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The Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act become law some 150 days ago, bringing with it the promise of comprehensive market reform via the regulation of swaps, the derivative financial products that have been cast by many as the root cause of the 2008 financial crisis.

Specifically, the Dodd-Frank bill was passed with the intent to:

Recently, I caught up with Salim Jabbour of Abacus Solutions Inc. Under his leadership, Abacus has developed and gone to market with a new product, SATURN, an integrated enterprise risk management solution with broad functionality and deep analytics. SATURN is described as a “next generation ETRM system with breakthrough real time full simulation portfolio optimization”. I was interested in getting an update about the product since my initial review prior to its commercial launch. The following is an interview with Dr. Jabbour.

Since we last spoke over 3 years ago, SATURN seems to be gaining market penetration momentum. How do you explain your ability to compete with large well established ETRM vendors?