Deutsche Postbank Selects SunGard’s Adaptiv Solution for Monte
Carlo Risk Analysis and Internal Market Risk Modeling
London, 4th November 2009 – Deutsche Postbank AG (Postbank), a leading German financial services provider, has selected SunGard’s Adaptiv Risk Cube solution to help it build an internal model for market risk and improve the analysis and transparency of large volumes of data. Adaptiv Risk Cube will provide Postbank with immediate access to risk data, from an enterprise level down to individual trade and Monte Carlo scenario level.
Postbank is currently using SunGard’s Adaptiv to help manage its intra-day and end-of-day market risk reporting. The addition of SunGard’s Risk Cube risk analysis solution will help Postbank to view a complete picture of market risk data across the enterprise, with the ability to question and gain greater detail on sources of risk. The solution will also help Postbank to make immediate intra-day amendments and data corrections to market risk reports generated at all levels.
Klaus Leusmann, head of risk control at Deutsche Postbank, commented: “In the current volatile environment it’s extremely important to have fast, reliable risk analysis that provides transparency across the enterprise. It’s also important to be able to drill down into specific activities and generate ad-hoc analysis quickly when needed. Adaptiv Risk Cube is a crucial component to providing a clear explanation of our P/L and Monte Carlo VaR analysis. It’s a major contributor to our internal model approval process, which helps us to benefit from substantial regulatory capital savings.”
Mat Newman, head of product management for SunGard’s Adaptiv business unit, said: “SunGard’s Adaptiv Risk Cube is a versatile solution that scales to meet the growing needs of an institution as volumes and analysis requirements increase. It allows an in-depth understanding of risk through analysis down to the lowest level of detail, helping uncover the true sources of risk in a bank. At a time when internal model approval is more valuable than ever, Adaptiv Risk Cube will help Postbank quickly uncover the risks it is exposed to, helping it act on the best possible information and make the best possible decisions for its business.”
About Deutsche Postbank AG
With 14.1 million active domestic customers, approximately 21,000 employees and total assets of €231 billion, Deutsche Postbank Group is one of Germany’s major financial services providers. Its focus is on retail business with private customers. It is also active in the corporate banking sector. In its “Transaction Banking” division, it performs back office services for other financial services providers.
In 2009 Deutsche Postbank is celebrating its 100th anniversary. On January 1, 1909, its success story was launched with the establishment of 13 postal check offices and the introduction of giro transfer and check transactions by means of the former Reichspost national postal authority. Deutsche Postbank AG went public in June 2004. In 2006 Postbank took over 850 Deutsche Post branches and acquired the majority of BHW Holding AG
About Adaptiv
SunGard’s Adaptiv provides enterprise-wide credit and market risk management and operations solutions for financial services institutions. Adaptiv assists institutions of varying size and complexity to deploy technology to meet both internal and regulatory requirements for risk management and operational control. Adaptiv helps financial services institutions from the banking, hedge fund, asset management, insurance and corporate sectors with our deep understanding of risk management and operational processes.
About SunGard
SunGard is one of the world’s leading software and IT services companies. SunGard serves more than 25,000 customers in more than 70 countries.
SunGard provides software and processing solutions for financial services, higher education and the public sector. SunGard also provides disaster recovery services, managed IT services, information availability consulting services and business continuity management software.
With annual revenue exceeding $5 billion, SunGard is ranked 435 on the Fortune 500 and is the largest privately held business software and services company on the Forbes list of private businesses. Based on information compiled by Datamonitor*, SunGard is the third largest provider of business applications software after Oracle and SAP. Continuity, Insurance & Risk has recognized SunGard as service provider of the year an unprecedented six times. For more information, please visit www.sungard.com
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