Articles by Dan DeFrancesco
Dash, LiquidPoint Merge to Form Dash Financial Technologies
Peter Maragos, current CEO of Dash, will serve as CEO of new entity.
CFTC Chairman Timothy Massad Resigns
Massad will leave the regulator Jan. 20, Inauguration Day.
Waters Wavelength Podcast Episode 50: Dos and Don’ts for PR People, Part Two
An updated listed of rules all media relations teams should follow.
Best of Waters Wavelength Podcast
All the best episodes from 2016.
Webcast: Benefits of a Utility Model for Fees and Expense Management
This webcast, sponsored by SmartStream, explores the benefits of a utility model for dealing with firms' fees and expenses.
Wells Fargo Leads $18 Million Series A for Axoni
Distributed-ledger technology fintech now has over $20 million in funding.
J.P. Jolly Named Global Head of Payments, Receivables at Citi
Jolly will remain a member of the firm's Treasury and Trade Solutions global executive committee.
Waters Wavelength Podcast Episode 49: Victor Anderson, Waters Editor-in-Chief
Dan and Victor discuss the biggest topics of 2017.
Top Stories of 2016: Best of the Sell Side
Distributed-ledger technologies, cyber security and regulation grabbed headlines this year.
Tora Creates Charting Tool Powered by ChartIQ
Platform allows users to trade directly from charts and plot fills against real-time market data.
Waters Wavelength Podcast Episode 48: Max Bowie, Editor of Inside Data Management
Dan talks with Max about what to expect from IDM going forward.
TV Time for Financial Folks
It's time to fill up that Netflix queue.
CME Clearing Joins IHS Markit's Netting Synchronization Service
Service will initially support cleared interest rate swaps, basis swaps, forward rate agreements, overnight index swaps and swaptions.
Bloomberg Tradebook Adds New Algo for Cross-Asset Trading Platform
Users can now trade a security relative to a set benchmark.
Buy-Side Technology Awards 2016: Winners' Circle—Fidessa
Fidessa executive discusses how its maintained success.
Buy-Side Technology Awards 2016: Winners' Circle—IHS Markit
Markit EDM director chats about the evolution of the platform.
Buy-Side Technology Awards 2016: Winners' Circle—S3 Partners
S3 Partners’ Blacklight came out on top in the data analytics category in this year’s Buy-Side Technology Awards. Robert Sloan, managing partner for S3 Partners, talks with Dan DeFrancesco about how the firm was able to separate itself from other…
Buy-Side Technology Awards 2016: Winners' Circle—Symbiont
Firm's president and chairman discusses the win.
Buy-Side Technology Awards 2016: Winners' Circle—SS&C Advent
Robert Roley, senior vice president and co-general manager at SS&C Advent, talks with Dan DeFrancesco about the evolution of Geneva and how the firm plans to grow the platform going forward.
Buy-Side Technology Awards 2016: Winners' Circle—RIMES Technologies
RIMES Technologies’ dominance in the best data provider category at the Buy-Side Technology Awards is absolute, given that it has won this category for 10 straight years. Alessandro Ferrari, executive vice president of global marketing at RIMES, talks to…
Linedata Releases New Version of Portfolio Management System
Version 6.3 of Linedata Global Hedge includes new order-generation tools.
Waters Wavelength Podcast Episode 47: Virtual Reality, Insider Trading
Dan and Anthony chat about Waters' biggest annual conference.
Buy-Side Technology Awards 2016: Best Buy-Side Commodities Trading Platform—Rival Systems
This is Rival Systems' first Buy-Side Technology Award.
Buy-Side Technology Awards 2016: Best Buy-Side Market Surveillance Tool/Platform—Nasdaq SMARTS
This is the first year of the category at the Buy-Side Technology Awards.