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Victor Anderson
Victor Anderson is editor-in-chief of Waters magazine and WatersTechnology. He joined the Risk Waters Group, now part of Incisive Media, in 2001. Victor was born and grew up in South Africa and was an English, History of Art and Director of Sports teacher before making the change to journalism. Before leaving South Africa, while working for Redsand Publishing, he edited a number of magazines for the United Cricket Board of South Africa, the South African Rugby Football Union, and the Professional Golfers' Association of South Africa.
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Articles by Victor Anderson
July 2016: In Fintech, God Is in the Details
The key to successful implementations, Victor says, is to sweat the small stuff.
Out of Africa: Newton Investment Management's Paula Walter
Paula Walter didn’t take the shortest, most direct route to her current role as CTO of Newton Investment Management. For starters, she grew up literally on the other side of the world from the UK, while her tertiary education prepared her more for life…
Brexit: This Too Will Pass
On the morning of the 100th anniversary of the start of the Battle of the Somme, Victor Anderson explains what Brexit and the current political turmoil might mean to our industry's third-party technology community.
The Low-down on the DTCC’s Distributed-Ledger Technology Initiative
The DTCC's Rob Palatnick chats to Victor Anderson about his firm’s use of distributed-ledger technology and when we might see its deployment in a live, production environment.
Jupiter AM's Cunningham Talks About New Technologies and Blockchain's Capital Markets Role
Victor Anderson catches up with Tom Cunningham, Jupiter Asset Management's IT director,at this year's London-hosted Buy-Side Technology European Summit.
June 2016: Poignancy and People Power
While it’s important to focus on the technology that drives our industry, it’s similarly important to acknowledge the human aspects.
BST European Summit 2016: Interview with Barclays Wealth's Philip Best
Philip Best, chief risk officer of Barclays Wealth, chats to Victor Anderson about the risk management challenges facing him and his organization.
WSBA’s Quaranta: Education is Key to Unlocking Blockchain Adoption
Ron Quaranta, chairman of the Wall Street Blockchain Alliance, explains that education is the key to encourage the adoption and roll-out of blockchain and distributed-ledger technology.
BST European Summit 2016 Keynote: Collaboration Key to Establishing Trust
Close collaboration and delivering regular value to the firm's business users are the keys to establishing trust, according to Paula Walter, CTO at London-based Newton Investment Management.
Distributed Ledger-Technology: Fingers will be Burnt
A lot has already been written about blockchain and distributed-ledger technology, but Victor believes this is only the start. If anything, he says, the hype will accelerate.
Sell-Side Technology Awards 2016 Winners’ Interview: AxiomSL
AxiomSL's work with Standard Charter landed it the best implementation at a sell-side firm category in this year's SST Awards. Anthony Malakian chats to Alex Tsigutkin about the win.
Sell-Side Technology Awards 2016 Winners’ Interview: Numerix
Anthony Malakian chats to Numerix's Jim Jockle about his firm's two wins at this year's Sell-Side Technology Awards.
Sell-Side Technology Awards 2016 Winners’ Interview: SmartStream
Anthony Malakian chats to SmartStream's Kurt Eldridge about his firm's win in this year's SST Awards.
Sell-Side Technology Awards 2016 Winners’ Interview: Fenergo
Anthony Malakian chats to Fenergo's Mick Furlong about his firm's win in this year's SST Awards.
Sell-Side Technology Awards 2016: All the Winners and Why they Won
This year's Sell-Side Technology Awards, held at the Marriott Marquis in New York on April 21, featured 26 individual categories and 27 winners. Here is an overview of this year’s winners and why they won.
Sell-Side Technology Awards 2016: Best Sell-Side Automated Trading Platform — Clearpool Group
Autonomy launched in February 2015
Sell-Side Technology Awards 2016: Best Sell-Side Credit Risk Product — Numerix
This win makes it four in a row for the New York-based specialist risk provider.
Sell-Side Technology Awards 2016: Best Overall Sell-Side Product of the Year — R3
R3 was launched with 43 member banks.
Sell-Side Technology Awards 2016: Best Sell-Side Technology Provider of the Year — SmartStream
Numerix was the other co-winner in this category.
Sell-Side Technology Awards 2016: Best Sell-Side Technology Provider of the Year — Numerix
SmartStream was the other co-winner in this category.
Sell-Side Technology Awards 2016: King Holds Court
Write-ups by Victor Anderson, Anthony Malakian, Dan DeFrancesco and John Brazier.
Sell-Side Technology Awards 2016: Best Sell-Side Reconciliation Platform — SmartStream Technologies
SmartStream has won this category every single year.
Sell-Side Technology Awards 2016: Most Promising Sell-Side Start-Up — R3
The firm was founded in September 2015 by a consortium of nine banks (that number has since swelled to 43)
May 2016: The Back Office Must Be Loving This
Fintech is all about the front office, but Victor says blockchain could shine the spotlight on the back office.