Articles by Victor Anderson
August 2014: Start Me Up
There are no prizes for anyone identifying the August issue of Waters as the “start-up” issue. That is down to coincidence as opposed to design. Marina Daras travelled to Israel recently with the view to visiting a number of the country’s technology…
IBOR: No Walk in the Park
The investment book of record (IBOR) phenomenon currently sweeping the buy side shows no sign of slowing down, as asset managers on both sides of the Atlantic start moving down the road toward managing their investment positions and cash, not only on an…
Waters Rankings 2014: Best Performance Measurement and Attribution System Provider — ConvergEx Group
New York-based ConvergEx Group, a provider of brokerage and trading-related services, emerged top in this year’s performance measurement and attribution provider category, a win that will undoubtedly raise a few eyebrows, not because of PerformEx’s…
Waters Rankings 2014: Best Enterprise Data Management Systems Provider — Bloomberg PolarLake
It is no secret that large portions of the third-party technology vendor community have grown through acquisition as the market has evolved and matured—after all, it is cheaper, more time efficient, and significantly faster to market to buy an existing…
Waters Rankings 2014: Best Transaction-Cost Analysis System Provider — ITG
ITG, a New York-based agency brokerage and capital markets technology provider, follows up its success in the transaction-cost analysis (TCA) category in last year’s Buy-Side Technology Awards by winning the corresponding category in this year’s Waters…
Waters Rankings 2014: Best Reporting System Provider — Eze Software Group
There is little doubt that since the global financial crisis of 2008, capital markets firms, both on the sell side and the buy side, have been scrutinizing their vendor relationships, not only with the view to consolidating functionality and minimizing…
Waters Rankings 2014: A Shot in the Arm
There is little doubt that the Waters Rankings were in need of a revamp, having remained in their original format since their launch in 2003. And so, after consulting Waters’ readers, we decided to add four new categories, and more significantly, change…
Top Sales Role for Eagle’s Farrington
Wellesley, MA-based Eagle Investment Systems, a provider of investment management-focused technology and a subsidiary of BNY Mellon, has promoted Greg Farrington to head of sales, Americas.
Lombard Risk Looks to Leckie
London-based Lombard Risk Management, a provider of regulatory compliance, reporting, and collateral management technology to the capital markets, has appointed George Leckie to lead sales and business development for ComplianceASSESSOR, the firm's web…
July 2014: Beware the Snake Oil Salesman
The importance of technology in the capital markets cannot be understated, but when it comes to IBOR implementations, Victor says firms should be wary of vendors peddling all tech and no support.
Swap Futures Special Report
May 2014 ─ sponsored exclusively by Equinix.
Data Management Special Report
June 2014 ─ sponsored by Eagle Investment Systems, ClusterSeven, and Xenomorph.
DST Enhances Anova’s IBOR Capabilities
Surbiton, UK-based DST Global Solutions, a provider of technology and services to the investment management industry, has enhanced the investment book of record (IBOR) functionality within its Anova suite, which now provides buy-side firms with increased…
Tabb Appoints Perrotta as Head of Fixed-Income Research
New York-based research and consultancy firm Tabb Group has appointed industry veteran Anthony Perrotta as its new head of fixed-income research. Perrotta will report to Larry Tabb, the firm’s founder and CEO.
Citisoft launches Outsourcing Termination Service
Citisoft, the London-based buy-side technology and management consultancy, has launched an exit strategy and planning service to help asset managers mitigate the risks of a forced or voluntary exit from an outsourcing agreement.
Broadridge Extends Multi-Asset Processing Support
Lake Success, NY-based Broadridge Financial Solutions has extended is multi-asset post-trade processing support by broadening its exchange-traded derivatives processing platform.
Waters Rankings 2014 ─ Voting Has Now Closed
Voting in this year's Waters Rankings has now closed.
June 2014: HFT: No Longer a Whale of a Time
Despite recent buzz, high-frequency trading does not present opportunities to just anyone, as Victor points out that the feeding frenzy has shut out all but the most highly advanced firms.
Sell-Side Technology Awards 2014: Best Sell-Side Technology Provider of the Year — Markit
The technology provider of the year is traditionally the final category of both the Sell-Side Technology Awards and the Buy-Side Technology Awards, and is the second of only two awards announced at the dinner, decided by the Waters journalists. All of…
Sell-Side Technology Awards 2014: Best Overall Sell-Side Product of the Year — GoldenSource EDM Platform
There is only one company that has managed to trump the mighty Markit when it comes to the best data management product in either the Buy-Side Technology or Sell-Side Technology Awards. That company’s name is GoldenSource, and this is the year that it…
Sell-Side Technology Awards 2014: Best Implementation at a Sell-Side Firm — Torstone Technology
If London-based Torstone Technology were an athlete, it would fall squarely into the prodigy camp, having won an award—the best sell-side newcomer (product or category)—in last year’s inaugural Sell-Side Technology Awards, within a year of opening its…
Sell-Side Technology Awards 2014: Best Smart Order Routing Product/Tool — SunGard
They say that patience is a virtue and that good things come to those who wait. SunGard has done its time waiting in the wings recently across Waters various awards programs, which makes this win in the best smart order routing (SOR) product category…
Sell-Side Technology Awards 2014: Best Sell-Side Data Management Product — GoldenSource
Waters has written it before, but it’s worth noting again: Ask a decent-sized sample of CIOs from across the financial services industry what their biggest bug bear is, and you’re likely to hear something relating to their data—be that data cleanliness,…
Sell-Side Technology Awards 2014: Best Sell-Side Complex-Event Processing (CEP) Technology — Software AG (Apama)
There was a time, perhaps two years ago, when wherever you looked, complex-event processing (CEP), the technology darling of the capital markets, stared right back at you. Now, however, like so many other technologies that are part and parcel of the…