Articles by Anthony Malakian
Instinet Enhances Newport EMS to Help Reduce Operational Risk
Instinet has added a new tool, dubbed OneTicket, to its Newport enterprise management system (EMS) that will allow users to reduce operational risk. In this latest release, the New York-based broker also added new functionality including connectivity to…
Anthony Malakian: The Year in Quotes, 2012
Twelve months and 12 end-user techies profiled. Anthony looks back at some of the more interesting and entertaining quotes from last year.
Bridgewater Taps Northern Trust for Hedge Fund Servicing
Bridgewater Associates has selected Northern Trust for hedge fund servicing as it tries to improve its middle- and back- office processes.
American Financial Technology Awards 2012: The Winners and Why They Won
The American Financial Technology Awards, now in their eighth year, seek to acknowledge the best IT projects, driven by buy-side and sell-side end-users themselves. Waters congratulates this year’s winners.
American Financial Technology Awards 2012: Best Buy-Side Technology Executive — Richard Alexander, Cerberus Capital Management
Richard Alexander’s father, Ray, ran a small credit union whose members were technology company employees. It is not much of a surprise, then, that years later, Richard Alexander would find himself at the top of the financial IT food chain.
American Financial Technology Awards 2012: Best Infrastructure Initiative — ConvergEx Group
There’s a change happening in the world of FIX connectivity—in recent years, FIX costs have exploded, while at the same time, broker-dealers have had to adjust to life in a tough market as well look to cut costs. As firms seek savings, FIX connectivity…
American Financial Technology Awards 2012: Best Cloud Initiative — CBRE Clarion Securities
In early 2011, real estate investment management firm CBRE, an affiliate of CB Richard Ellis Group, acquired ING Clarion Real Estate Securities, a unit of ING Group that manages globally listed real estate securities for separate accounts and mutual…
American Financial Technology Awards 2012: Best Data Management Initiative — MetLife
It goes without saying that data quality is a vital component in any data management overhaul that a firm employs. It is tough for any organization to maintain a strong and consistent data quality culture if there are sprawling databases and disparate…
American Financial Technology Awards 2012: Best Reporting Initiative — Northern Trust
Often, the best IT implementations are paradoxically those that reduce users’ reliance on IT. When Northern Trust went looking to replace its legacy enterprise reporting system, this was exactly what the firm was trying to achieve. As Dan Houlihan, head…
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A Year in Profiles
Anthony takes a look back at the individuals who were profiled in the pages of Waters magazine from 2012.
A Look at What's to Come, and Some Friendly Advice
Anthony previews what's to come from WatersTechnology between Christmas Eve and New Year's Day, takes a look at the ICE–NYSE deal, and—for something a little different—offers advice on which Christmas ales are worth drinking this year.
Retiring Industry Veteran Cutrone Reflects on the Past—and the Future
After more than four decades in the capital markets, Lee Cutrone is retiring. He talks with Anthony about the highs, the lows, and what he’ll miss once he's out of the business—namely, T+2, or even T+1, settlement cycles.
Broadridge, Schwab Team on Mutual Fund Analytics Portal
Charles Schwab has launched a new portal—dubbed Schwab Asset Intelligence, or SAI—that will provide mutual fund firms with fund asset and sales information. Schwab partnered with data management vendor Access Data, a Broadridge Financial Solutions…
Fidelity Unveils Buy-Side Execution Venue, Plans Dark Pool 'Scorecard'
Fidelity Capital Markets, the institutional trading division of Fidelity Investments, has launched a new execution venue dubbed the Block Liquidity Opportunity Cross, or BLOX. The venue is a carved-out section of CrossStream, the firm's alternative…
Clarke’s Tenure at Man to End; COO Roman will Take Over
Man Group has announced it will replace chief executive officer Peter Clarke, who had been in the job since 2007, with Emmanuel "Manny" Roman. Roman is the firm's chief operating officer and joined Man after it acquired hedge fund GLG Partners in 2010.
The Challenges in Developing a Culture of Compliance
At Monday's Waters USA conference, held in Midtown Manhattan, regulation was on almost everyone's lips. From panels on Big Data to cloud to over-the-counter (OTC) derivatives to transaction cost analysis (TCA) to risk management, the word "regulation,”…
UBS COO: Big Data Represents a Whole New Vocabulary
Richie Etwaru, COO of group technology at UBS, says that in order for the industry to fully tap into Big Data, there must be a change in mindset in terms of how data is thought of, and what it can be used for.
RBS’ Eddie: Capital Requirements Set to Get Harder
Capital requirements have been daunting to address, and will only get harder with Basel III, says Alan Eddie, who runs risk technology for the Americas for the markets and investment banking businesses at the Royal Bank of Scotland, speaking at the…
BofA’s Reilly: Mobility About Risk and Data Control, Not Cost Cutting
Bank of America Merrill Lynch has internally distributed 55,000 BlackBerrys and 5,000 Apple iPads, as well as 20,000 devices that it supports as part of its bring-your-own-device (BYOD) policy. In one year, it handles 2.6 billion instant messages, 1.2…
See You at Waters USA
It's almost early December, which means that our Waters USA conference is right around the corner ─ specifically, this Monday, December 3.
Buy-Side Technology Awards: Best Fund Administrator─SEI
In 2012, perhaps more so than any year prior, the buy side took notice of the importance of the fluid relationship between hedge funds and their fund administrators. As the largest US hedge funds submitted their first ever Form PF filings this year—with…
Buy-Side Technology Awards: Best Outsourcing Provider to the Buy Side─SEI
In years past, the term “outsourcing” has often carried with it something of a stigma across the buy side, as the envisioned technology enhancements and operational efficiencies simply did not materialize. As a result, buy-side firms, especially smaller…
Buy-Side Technology Awards: Best Buy-Side CRM Product/Service─Advent Software
Trust and reputation: These are things all firms say they have, but ask their clients and they may have a different opinion. As an asset manager looks to grow, both in terms of client numbers and the complexity and scope of its offerings, not to mention…