Category Archives: Modelling

CRZ Pricer Version 23.0.11

By | 10 October 2023

Common [New] SPAN initial margin method now supports weekly future/listed options [New] Improved deal conversion to payoff scripts by making it more generic (using formulas instead of constants when possible) [New] Portfolio views now accept sources with non-deal (coarser) granularity [Bug] Minor fixes in Code execution and Code recording to avoid pop-ups to open in… Read More »

CRZ Pricer Release 23.0.10

By | 23 August 2023

Common [New] Script-based templates are now saved in database as templates instead of scripts (making them easier to use) [New] All views with input files now support archives (ZIP and GZ formats) [Bug] In Task scheduler, changing time was failing [Bug] Market closure task failed to be triggered by the task scheduler EQ,FX [New] Added… Read More »

CRZ Pricer Release 23.0.9

By | 21 July 2023

Common [New] Improved calculation time when historical ranges of prices are involved [Bug] VaR could fail to calculate (in rare cases where VaR = 0) [New] In Market Data Bulk Operations, added tools to copy/remove secondary tables [Bug] In contribution view, secondary table entries could get duplicated each time the file was saved

CRZ Pricer Release 23.0.8

By | 27 June 2023

Assets [New] Added pricing of Best-Of/Worst-Of options on FX and Equity baskets Common [New] Users can now share blotters [New] Added support for swaption feeds where ticker logic depends on expiry/underlying (New USD Swaptions in Bloomberg) [Bug] Bulk historical contribution (in the contribution dashboard) was failing on Bloomberg fixing tickers IR [New] In flat file,… Read More »

CRZ Pricer Version 23.0.7

By | 23 May 2023

Common [New] In the GUI, introduced buttons encapsulating parameters to improve usability (ParametricCommand in API) [New] In the contribution dashboard, added Bulk historical contribution option, allowing significantly faster  historical contribution for feeds supporting it (Bloomberg and Bloomberg DL) [New] Historical contribution of SO Correlation based on historical data is now possible. SO Correlation is compatible… Read More »

CRZ Pricer Version 23.0.5

By | 26 April 2023

Common [New] Added a hedge backtesting portfolio view. It allows to define a hedge strategy and examine empirically its effectiveness by computing the actual P&L over a historical window [New] In contribution window, added a dashboard for illiquid market data allowing bulk operations such as contribution or historical contribution [Bug] Fixed issue in Bloomberg Data… Read More »

CRZ Pricer Release 23.0.4

By | 19 April 2023

Common [New] In contribution view, added a view to detect outliers in historical market data (based on Z-Score) [New] Added a shortcut to open a risk-explained view when relevant (VaR/IM/Capital) [New] Added special treatment in hVaR on Bond  and Future adjustments to account for the fact that their contribution window may begin after the first… Read More »

CRZ Pricer Release 23.0.3

By | 23 March 2023

Common [New] It is now possible to compress deals from flat files in Portfolio Definition tab [New] Yield curve contributions from 3rd party provider files (ICE DataX, DataLake and CME DataMine) now support yield curve structure mismatch (allow to contribute basis curves even if inputs are outright curves) [New] Improved ‘Compare Markets’ view: performance and… Read More »

CRZ Pricer Version 23.0.2

By | 3 March 2023

Common [New] Added Monte-Carlo VaR – Risk factor simulation portfolio view. State-of-the-art implementation with fat tails (t-Student distribution) and major variance reduction [New] In Market Data Analysis, added new relative value measure : scenario impact [New] It is now possible to add a bond or equity from Bloomberg Data License [Bug] Bloomberg Data License is… Read More »