Articles by Aggelos Andreou
Buy-Side Technology Awards 2017: Best Outsourcing Provider—SS&C Advent
SS&C offers a platform where companies can track the progress of outsourced services like reconciliation
The Battle of Paris: How Esma Fought to Save Mifid II
For four years, regulators had to face fierce objections from groups of market participants that were unhappy with new European rules.
Buy-Side Technology Awards 2017: Best Fund Administrator—SEI
The solution was produced for and with the cooperation of client-firm CTOs
Buy-Side Technology Awards 2017: Best Portfolio Accounting Platform—SimCorp
SimCorp has improved the way it handles P&L by enhancing the support of cost-basis adjustment.
Buy-Side Technology Awards 2017: Best Buy-Side Risk/Portfolio Analytics Product—Numerix
The risk and portfolio analytics market has always been one of the most competitive and saturated from a buy-side perspective, where the offerings are continually upgraded to meet firms’ increasing regulatory, operational and technology needs. This…
Mifid's Architect: Esma Chair Steven Maijoor
Europe’s top markets cop talks to Waters about Mifid II and III, Brexit, no-action letters, clearinghouses and the regulator’s future.
Esma: Mifid III Not in the Works
Third phase of regulatory reform is not being actively considered at this point, insists regulator’s chairman.
Nex Gains Esma Approval for Post-Brexit Trade Repository
Nex Regulatory Reporting will run an EMIR trade repository in Stockholm, as derivatives markets in Europe prepare for the post-Brexit era.
How Goldman Sachs Looked to Google To Reinvent its Data Management Strategy
Goldman Sachs' Joanne Hannaford explains how the bank borrowed innovative data techniques from firms like Google and Amazon to help shape its data management strategy.
Fintech Could Demolish Europe’s Capital Markets Union Barriers
Influential lobby group urges European authorities to consider how technology could resolve outstanding issues with its single-market project.
Deutsche Bank's Innovation Guru Shares Secrets at Inaugural Innovation Summit
Large corporations must create innovation strategies to produce the best solutions for their customers, their employees and their tech stacks.
Cboe Rolls Out Final Software for Mifid II
The exchange has completed its compliance strategy by releasing its final piece of software.
Solvassure Unveils GDPR Compliance Platform
The regtech firm has released a platform designed for compliance with the General Data Protection Regulation and the Accountability Regime.
Will Europe’s Unbundling Rules Expand to the US?
The unbundling of research and execution services in Europe is one of Mifid II’s most ambiguous mandates. Aggelos says the precedent Europe is setting could trigger a domino effect in the US markets.
The Entrepreneur: Furio Pietribiasi, Mediolanum Asset Management
The Italian managing director of Mediolanum AM explains why technology is critical to today's financial services industry.
JPMorgan Deploys Platform from In-Residence Graduate Mosaic Smart Data
Mosaic Smart Data is the first JPMorgan fintech graduate to see its product implemented throughout the financial giant’s operations.
Blake Grossman Joins Axioma's Board of Directors
Barclays Global Investors’ ex-CEO has been elected as a member of Axioma’s board of directors.
ABN Amro Clearing Adds Futures Markets to Fidessa EMS
ABN Amro Clearing has extended its partnership with Fidessa, adding futures markets to its EMS.
RSRCHXchange Launches Virtual Library Tool
New tool allows buy- and sell-side users to organize research content more efficiently.
Greece’s Deus Ex Machina Play
Aggelos finds that Hellenic Exchanges is treating Mifid II is an opportunity rather than another financial burden.
Final Call for Mifid II
National and privately owned stock exchanges across Europe, the heart and mind of the bloc’s financial marketplace, are gearing up for January 3, 2018, when Mifid II finally comes into force.
MPI Releases Stylus Workspace for Product Analysis and Monitoring
The new software introduces a number of preassigned factors for fund analysis on more complex products.
ECB to Examine Closer Target2 and T2S Integration
As Europe completes its plan for cross-border settlement, the European Central Bank decides on the future of the T2S platform.
European Exchanges Emerge as Biggest Winners from Mifid II
Three exchanges explain how the upcoming regulation is creating a field of new business opportunities in Europe.