Articles by Dan DeFrancesco
Bloomberg Buys Netbox Blue, Integrates Technology into Enterprise Compliance Platform
Bloomberg's purchase of Netbox Blue comes after the two firms held a partnership for two years.
Scotiabank Eyes Analytics in Partnership with Queen's University
The Toronto-based bank will spend over $1.5 million to create the Scotiabank Centre for Customer Analytics at Smith School of Business at Queen's University.
Bloomberg Buys Netbox Blue, Integrates Technology into Enterprise Compliance Platform
Bloomberg's purchase of Netbox Blue comes after the two firms held a partnership for two years.
AFTAs 2015: Best Technology Executive, Buy Side—John Marcante, Vanguard
Marcante has spent over two decades at Vanguard, serving in various roles.
AFTAs 2015: Best Cloud Initiative—The Northern Trust Company
Northern Trust is now able to design and deliver new applications and services to its clients faster through the cloud.
Eternally Internal: WH Trading CTO Mike Madigan
Mike Madigan has spent nearly 15 years at Chicago-based WH Trading, building the proprietary trading firm’s technology from the ground up.
AFTAs 2015: Best Analytics Initiative—The Northern Trust Company
Northern Trust is using big data tools like Splunk and Hadoop to create an application that tracks and analyzes financial transactions.
Dan DeFrancesco: The Other Side of the Story
Dan talks to the CTO of High-Frequency Trading shop, post Flash Boys.
Making a Better Industry: New Year's Resolutions for the Capital Markets
Cyber security, blockchain and SEFs all need work in 2016.
Finra's Tech Aims in 2016: Cyber Security, Technology Management, Data Quality Governance, Outsourcing
This is the 11th year that Finra has produced the Regulatory and Examination Priorities Letter.
HSBC Expands Global Custody Services into the US
Two HSBC employees discuss the firm's recent announcement.
Bitcoin, Blockchain Go Bigtime: A Look Back at Crypto Currencies & Distributed Ledgers in 2015
The biggest stories from the past year on bitcoin and blockchain.
Top Stories of 2015: Best of the Sell Side
Before 2016 rolls in, a look back at the year that was.
Casting 'Flash Boys': Picking the Stars for Michael Lewis' Next Blockbuster
Dan does a little bit of casting for Michael Lewis' most recent book following the release of "The Big Short" in theaters.
trueEX CEO Discusses Automated Execution, Processing Solution
Sunil Hirani, CEO of trueEX, talks with WatersTechnology about the launch of trueFIX and partnerships with JPMorgan and RBS.
Marto Capital CEO Talks Technology, Liquidity
Katina Stefanova, founder, CEO and chief investment officer of Marto Capital, discusses her views on technology and liquidity.
A Look Back at Waters USA: Pragmatic Innovation
Dan DeFrancesco takes a look back at Waters USA.
Bank of America's Whitston Describes Benefits of Horizontal Services Model
At Waters USA 2015, Alla Whitston, enterprise CTO for technology infrastructure at Bank of America, explained Persona, a new project that allows the firm to determine what technology should be afforded to its employees in a standardized way.
'True Engineering Work': Stratus Talks Solarflare Partnership
Jason Andersen of Stratus discusses his firm's partnership with Solarflare and future enhancements planned for the firm.
trueEX Separates Post-Trade Business from SEF
truePTS is a new entity that will focus on allocations, instant status notification and other processing capabilities.
Business, Technology a Smart Marriage at Innovation Centers
Dan looks at the wave of innovation labs popping up across the industry and points to one example as a great combination of technology and business.
Scotiabank Names Former CEO of BBVA Bancomer a Strategic Advisor for Global Digital Banking
Ignacio ‘Nacho' Deschamps talks with Dan DeFrancesco about his new role aimed at helping the Canadian bank with its digital transformation.
Dan DeFrancesco: The Art of the Deadline
Deadlines on regulations in the capital markets are rarely hard and fast. Dan discusses why the back and forth between regulators and firms is so frustrating.
Buy-Side Technology Awards 2015: Best Buy-Side Low-Latency Trading Network—Interactive Data
Speed, reliability and connectivity are the three biggest concerns when it comes to selecting a low-latency trading network, and this year Interactive Data’s 7ticks proved to be the best among a competitive bunch, becoming the second winner—after CFN…