Articles by James Rundle
Buy-Side Technology Awards 2014: Best Buy-Side TCA Tool—ITG
While transaction-cost analysis (TCA) as a concept has been around the capital markets for a long time, the technologies supporting such functions have never had to be as rich or sophisticated as they do now. Buy-side clients expect not only basic…
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,…
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.
Major Banks Fined Billions for FX Market Abuse
Tier-one firms collectively penalized in joint regulatory action.
Moex Selects DataSpace
Moscow Exchange to use Russian firm as data center provider.
Iraqi Bourse Deploys Nasdaq Tech
Upgrades from Horizon to X-stream
Rimes Technologies' Steve Cheng on Data Governance, Managed Data Services
Steve Cheng and Victor Anderson discuss the hybrid data model, total cost of ownership, and good data governance.
IBOR: Driving Business Value for Investment Decisions -- Webcast
WatersTechnology gathered leading industry experts for a webcast on October 22, 2014 to discuss how firms are moving ahead with their own investment book of record implementations.
Open Source Technology within Financial Markets -- Webcast
WatersTechnology gathered leading industry experts for a webcast on October 21, 2014 to discuss how open source technology can be safely and effectively used within financial services firms trading on wholesale markets.
JSE Moves to Final T+3 Phase
The Johannesburg Stock Exchange (JSE) has announced the completion of phase two in its three-part plan to shift the South African securities market to T+3.
A Brief History of Power Outages
SGX isn't the only bourse to have juice issues.
Carlyle-Led Group to Buy Dealogic
Private equity firm leads $700 million acquisition.
Update: GFI Board Rejects BGC Offer
BGC insists its offer still stands.
Forget CDOs and Switch Vendors Every Two Years, Data Specialists Argue
Participants at a Waters roundtable lambast data providers, extoll virtues of hybrid model.
Commensus Adds Duane and Lacey
Former NYSE, Koris staff join managed services provider
Clearstream, StanChart Debut Singaporean Collateral Partnership
Firms move forward on collateral pool.
ICE Sets March Date for Singapore Launch
Intercontinental Exchange (ICE) has announced that ICE Futures Singapore and ICE Clear Singapore will commence operations under their new banner on March 17, 2015.
InvestSoft Extends IBOR Functionality
New performance module integrates with firm's platform.
DTCC and FS-ISAC JV Launches Cyber-Threat Platform
Soltra Edge will distil intelligence on threat vectors.
StanChart Goes Live with Collateral Highway
Bank joins Euroclear's financial network.
Electronic-Level Events
The phasing-out of fixed-income dinosaurs is underway, but is it a good thing?
James Rundle: Fixed Income’s Meteor Moment
With the recent glitches in the fixed-income market that brought about something of a Flash Crash, many now believe that a move toward fully electronic fixed-income trading will solve many of the issues we’ve seen over the past few years. But while the…