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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Buy-Side Technology Awards 2015: Best Overall Buy-Side Technology Provider for 2015—RIMES Technologies
The final category of the 32 on offer at this year’s Buy-Side Technology Awards, and the second to be announced at the November 6 awards luncheon held at Le Méridien in London, is that of the technology provider of the year. This category was decided by…
Buy-Side Technology Awards 2015: Best Buy-Side Product for 2015—Algomi Honeycomb
The first of two categories decided by the Waters journalists, where all of the previous 30 category winners were considered as potential recipients, goes to London-based Algomi, thanks to its outstanding Honeycomb offering. Honeycomb is a corporate bond…
Buy-Side Technology Awards 2015: Best Implementation at a Buy-Side Firm—Vermilion Software
In the write-up of this category for last year’s BST Awards, we noted Vermilion’s significant achievement in following up on its success in the 2013 awards by winning the best implementation category for a second year in succession, an achievement…
Buy-Side Technology Awards 2015: Best Buy-Side Performance Measurement and Attribution Product—BI-SAM
Ask any buy-side firm about their raison d’être and performance is likely to feature prominently in pretty much every response, irrespective of the size of the firm, the complexity of its investment strategies and operations, and the number of years it…
Buy-Side Technology Awards 2015: Best Buy-Side Data Management Product—Markit EDM
In April this year, Markit won the best data management provider category in the Sell-Side Technology Awards, a win that yielded the following statement in the category’s write-up in the May 2015 issue of Waters: “It’s a challenge when it comes to…
Buy-Side Technology Awards 2015: Best Data Provider to the Buy Side—RIMES Technologies
RIMES Technologies, it seems, just can’t stop winning the best data provider category in the Buy-Side Technology Awards. The New York-based specialist data provider to the global investment management industry, has, apparently without breaking sweat,…
Buy-Side Technology Awards 2015 Winners’ Interview: BI-SAM
Bill Haney, chats to David Dawkins about his first year in the CEO's role, and BI-SAM's plans for the year ahead.
Buy-Side Technology Awards 2015 Winners’ Interview: Fidessa
Paul Noakes chats to John Brazier about the evolution of compliance and how Fidessa is adapting in the face of new regulations.
Buy-Side Technology Awards 2015 Winners’ Interview: S3 Partners
Bob Sloan speaks to John Brazier about how the S3 Blacklight platform is addressing buy-side big data challenges.
Buy-Side Technology Awards 2015 Winners’ Interview: Algomi
Usman Khan talks to John Brazier about collaborating to address liquidity fragmentation in the corporate bond market.
Buy-Side Technology Awards 2015 Winners' Interview: Eze Software Group
Gerry Gualtieri chats to David Dawkins about the firm's move toward a single front-office platform, and its plans for the year ahead.
Fixing Benchmarks: The Impact of EU Benchmark Regs on the Buy Side
Buy-side firms that blend benchmarks in-house and therefore qualify as administrators are watching EU regulations carefully.
Buy-Side Technology Awards 2015 - All the Winners
Waters and WatersTechnology are proud to announce the winners of this year's BST Awards, held in London on Friday, November 6.
Big Hitters Build SPReD Utility
SPReD will provide commoditized services around data management on a utility model.
November 2015: How to Eat an Elephant
Victor says that as data continues to dominate the headlines in the capital markets, data management is a huge challenge that needs to be addressed.
Molded Through Merger: A Look Back at Major M&A Activity
A recent spate of M&A activity has helped shape our industry into what it is today.
American Financial Technology Awards 2015: Shortlists Announced
The shortlists for this year's American Financial Technology Awards, featuring 15 categories, have been compiled.
What Price Paradise?
Capital markets firms must move in an enterprise-wide risk management direction.
American Financial Technology Awards 2015: Last Few Days to Enter
Buy-Side and Sell-Side Firms have until Monday October 19 to submit their entries to this year's AFTAs.
Enterprise-wide Risk Management Special Report
Managing risk across the enterprise, especially when combining data from disparate systems, is a headache for all firms.
Q&A: Enterprise-wide Risk Management Part IV
Managing risk accurately and transparently across the entire organization is a huge challenge for all capital markets firms.
Q&A: Enterprise-wide Risk Management Part III
Managing risk accurately and transparently across the entire organization is a huge challenge for all capital markets firms.
American Financial Technology Awards 2015: Entry Deadline Extended
The entry deadline to this year's American Financial Technology Awards in New York has been extended to October 19.
Q&A: Enterprise-wide Risk Management Part II
Managing risk accurately and transparently across the entire organization is a huge challenge for all capital markets firms.