Articles by James Rundle
Waters Wavelength Podcast Episode 76: Radziemski Talks Machine Learning, Robotic Process Automation & Public Cloud Adoption
Former-Lord Abbett CIO Michael Radziemski sits down with James and Anthony to talk about three big topics: machine learning, robotic process automation and public cloud adoption.
Tech Investment Could Help UK Asset Managers Meet FCA's Calls for Sweeping Changes
Markets watchdog releases blistering criticisms of client charges and proposes all-in fee
Vontobel Selects Clearstream for Funds Processing
Swiss asset manager to use CSD's Vestima platform amid wider technology drive
FSB: No Systemic Risk from Fintech Now but Counsels Future Vigilance
International regulators say it's too soon for fintech such as blockchain or robo-advisors to pose a threat to financial stability, but warns that caution is still necessary.
The Walls Really Do Have Ears
The awful inevitability of cyberattack—and how the threats are only growing
Waters Wavelength Podcast Episode 75: An Update on the Julia Programming Language; AI & Alternative Data; Digital Currencies
Julia Computing's Viral Shah talks about the programming language he helped create and what's ahead for it. Then James and Anthony talk about the pairing of AI & alternative data, digital currencies, and Game of Thrones.
European Credit Repo Market Ripe for D2C Automation
Highly manual processes in a key European funding market may be forced to automate, industry group suggests.
Quantave Pushes for Institutional Processes in Digital Currencies
Startup enters closed beta with ambitions to create regulated processes around bitcoin trading.
LCH Adds BNZ as Clearing Member
Clearinghouse adds first New Zealand member amid other developments in Asia-Pacific
SIX Launches Advanced Settlement After Vontobel Pilot
New system will centralize the generation and management of settlement instructions.
Waters Wavelength Podcast Episode 74: The Regtech Craze & Clearing Concerns
Anthony and James look at why London clearinghouses may be in danger and the use of cognitive tools to monitor employees.
Looking for Questions Where the Answer Is Blockchain
Or, how I learned to stop worrying and love the distributed ledger.
Compliance Chiefs Turn to Cognitive Tech for Surveillance
Stitching together information by using cognitive tech could yield significant advantages for compliance.
Park Square Upgrades Tech in Straight-Through Processing Drive
Credit provider selects IHS Markit’s thinkFolio platform for portfolio modelling and compliance.
Tech Challenges Loom as Europe Eyes London’s Clearinghouses
New EU rules suggest London-based clearinghouses may be forced to relocate to the eurozone.
R3's Corda Enters Public Beta after HP Deal
Corda platform set for public release as R3 builds to 1.0 release.
Davie Returns to LCH in Rates Role
Former COO returns to clearinghouse to head up rates, compression and uncleared derivatives projects.
Brexit and the Buy Side
Hung parliaments are rarely a good thing for stable democracies or buy-side strategies.
Waters Wavelength Podcast Episode 73: The UK Election, Brexit & Fintechs; The Bloomberg Point-Port Integration
An examination of what the UK election and eventual Brexit negotiations could mean for London's fintech space followed by a discussion of Bloomberg's Point-Port integration.
Bank of China HK joins NEX’s EBS Direct
Addition of major offshore renminbi trading bank to platform follows recent moves in China.
Market Cops Dust for Fingerprints in Modern Spoofing Cases
Data analytics are now being used to track manipulative trading, increasingly in real time.
SEC Eyes Risks in Rapid Fintech Deployment
“We’ve hired a few quants that used to design HFT models and worked at HFT firms. We’ve actually been working on—and have a prototype for—high-speed analytics on trading. That’s something our quant team has worked on a lot over the past year."
Data Management Transforms the Roles of Buy Side and Vendors
Feature sponsored by Rimes Technologies
James Rundle: No CHF-ing Way
Could better risk tech on FX desks helped in the Swiss franc debacle?