Analysis
Buy-Side Technology Awards 2014: Best Overall Buy-Side Technology Provider for 2014—Eze Software Group
The final category of the 31 on offer at this year’s awards, and the second to be announced at the November 7 awards luncheon in London, is that of the technology provider of the year. This category was decided by the four Waters journalists, and, like…
Buy-Side Technology Awards 2014: Best Buy-Side Product for 2014—Vermilion Software
The first of two categories decided by the Waters journalists where all of the previous 29 category winners were considered as potential recipients goes to London-based client reporting specialist Vermilion. By winning this category—one of only two…
Buy-Side Technology Awards 2014: Best Implementation at a Buy-Side Firm—Vermilion Software
London-based Vermilion Software created a bit of history by winning the best implementation category in this year’s awards, making it the first entrant to win this category more than once. The fact that Vermilion’s two wins come in consecutive years…
Buy-Side Technology Awards 2014: Best Buy-Side Client Reporting Platform—Vermilion Software
Transparency, compliance, data integrity, scalability, and accuracy are among the reasons why buy-side firms need to get their client reporting—and especially the applications underpinning their client-reporting activities—right. But fit-for-purpose…
Buy-Side Technology Awards 2014: Best Outsourcing Provider to the Buy Side—Eagle Investment Systems
First introduced to the line-up in 2012, the best outsourcing provider category has never had a back-to-back winner. Fittingly, like a firm going through a series of vendors looking for the right solution, no company has held the top spot for more than a…
Buy-Side Technology Awards 2014: Best CEP Platform—Deltix
In the brief history of the best complex-event processing (CEP) platform category at the Buy-Side Technology Awards, One Market Data has ruled the roost, winning two of the three years since the category’s inception in 2011. This year, Deltix has knocked…
Buy-Side Technology Awards 2014: Best Data Provider to the Buy Side—Rimes Technologies
“Dominant” is probably the best adjective to describe Rimes Technologies’ relationship with the best data provider category at the Buy-Side Technology Awards. The New York-based vendor is undefeated since the category’s inception in 2007, making this the…
Buy-Side Technology Awards 2014: Best Buy-Side Pricing/Valuation Service—Markit
It might not be a complete sweep, but Markit’s success in the Buy-Side Technology Awards’ best pricing/valuation service category is about as close as one can get. For the fifth straight year and for the seventh time in eight years, Markit’s Pricing and…
Buy-Side Technology Awards 2014: Best Buy-Side Newcomer (Vendor or Product)—S3 Partners
The best buy-side newcomer category has, since the inaugural BST Awards back in 2007, been the toughest to win by virtue of the entry numbers it attracts—on average between 15 and 20 each year. This year is no different with a total of 17 entries. Past…
Buy-Side Technology Awards 2014: Best Buy-Side Data Management Product—Markit
How does one stay on top of their game? Markit EDM might be best suited to answer that question, although Rimes Technologies might also have some advice on that topic, given that both firms remain undefeated in their respective categories since the…
Buy-Side Technology Awards 2014: Best Buy-Side Reconciliation Platform/Service—Electra Information Systems
It’s been a busy few years for Electra Information Systems. From a large-scale implementation with AQR—covered extensively by Waters in 2013—through to forming an alliance with Eagle Investment Systems and hiring a new COO in the form of Scott Rhodes,…
Buy-Side Technology Awards 2014: Best Integrated Front-Office Platform—Bloomberg
In this perennially close-fought category, Bloomberg has emerged as the top provider of integrated-front-office technology for the second straight year, thanks to its Bloomberg Asset and Investment Manager (AIM) platform. With this win, the vendor gains…
Buy-Side Technology Awards 2014: Best Buy-Side Commodities Trading Platform—Trading Technologies
Trading Technologies (TT) is once again at the head of the commodities class with its sixth victory in this category, after being beaten to the title by Misys last year. Chicago-based TT’s flagship offering, X_Trader, has proven its worth by pairing the…
Buy-Side Technology Awards 2014: Best Buy-Side OMS—Bloomberg
This year’s Buy-Side Technology Awards will be remembered for a number of firsts: it’s the first year that the investment book of record (IBOR), data analytics, and low-latency trading network categories have been on offer; there were first-time winners…
Buy-Side Technology Awards 2014: Best Buy-Side EMS—Portware
An execution-management system (EMS) is vital to buy-side firms with advanced execution criteria and this category has been shared by a number of providers in recent years. Portware finishes on top for the second time in three years, supplanting Eze…
OptionsCity's CEO Discusses Optionshop Acquisition
Clients will see new products/functionality over next 6-12 months
Regulatory Complexity Presents Challenges for Tech-Bereft Legal Staff
New ways of looking at regulation and implementation are necessary, argues Santander legal risk head.
Uneven Regulatory Approach Encourages Return to Silo Model
While banks have been implementing centralized, global infrastructure models for years, uncoordinated and varying regulation is forcing a return to silos and regional thinking. This also has the potential to impact the widespread roll-out of cloud…
Banks May Face Kodak Moment if Digital Revolution is Ignored
Traditional banks could be facing severe challenges if they cannot adapt to the growing power of the fintech start-up community, and harness emerging technologies, senior executives from leading banks have argued.
Strong Mistrust of Banks Accelerates Risk-Related Spending
The fallout from the financial crisis is continuing to affect public perception of banks, while spending on risk is set to consume billions of dollars in the next few years, according to a senior UBS executive.
Sefcon V: Tech's Impact on SEFs Keeps Growing
Sefcon V looks at the impact technology has had on SEFs
Eze Software Discusses RealTick Enhancements, What's Ahead
Version 11.4 is due out Q2 2015.
Summit: Fixed Income Needs Collaboration, Better—Not Faster—Tech
More collaboration and better technology can bring liquidity back to fixed income
Rimes Panel Tackles Rising Data Management Costs
Cost, data quality and data management needs drive managed services debate.