Articles by Victor Anderson
December 2013: Mounting Accountability
In the business world, accountability is a valuable commodity. In fact, according to Victor, accountability is valuable regardless of its context. Period.
Platforms and Analytics to Address the Big Data Challenge -- Webcast
WatersTechnology gathered leading industry experts for a webcast on November 21, 2013 to discuss how financial trading firms are not only dealing with mounting data volumes, greater data varieties, and increased data velocity, but how they are deriving…
ETAS 2013: The Benefits of Going Commando
According to Pierre Dulon, CIO of Credit Agricole Corporate and Investment Bank, his organization needs to “transform” the way it delivers IT to the business, by reducing its operating costs, and crucially, establishing small, discrete commando-style…
Data Governance: Where Culture and Technology Intersect ─ Webcast
RIMES Technologies and Waters magazine recently gathered together a panel of data governance experts to discuss the operational, technical and cultural implications of designing and developing a sound, workable data governance framework, and the likely…
American Financial Technology Awards 2013: All the Finalists
The following firms, projects, teams and individuals have made the shortlists of the 16 categories that make up this year's American Financial Technology Awards (AFTAs) 2013. The awards are scheduled to take place on the evening of December 9 in New York…
Investment Book of Record special report
November 2013 - sponsored by: Bloomberg, DST, Eagle Investment Systems, SimCorp, SunGard
November 2013: Another Rod for Our Own backs
Almost seven years ago to the day, when I was still editor of Buy-Side Technology (BST), I wrote in one of my editor's letters that by launching the BST Awards, we had inadvertently made a rod for our own backs ─ while the awards represented a move in…
Aquis Names CCP Partners
Aquis Exchange, the proposed pan-European equities exchange, currently awaiting approval to open its door for business from the UK's Financial Conduct Authority, has named the Netherlands-based European Multilateral Clearing Facility (EMCF), LCH.Clearnet…
Risk Management special report
October 2013 - sponsored by: Eagle Investment Systems, S&P Capital IQ
October 2013: Proving the Worth of Marginal Gains
Just as cyclists focus on incremental improvements to enhance their performances, Victor points out that marginal gains in the high-frequency trading realm can still reap substantial rewards.
Top Sales Role at Misys for Brienzi
Misys, the Paris-headquartered provider of capital markets technology and services, has appointed Frank Brienzi as its new president and chief sales officer.
Mors Survey: Intra-day Liquidity Risk Projects Still Incomplete
Helsinki-based Mors Software, a provider of integrated real-time treasury and risk management technology to the sell side, has published the results of its annual liquidity risk management survey, carried out between May and July this year.
Instinet Extends Nighthawk Algo to Japan
Instinet, the New York-based agency-only broker, has introduced Nighthawk VWAP, a variant of its Nighthawk algorithm, which provides buy-side firms with aggregated access to the pre-market volume-weighted average price (VWAP) crosses in Japan.
Big Data Special Report
September 2013 - sponsored by: Cloudera, Intel, MarkLogic
The American Financial Technology Awards 2013 Are Here
The ninth annual American Financial Technology Awards (AFTAs) are set to open for entries on Monday September 9, 2013.
September 2013: Cheap is Expensive
The proverb, "buy cheap, buy twice," is known to pretty much all English speakers, and, as Victor explains, its use is particularly pertinent to the capital markets, especially when it comes to system selection.
Buy-Side Technology Awards 2013: Deadline Extended
Due to a flurry of last-minute requests for this year's BST Awards entry deadline to be extended, we have decided to close entries at the end of business (EST), Friday September 27.
Eze Software Group Enjoys Stellar Six Months
Six months is a long time in the life of a software company. Take the Eze Software Group as an example: The fledgling buy-side focused vendor – born in January this year after $56 billion private investment firm TPG stumped up the capital to acquire…
Waters Rankings 2013: Best Sell-Side OMS Provider — Bloomberg
The extent to which a company dominates the market in which it operates can be seen in the way its name becomes a proxy for all offerings in that particular segment. Hoover, Coke, Tannoy, and iPod are all examples of this phenomenon. So too is Bloomberg,…
Waters Rankings 2013: Best Portfolio Management System Provider — Bloomberg
If buy-side firms had to select two applications that were critical to managing their day-to-day trading operations, their order management system would be one, and their portfolio management system would be the other. It is hardly surprising, therefore,…
Waters Rankings 2013: Best Buy-Side OMS Provider — Eze Software Group
Eze Software Group, established in early January this year in the wake of its previous owner, ConvergEx Group, selling off two of its brightest lights—Eze Castle Software and RealTick, which it acquired from Barclays in late 2010—has had to negotiate…
Waters Rankings 2013: Best EMS Provider — Eze Software Group
The RealTick EMS, along with its sibling, Eze OMS, was unexpectedly acquired from ConvergEx Group earlier this year. Now that the dust has settled, the move looks to be both astute and fortuitous for the new owner, Eze Software Group.
Waters Rankings 2013: All Change, No Change
This year, the Waters Rankings can best be described as a mix of lots of change and no change at all—we welcomed a number of new victors to the winners’ circle who have taken their places alongside those vendors and service providers that continue to…