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Witad Awards 2019 Write-Ups: Rising Star (End-User)—Irene Kan, TD Securities
New York-based Irene Kan, TD Securities' vice president, cross-asset, platform and architecture, wins this year's rising star (end-user) category at the Witad Awards.
Witad Awards 2019 Write-Ups: Legal/Compliance Professional of the Year—Miranda Morad, MarketAxess
Miranda Morad from MarketAxess wins the legal/compliance professional of the year category at this year's Women in Technology & Data Awards.
Witad Awards 2019 Write-Ups: Engineer/Programmer of the Year—Maureen Buotte, Eagle Investment Systems
Eagle Investment Systems' Maureen Buotte wins the engineer/programmer of the year category at this year's Women in Technology & Data Awards.
Crypto at the Crossroads as Exchanges Weigh Traditional Market Structures
Questions of price discovery and centralized infrastructure point to an asset class that may have to lose its rebellious luster to become more widely accepted.
Witad Awards 2019 Write-Ups: Vendor Professional of the Year (Trading & Risk)—Susan Estes, OpenDoor Securities
Susan Estes, co-founder, CEO and president of bond trading platform OpenDoor Securities, wins this year's vendor professional of the year (trading & risk) category.
Witad Awards 2019 Write-Ups: Reference Data Professional of the Year—Louise Green, Bureau van Dijk
Louise Green of Bureau van Dijk received the reference data professional of the year award on March 8 in London.
Witad Awards 2019 Write-Ups: Technology Innovator of the Year (Vendor)—Regina Williamson, London Stock Exchange Group
LSEG's Regina Williamson received the technology innovator of the year (vendor) category at this year's Women in Technology & Data Awards.
Witad Awards 2019 Write-Ups: WatersTechnology’s Woman of the Year—Beatriz Martín, UBS
Beatriz Martín, UK CEO and global COO of UBS Investment Bank, received WatersTechnology's woman of the year award at this year's Women in Technology & Data Awards.
Witad Awards 2019 Write-Ups: Data Science Professional of the Year—Amanda Stent, Bloomberg
Bloomberg researcher Amanda Stent received the data science professional award at this year’s Women in Technology & Data Awards.
Witad Awards 2019 Write-Ups: Vendor Partnership or Alliance Professional of the Year—Marisol Collazo, DTCC
Marisol Collazo, MD and global head of strategic partnerships at the DTCC, wins this year’s vendor partnership professional category.
DTCC’s Blockchain-Powered Trade Information Warehouse Set for Late 2019 Launch
The credit derivatives processing facility will go live on the distributed ledger platform by the end of the year.
Witad Awards 2019 Write-Ups: Gender Equality Professional of the Year—Frieda Lewis, Broadridge Financial Solutions
Frieda Lewis, chief commercial diversity officer at Broadridge Financial Solutions, is this year’s gender equality professional of the year.
Wavelength Podcast Episode 157: FIA Boca Preview & Other News
A look at what's to come at FIA Boca; Finra was named the CAT plan processor; a Waters magazine relaunch.
Cryptocurrency Exchanges Tap Traditional Firms for Market Surveillance
Digital currency exchanges are using established market surveillance services in a move that steps closer to institutional-level infrastructure.
Hermes Ramps Up Cloud DevOps Strategy
Shift to Azure has dramatically increased investment manager's ability to push new code, engineers say.
As Unbundling Beds in, Data Becomes Essential to Price Research
Data collection allows greater visibility into research practices on the buy side while aiding the sell side in price setting for research.
Wavelength Podcast Episode 156: Gil Mandelzis, Capitolis
Mandelzis, formerly of Traiana and EBS BrokerTec, joins the podcast to discuss the fintech startup world and trends in the market.
Wavelength Podcast Episode 155: Martin Boyd of FIS; A Look at the CAT
First, some pointed comments about the Consolidated Audit Trail and then Martin Boyd discusses the fintech market.
Trading Technologies Debuts Infrastructure-as-a-Service Offering
Vendor embarks on new strategy with Graystone Asset Management as its first client on the platform.
Wavelength Podcast Episode 154: Bryan Cross, UBS Asset Management
Bryan Cross, who heads UBS Asset Management's QED group, joins to discuss alternative data and AI.
Refinitiv Consolidates Data Insights on China's Belt and Road Initiative
The data provider recently launched a platform aggregating BRI data.
Wavelength Podcast Episode 153: Nasdaq's Lars Ottersgård
Lars Ottersgård, head of Market Technology at Nasdaq, talks AI, blockchain, quantum computing, cloud, acquisitions and more.
Wavelength Podcast Episode 152: Initial Margin Tech & Investment Theory
This week, James and Anthony look at the tech market born from the BCBS/Iosco initial margin rules and discuss tech and investment theory.
Wavelength Podcast Episode 151: Examining the MEMX Announcement
Liquidnet's Adam Sussman joins to discuss the Members Exchange: Why do we need another trading venue, what are the tech challenges, who will be the CEO?