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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Managed Services Special Report
Special report focuses on the business benefits of contracting specialist providers to manage mission-critical services.
Waters Rankings 2015: Open For Entries
Entries to this year's Rankings are online only and all firms wanting to be involved in the survey must register.
Webcast: Harnessing Big Data Technologies for CAT Compliance
Panelists discuss the challenges facing broker-dealers in the US when it comes to complying with CAT mandates.
April 2015: Feeling Lucky?
Can capital markets CISOs afford to sit on their hands as cyber attacks increase in quantity and sophistication?
Panmure Gordon Looks to Torstone for Back-Office Support
Consolidating multiple in-house systems to a unified back-office platform was key for Panmure Gordon.
Calypso Unveils CATT Tool to Reduce TCO and Implementation Timeframes
Vendor claims new offering will reduce implementation timeframes by up to 40 percent.
March 2015: A Necessary Evil
SS&C Technologies' recent acquisition of Advent Software has the industry scratching its head.
SST Awards 2015: Entry Deadline Extended
Entries to this year's SST Awards will be accepted up until end of business (EST) Friday February 27.
NATAS 2015 Shaping Up Nicely
NATAS 2015 set to focus on cyber security, data analytics and risk management strategies.
Comment: SS&C Acquires Advent as Another Vendor Bites the Dust
SS&C's acquisition of Advent has turned it into one of the industry's foremost buy-side technology shops.
February 2015: Swings and Roundabouts
Victor reflects on staff changes, both at Waters and capital markets firms, and how best to move forward with new team members.
Webcast: The Business Benefits of Developing a Performance Book of Record
Panelists discuss the rise of PBOR projects across the buy side and the associated challenges.
Sell-Side Technology Awards 2015 ─ Open for Entries
There are four new categories on offer this year, taking the total number up to 28.
Fiserv and HedgeACT Announce Hedge Fund Alliance
Collaboration will allow investors access to hedge funds for as little as $100,000.
AFTAs 2014: Mission Accomplished
Launched a decade ago, the American Financial Technology Awards were, for their first seven editions, dominated by the sell side. But as we have come to expect in recent times, the buy side was well represented in 2014, with Janus Capital, MSD Capital,…
January 2015: The End of Our World as We Know It
For a variety of reasons, including the 2008 global financial crisis, Victor believes the capital markets universe is shrinking.
Swedish Pension Fund Opts for Advent’s Geneva Platform
Stockholm-based two billion dollar pension fund will access the Geneva platform via a hosted provider.
Calypso Opens Managed Service Center in Dublin
Vendor will enhance implementation services and offer pre-implementation, testing, post-implementation, and support.
CYMBA Unveils Silverstone Platform
New platform features much of the functionality already available in the CYMBA's Athena platform.
Chairman Role at ISDA for Litvack
Litvack is head of regulatory strategy for Société Générale's Global Banking and Investor Solutions business.
IRESS appoints Sancenot Head of Euro BizDev
Appointment is part of IRESS' strategy to expand its trading community in Europe and the UK.
Cloud Collaboration ─ Microsoft and Excelian Discuss their Cloud Alliance
Microsoft and Excelian discuss the benefits of their cloud-based, high-performance computing alliance.
BST Awards 2014 ─ All the Winners and Why they Won
Analysis of this year's BST winners and why they won their respective categories.
Buy-Side Technology Awards 2014: Winners' Circle—Essentia Analytics
Clare Flynn Levy returned to the buy-side technology industry at the start of 2013, founding Essentia Analytics, which won this year’s best data analytics category in the Buy-Side Technology Awards. Victor Anderson caught up with her recently to find out…