Articles by Victor Anderson
Sell-Side Technology Awards 2017: Best Implementation at a Sell-Side Firm—AxiomSL
The best implementation award is the only category of all 30 on offer in this year’s Sell-Side Technology Awards where the outcome is determined by the effectiveness of a technology implementation at a sell-side firm. By winning this award, New York…
May 2017: Reasons to Be Cheerful
While many fintech firms have come and gone, Victor argues that the industry is better served now than ever.
Waters Rankings 2017 Now Open for Entries
Fintech firms and capital markets service providers are now able to post their entries to the 15th annual Waters Rankings. Entries close on May 12.
Financial Reconciliation: The Road to end-to-end Automation
WatersTechnology is keen to find out more about the challenges and benefits facing capital markets firms when it comes to managing reconciliations and how they should go about assessing the most important features of a reconciliation platform.
StatPro Completes its Revolution through UBS Delta Acquisition
StatPro has announced that it is set to acquire UBS Delta, UBS’ risk and performance analytics service, in the latest of a string of acquisitions across the buy-side fintech industry.
StatPro Blazes an Agile Trail with Revolution Performance Release
Victor Anderson speaks to StatPro’s Neil Smyth about Revolution Performance, the firm's new performance platform/engine, and the extent to which clients have embraced cloud-based, middle-office applications.
April 2017: Headlines and Deadlines
"But what about the January 3, 2018, Mifid II deadline? To what extent are capital markets firms’ minds concentrated on that deadline?"
Fees and Expense Management Interview Series Part I: Understanding Fees and Expense Management
In part one of this three-part series, Victor Anderson chats to SmartStream's Bharat Malesha about the challenges facing capital markets firms when it comes to fees and expense management.
The Long and Winding Road to IBOR Nirvana
Victor Anderson speaks to SimCorp’s Stephen Butcher about the IBOR proposition facing buy-side firms, the business benefits realized on the back of such projects, and the operational and technology variables asset managers need to consider when embarking…
Risk and Reward: Natixis and BISAM Push the Risk Envelope
Natixis Global Asset Management’s Marina Gross explains the rationale for selecting BISAM as the build partner for its Portfolio Clarity Web Portal.
A Product of Participation: Saxo Makes the Case for Interbank Collaboration
Victor Anderson chats to Saxo Bank’s Jennifer Hansen about the Danish bank's collaboration stance and the significant technology and financial benefits offered by inter-bank co-operation.
Watkins to Lead BNY Mellon Markets Team in EMEA
Dan Watkins has been appointed head of BNY Mellon Markets for EMEA, succeeding Richard Gill, who announced his retirement earlier this year.
Pentagon Snaps Up Vincent Silk
Clare Vincent Silk, an ex-senior member of Investit in London, has joined Pentagon Consulting as head of its advisory business.
March 2017: Master and Servant
Artificial intelligence will change the world, but Victor wonders whether it will get too smart for its own good.
Sell-Side Technology Awards 2017: Entries Extended by a Week
The entry deadline to WatersTechnology's 5th annual Sell-Side Technology Awards has been extended by a week to Monday February 13, 2017.
February 2017: The US Unleashes Its Trump Card
Despite an anti-regulation stance, the Trump administration is unlikely to completely repeal Dodd–Frank, Victor says.
AFTAs 2016: All the Winners and Why they Won
At a dinner held in midtown Manhattan on Dec. 5, the winners of this year's AFTAs were announced.
AFTAs 2016: Best Third-Party Technology Vendor CIO or CEO—Steven O’Hanlon (Numerix)
The 2016 American Financial Technology Awards features a number of new categories to the now decade-old line-up—13 new categories in all—the highest profile of which is the best third-party technology vendor CIO or CEO category, awarded to an individual…
AFTAs 2016: Best Data Management Initiative: Sell Side—Deutsche Bank
While not a complete stranger to the American Financial Technology Awards winners’ circle, Deutsche Bank has been conspicuous by its absence since its inaugural AFTAs win back in 2008 when it won the best global deployment category thanks to its Bank g…
AFTAs 2016: Best Use of the Agile Methodology—StatPro
New for the 2016 American Financial Technology Awards is the best use of the Agile methodology category, an award that reflects the continued adoption of Agile across the capital markets as the most efficient and practical software development model.
AFTAs 2016: Best Partnership or Alliance—MTS Markets & Bloomberg
In something of an anomaly in this year’s American Financial Technology Awards, MTS Markets and Bloomberg have won two different categories—best partnership or alliance and best collaboration initiative (see page 40)—with ostensibly the same initiative:…
AFTAs 2016: Best Middle-Office Initiative: Data Management, Reconciliation and Clearing—Indus Valley Partners
For the first time in the history of the American Financial Technology Awards there are vendor categories on offer, and it seems somewhat fitting that Indus Valley Partners (IVP), winner of the best buy-side reconciliation platform/service in the 2015…
AFTAs 2016: Most Cutting-Edge IT Initiative: Buy Side—Blackstone
Blackstone is no stranger to the AFTAs winners’ circle. The $350 billion New York-based asset manager won the best IT integration initiative in the 2014 AFTAs, while in 2013 it won the most cutting-edge IT initiative, and Bill Murphy, the firm’s CTO, was…
Sell-Side Technology Awards 2017 Open for Entries
WatersTechnology's 5th annual Sell-Side Technology Awards, focusing on the technology provided to sell-side institutions by third-party technology vendors and brokers, are open for entries.