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Tick History – Query: Looking back to the future
The advantages of cloud-based services is well documented, from reduced upfront and ongoing operating and infrastructure costs to improved time-to-market for new services and datasets. Here, Tim Anderson, LSEG explains how the benefits of the service…
One day, all data will be delivered this way
It wasn’t long ago that, for large numbers of capital markets firms, the de facto data consumption model was DIY, or a do-it-yourself proposition, due to the scarcity of relevant managed data services on the market. Now, firms on both sides of the…
Navigating the adoption of generative AI
This whitepaper, created by Xoriant, focuses on generative artificial intelligence (AI) and its potential to transform the way financial services firms operate, make business decisions and innovate.
T+1: Complacency before the storm?
This paper, created by WatersTechnology in association with Gresham Technologies, outlines what the move to T+1 (next-day settlement) of broker/dealer-executed trades in the US and Canadian markets means for buy-side and sell-side firms
Waters Rankings 2023 winner's interview: Derivative Path
Derivative Path won the best cloud-based application provider category in this year's Waters Rankings.
Waters Rankings 2023 Winners’ Circle: SS&C Technologies
SS&C’s perfect four in the Waters Rankings.
Shining a light on fixed income
Traditionally, fixed income as an asset class has presented market participants with several challenges due to the over-the-counter (OTC) model by which the bulk of securities are traded. Observable market data, especially for infrequently or thinly…
LSEG’s PermIDs: Converting needs into opportunity
LSEG's PermID framework was conceived as a proprietary tool to address an internal challenge around identifying objects in the firm’s information model. Once it had proved its worth, it was rolled out to the firm’s clients to significant success.
The power of data and analytics in driving sustainability initiatives
The challenges with current data approaches are data availability, reliability and transparency. It is, therefore, crucial to use data platforms and data mesh to enhance the process of obtaining accurate information, both for sustainability reporting and…
Technology trends in capital markets: Transforming the sell-side FX front office
The capital markets landscape is witnessing a technological revolution – a wave transforming the sell-side FX front office. Firms such as smartTrade Technologies are at the forefront of this transformation, leveraging technologies such as artificial…
Increasing securities settlement successes with unique transaction identifiers
Major improvements have been made to the securities services operating model over the past decade, but inefficiencies in trade settlement processes remain, leading to thinning margins and longer settlement cycles. Key to addressing these challenges is…
Asia Awards 2023 winner's interview: MarketAxess
MarketAxess won the best trading network category in this year’s WatersTechnology Asia Awards, thanks largely to its Open Trading service.
Crypto: Too important to ignore
This WatersTechnology Rapid read survey report examines the crypto finance priorities of institutional investors, how far along they are on their crypto journeys, the challenges in entering and participating in this market, and what they value most when…
Waters Rankings 2023 winner's interview: Vneuron
Vneuron Risk & Compliance won the best AML compliance solution provider category in this year’s Waters Rankings.
Sell-Side Technology Awards 2023 winner's interview: Broadridge (BPO)
Earlier this year, Broadridge won the award for the best outsourcing provider to the sell side thanks to its BPO offering.
Waters Rankings 2023 winner's interview: Duco
Duco won the best reconciliation provider category in this year’s Waters Rankings.
Waters Rankings 2023 winner's interview: S&P Global Market Intelligence
S&P Global Market Intelligence won the best artificial intelligence technology provider category of this year’s Waters Rankings.
Asia Awards 2023 winner's interview: RavenPack
RavenPack won the best ESG data provider category in this year’s Asia Awards.
A Fireside Chat with SmartStream's Jethro MacDonald
Jethro MacDonald explains how SmartStream is using AI and machine learning technology to help its clients address a number of challenges around their reconciliation functions.
Banks, asset managers look to vendors for T+1 support
This whitepaper, created by WatersTechnology in association with SmartStream, focuses on the upcoming move in the US to T+1 (next-day settlement) of broker-dealer-executed trades.
IMD & IRD Awards 2023 winner's interview: MarketAxess
MarketAxess won the best AI/machine learning data initiative in this year’s Inside Market Data & Inside Reference Data Awards, thanks to its CP+ bond pricing engine.
IMD & IRD Awards 2023 winner's interview: Opensee
Opensee won the best risk data aggregation initiative in the annual IMD & IRD Awards for the second consecutive year, thanks to its Opensee Enterprise offering.
Sell-Side Technology Awards 2023 winner's interview: CompatibL
CompatibL won the best sell-side newcomer product (trading, pricing & analytics) category in this year’s SST Awards.
Fenics Market Data’s secret source
The ability of capital markets practitioners to make judicious business and investment decisions is directly determined by the quality of data underpinning those decisions. Fenics Market Data’s Rich Winter discusses the benefits of sourcing data from…