About Banco Espírito Santo
Banco Espírito Santo (www.bes.pt), founded in 1920, is the third biggest financial institution operating in Portugal in total assets, with an average market share of 17.7% (end 2004) on the major business lines and with a total number of customers over 1.6 millions. Having an ancient tradition on innovation and a customer centric approach, its domestic branches network cover Portugal with almost 600 retail branches and at an international level it is present in 17 different countries through Branches, Representative Offices and Subsidiaries.
BES operates as a universal bank on a multi-channel distribution strategy and based on well defined customer segmentation, focusing on optimizing customer value.
Group BES has a clear and focused strategy: it aims to be the leading multi specialist financial group in Portugal, in which concerns innovation, customer service, profitability and efficiency.
Monday, February 20, 2006
Sumitomo Trust & Banking Goes Live with Calypso Interest Rate and FX Derivatives System
STB had been looking for a platform upon which they could grow their Treasury business, while also providing enhanced customer service and improving operational efficiency. The bank selected Calypso as it provides a single platform which supports the broad range of financial instruments that STB trades. In addition, the Calypso solution provides STB with the option to further expand its range of products and services for clients in the future.
“We selected Calypso because we felt that it was a strategic technology solution that would allow us to decrease the time taken to develop new products and release them to clients. We have worked in partnership with Calypso, along with Mitsui Knowledge Industry, to develop a solution that meets our needs in the Japanese market and can be implemented to fully meet the requirements of customers' platforms,” said the Deputy General Manager, Market Making Department at Sumitomo Trust & Banking.
In the first stage of the project, STB was able to move its important FX business onto Calypso. Following that highly successful launch, interest rate and FX derivatives have now been added. This means STB will be able to perform cross product risk analysis and carry out all trading and associated hedging activities on a single, integrated solution.
“In addition to the foreign exchange system already in service, we now have an integrated solution for combined risk, one of the greatest strengths of the Calypso solution. We are looking forward to making full use of its features,” Sumitomo's Deputy General Manager said.
“We are delighted to have played an instrumental role in STB achieving their business objectives. Rolling out a single solution to cover trading and processing of multiple products is the proven way to reduce total cost of ownership. STB's decision to deploy Calypso as that single solution is testament to our strength in that area,” commented Charles Marston, Chairman and CEO of Calypso Technology, Inc. “Working with STB has given us further valuable insight into the Japanese financial marketplace and enabled us to ensure that our solutions meet the unique requirements of the region.”
About Sumitomo Trust & Banking
For further information, please visit http://www.sumitomotrust.co.jp/
Monday, February 6, 2006
Calypso Launches V8
Calypso V8 combines the functionality developed for large global financial institutions like HSBC, Bear Stearns, and Citigroup with expertise gained from numerous successful implementations to create complete end-to-end software solutions for each capital markets business area. It covers a variety of enhancements and services, including:
- Market interfaces available 'out of the box', including SwapsWire, DTCC and T-Zero
- Preconfigured trade workflow, reports, accounting rules and confirmations for back office users
- Interfaces to technology infrastructure partners, including DataSynapse and VERITAS
- CalypsoML enhancements to assist with data migration and interfacing
- Calypso University offering a range of training courses including asset class specific and certification training
- Development of packaged implementations in partnership with select partner firms.
These standardized offerings combine the best of breed functionality used at top tier firms with tools to simplify the implementation process and are designed to enable Calypso users to have the ability to accurately define their project requirements and plan the total implementation accordingly leading to lowering the customer's total cost of ownership.
“Our involvement in a range of projects at financial organizations both large and small has taught us the most efficient way to get our customers into production. We are keen to share this knowledge in order to provide our customers with the ability to quantify their projects towards their successful completion,” said Charles Marston, Chairman and CEO of Calypso Technology, Inc. “By packaging our software solutions in this way, customers can choose to leverage the experience the Calypso team has acquired or to maximize the extensibility of the Calypso software by customizing it to the users needs.”
Calypso V8 also introduces major enhancements in the commodities module and expands the structuring of exotic hybrid products through eXSP™ for all asset classes.
Monday, November 7, 2005
Calypso Ranked Among Fastest Growing Private US Companies of 2005
Calypso has seen strong growth in demand for its integrated trading system in recent years and has been selected by financial institutions such as Citigroup, HSBC, Bear Stearns, Dresdner and Wells Fargo. During this time, Calypso has also expanded its global presence and significantly increased headcount worldwide.
“Inclusion in a prestigious ranking like the Inc. 500 underlines Calypso’s strong performance and the value of the solutions we bring to the market. It also demonstrates that not only is there a genuine need for capital markets trading solutions, but that the Calypso offering can competently meet that need. We are building a company for continued growth, and are pleased to be recognized for our past performance,” added Charles Marston, Chairman and CEO of Calypso Technology, Inc.
The Inc. 500 ranks privately held companies in North America according to year-over-year sales growth from 2001 to 2004. Companies are ranked on cumulative three-year sales growth from 2001 to 2004. Over the years, the Inc. 500 has identified the next generation of world-class companies, with Microsoft, Timberland, Oracle, Morningstar, Gateway, E*Trade, Intuit, and Domino's Pizza all appearing on the list before they became industry powerhouses. The full ranking is published in the November issue of Inc. magazine.
Thursday, October 20, 2005
Calypso Appoints Gerard Rafie as VP of Marketing
Prior to joining Calypso, Mr. Rafie served for 13 years at Murex SA where, most recently, he was responsible for sales in EMEA following several senior roles in engineering, support, product management and professional services.
Gerard Rafie comments: “Calypso’s software technology is best of breed. By adding the total implementation and support infrastructure around the system itself, we are creating a series of entire solutions for each area of the capital markets business. This will cement Calypso’s position as the market-leading vendor and further strengthen our existing offering.”
“Gerard joins us at an exciting time for Calypso. We have been working on developing total solutions for our clients by business area. Gerard will continue this initiative to ensure that Calypso serves as a ‘one-stop shop’ for advice, training and identification of suitable resources in the appropriate field,” added Charles Marston, Chairman and CEO of Calypso Technology, Inc.
Wednesday, September 21, 2005
Calypso Adds Prominent Executives to Board of Directors
Frank Fanzilli brings to Calypso his extensive experience of managing the IT organization of a top Wall Street institution. During his 17 year tenure at Credit Suisse First Boston, Mr. Fanzilli consolidated and integrated the bank’s extensive IT resources, managing 4,000 IT professionals and $1.5bn in spending. He also brings valuable public and private company board experience, which includes serving on the Board of Directors of PeopleSoft during its acquisition by Oracle.
Barry Sabloff has held several executive and board positions in the financial services industry and brings important insight into the capital markets industry to Calypso’s Board. During his 30 year career with First Chicago and Bank One, Mr. Sabloff held a number of leadership roles including Head of Global Risk Management, which included responsibility for the front office of global derivatives and foreign exchange trading and the back office and systems for capital markets.
Paul Sallaberry joins the Board as the sales and professional services expert. Previously, he was the EVP of Field Operations at Veritas Software, prior to its acquisition by Symantec. Mr. Sallaberry was responsible for defining strategy and managing operational activity that generated revenue in excess of $1.5bn. Under his leadership, the firm consistently met profit goals for the corporation’s global multi-tier sales distribution and professional services operations.
The expansion of the new board is part of the strategic plan to prepare the company for the next level of growth.
“We view our Board of Directors not just as a vehicle for sound corporate governance, but as a source of critical and strategic business insight,” said Charles Marston, Chairman and CEO of Calypso Technology, Inc. “As we become a larger firm and continue our growth path, we believe Calypso shareholders will benefit from our director’s wisdom and business experience. Our new board members bring a deep understanding of how to build and scale an organization to deliver consistent growth results year after year, which is based principally on our clients gaining real value from effectively using our software technology in their business.”
Calypso’s clients include Citigroup, Bear Stearns, HSBC, ING, Wachovia, Wells Fargo, SunTrust, BNP Paribas, Société Générale, Calyon, Rabobank, ING, HVB Group, Dresdner Bank and the Royal Bank of Scotland.
Wednesday, September 7, 2005
Calypso Launches CalypsoML
With increasing importance for any solution to fit well within a bank's enterprise environment, CalypsoML is focused on ensuring that the Calypso application communicates effectively with all existing systems. By streamlining the import and export of data using XML, CalypsoML actively reduces the cost of implementations by eliminating the need to write code for integration, ultimately reducing the time taken to implement Calypso solutions.
"Each client's relationship with Calypso extends beyond the solution itself," stated Kishore Bopardikar, Founder and President of Calypso Technology, Inc. "We always seek ways to further enhance the total service and software we provide, and improvements to the Calypso implementation process are a critical part of this endeavor. CalypsoML was designed to allow our clients to better manage their associated project costs and to streamline the process of integrating Calypso solutions within their own infrastructure."