Why RiskCare > Technical expertise

Integrated technology

Get our consultants together and they’ll debate how Linux is better than Microsoft or champion C++ over C#, and we encourage these exchanges.

But as a company, we're independent and technology-neutral. We don't develop or resell commercial software. We don't receive any commissions or maintain exclusive partner relationships.

Our development skills

Our technical consultants are specialists in all aspects of system design, programming, data management, web and communications.

We also have specialist skills in financial engineering to develop, validate and integrate mathematical models for product pricing and risk analytics.

Our team's development skills include:

Languages

C++, C#, Java, Perl and other scripting languages

Operating systems

Unix, Linux, Microsoft, .NET

GUI and web development

Excel, Java, Web, C#(ASPX), CGI

Communications and messaging

CORBA, COM, Reuters RMDS, FIX, .NET Remoting, XML

Databases

Microsoft SQL, Oracle, Sybase, KX, Fame, Business Intelligence

Application servers

WebSphere, WebLogic, MTS, IIS, J2EE

Grid technologies

Data Synapse, Platform

Specialist techniques

Multi-threading and parallelisation techniques
Refactoring and normalisation, library integration (C++, JNI)

Data distribution platforms

Bloomberg (API and data license FTP)
Reuters (API and RMDS)
various credit rating agencies and
buy-side benchmark, peers and analyst ratings data providers

Our expertise in banking technology

Our clients also benefit from our knowledge of specialist financial software and long standing relationships with leading providers including:

Algorithmics

We have worked with Algorithmics on more than 20 enterprise risk management projects, covering buy- and sell-side market, credit and collateral solutions.

Calypso

We're experienced at integrating Calypso into trading and risk environments for credit, interest rate, equity and FX operations.

LatentZero

We've implemented and integrated LatentZero Capstone into buy-side organisations for order generation, execution and compliance checking.

Misys

Our experience of Misys products spans Summit, Opics and Loan IQ.

Murex

We've installed six Murex systems, customising their database and analytics tools to improve trade capture, modelling and risk reporting for equity and FX.

QuIC

Working closely with QuIC, we provide our clients with vector-based calculation and simulation tools for extremely fast pricing and risk calculations.

Reuters systems

We understand Reuters financial systems, working with six RET (Reuters Electronic Trading) systems and ten Kondor systems. We are a Reuters strategic partner for JRisk.

RiskMetrics

We have integrated RiskMetrics services into the trading and risk processes of buy- and sell-side clients.

SunGard

We've installed and integrated SunGard products, including Adaptiv and Front Arena. We've also developed Monis analytics into in-house and third party risk systems (including Algorithmics).

Our experience also spans many smaller or niche products that cannot be listed. But we will be happy to discuss any specific technologies with you.

We are a Microsoft Certified Partner.