Articles by Victor Anderson
Waters Rankings 2013: Best Cloud-based Service Provider — BT
BT has followed up its win in the corresponding category in the inaugural Sell-Side Technology Awards by being voted best cloud-based services provider by Waters’ readers thanks to its ubiquitous BT Radianz Cloud offering, which, since the beginning of…
Waters Rankings 2013: Best Mobile Solutions Provider — Morningstar
Morningstar pulled off something of a coup by winning what was unquestionably one of the most hotly contested of all the categories in this year’s Waters Rankings, given the current interest from all quarters of the industry in mobile communication.
Risk Management: Time to Get Real
It wasn’t long ago that it was acceptable for capital markets firms to manage their risk on an overnight basis, computing their various measures through lengthy batch processes while the markets slept. But that all changed with the 2008 credit crisis as…
Complex-Event Processing special report
July 2013 - sponsored by: Apama
Real-Time Risk Management webcast
Waters gathered leading industry experts for a webcast on June 26, 2013 to discuss how financial trading firms are looking to aggregate their risk exposure on a real-time basis and the challenges they face.
July 2013: The Tail Wagging the Dog
While trialing new technology, Victor is reminded of the importance of getting input from end-users.
Markit-Quartet Alliance to Yield Increased Risk Performance
Markit and Quartet FS, the London-based provider of in-memory analytics technology, have announced an alliance that, according to Markit, will enhance the way its Markit Analytics’ clients visualize stochastic risk calculations such as Risk Weighted…
Regulation special report
June 2013 - sponsored by: Linedata, SIX Financial Information
SST Awards 2013: A Leap of Faith
The inaugural Sell-Side Technology Awards, held on the evening of April 23 at the Marriott Marquis in Times Square, will be remembered for many things, not least because those in attendance were introduced to an American icon in the form of ex-Major…
Sell-Side Technology Awards 2013: Best Overall Sell-Side Product of the Year ─ Numerix
As with the Buy-Side Technology Awards, all category-winning products were considered for this award, the penultimate category of the Sell-Side Technology Awards and one of only two announced on the evening of April 21 at the Marriott Marquis in Times…
Sell-Side Technology Awards 2013: Best Sell-Side Data Management Product ─ Markit EDM
That Markit EDM ─ previously known as Cadis before Markit acquired the London-based data management technology provider in June last year — extended its focus from its buy-side stronghold to the sell side, is hardly surprising. That extension of its…
Sell-Side Technology Awards 2013: Best Implementation at a Sell-Side Firm ─ Caplin Systems
Of all the categories of this year’s Sell-Side Technology Awards, the award for the best implementation takes more stock of a vendor’s ability to deliver on its promise than any other.
Sell-Side Technology Awards 2013: Best Big Data Technology Provider to the Sell Side ─ OneMarketData
The concept of big data is an unusual phenomenon that has, since the global financial crisis of 2008, garnered attention from both buy-side and sell-side firms as they grapple with increased data volumes, the variety of sources and formats of that data,…
Sell-Side Technology Awards 2013: Best Sell-Side Newcomer (Vendor or Product) ─ Torstone Technology
In many respects, the inaugural Sell-Side Technology Awards mirrored the Buy-Side Technology Awards, launched back in 2007, not only because of their similar methodologies and many of the categories on offer, but also in terms of certain categories’…
Sell-Side Technology Awards 2013: Best Overall Sell-Side Provider of the Year ─ SunGard
The award for the best overall sell-side technology provider for 2013, the most prestigious of the categories comprising this year’s Sell-Side Technology Awards, and the second of two awards announced on the evening of April 21 at the Marriott Marquis in…
June 2013: Nothing Typical About the Buy Side
While a wide array of financial firms can be categorized as "buy-side" institutions, Victor says that when it comes to their technology needs, they can be as different as chalk and cheese.
Numerix Partners with Quartet FS for Real-Time Data Visualization and Reporting
New York-based Numerix, a provider of cross-asset analytics for derivatives valuations and risk management, has announced an alliance with Quartet FS, the London-based provider of in-memory analytics technology, that will see the two firms offer a…
Quantifi Hires Raveschoot as Head of EMEA Ops
Quantifi, the New York-based provider of analytics, trading, and risk management technology to the global OTC markets, has appointed Bruno Piers de Raveschoot as head of the firm’s EMEA operation.
Liquidnet Makes Senior Hires to Support Euro Growth
Liquidnet, the institutional block-trading platform used by some 700 buy-side firms, has appointed Julien Fougere and Stuart Thompson to its London-based EMEA trading team.
May 2013: Talk Can Prove Costly
Most vendors that service capital markets firms have top-notch offerings—anything less, and they wouldn't survive. So how do firms choose? Victor argues that civility can go a long way toward securing a deal.
Kames Capital Implements BI-SAM’s B-One Platform
Kames Capital, an Edinburgh-based asset manager with €EUR 65 billion under management and approximately 270 employees, and a subsidiary of Aegon Asset Management, has implemented BI-SAM’s B-One platform to support its performance and attribution…
Caplin, OpenFin Partnership to Drive HTML5 Adoption
London-based Caplin Systems, a provider of web-based development framework technology, and New York-based OpenFin, a provider of finance-grade runtime technology, have announced an alliance that combines the firms’ offerings with the objective of…
SunGard Unveils Valdi TCA Tool
SunGard has introduced Valdi Trading Analytics (VTA), a global offering that provides front-office personnel, particularly those within buy-side firms, with real-time trade execution performance and financial analytics support.
Markit’s Commission Management Tool Crosses the Pond
Markit has announced that its Markit Commission Manager platform, designed to assist buy-side firms manage and allocate commission credits across multiple sell-side institutions, is now available in Europe.