Articles by Victor Anderson
Building Web-based Trading Applications video webcast
Is it feasible to adopt HTML5 as an enterprise development technology now, what are the issues, and how can they be addressed? WatersTechnology gathered leading industry experts to discuss this on September 20, 2012.
Atlanta Capital Rolls Out Charles River IMS Version 9
Atlanta Capital, an Atlanta, Ga.-based investment advisory firm with $13.5 billion under management that operates as an independent subsidiary of Eaton Vance Corp., has implemented the Charles River Investment Management Solution (IMS) Version 9 to…
Markit EDM Platform Underpins Friends Life’s Growth Strategy
Friends Life Investments, the London-based, recently established asset management arm of the Friends Life Group, which launched in July this year with approximately £6 billion under management, is live on the Markit Enterprise Data Management (EDM)…
Conning Implements BI-SAM’s B-One Performance and Risk Attribution Platform
BI-SAM’s B-One flagship offering provides buy-side users with a performance platform that supports equities, fixed income, balanced and risk attribution, in addition to GIPS compliance.
BlueCrest Turns to Axioma for Risk Modeling Support
Hedge fund will use Axioma's risk models to provide risk data to its equity strategies and to support the portfolio construction process.
Risk & Compliance special report
September 2012 - sponsored by: FTEN, a Nasdaq OMX company, NICE Actmize, SIX Financial Information
September 2012: Sanity Prevails
As Knight teetered on the brink of collapse, Victor says the lessons from the financial crisis guided the response.
SEI Kicks Off Form PF Service
Form PF offering entails SEI filing the form electronically on behalf of clients, easing their time, infrastructure, and expense burdens.
Momentum AM Live on Charles River IMS
Momentum has approximately $22 billion under management spread across a variety of mandates from risk-profiled unitized pooled portfolios to segregated specialist asset-class portfolios.
Triple Jump Selects eFront to Support Microfinance Funds
FrontInvest's investee portal will enable more than 160 microfinance institutions to report their financial figures to Triple Jump, which will use the dashboards within FrontInvest to consolidate its portfolio data.
August 2012: Armageddon? What Armageddon?
So far, 2012 hasn't produced the avalanche of heavy-handed regulations that the industry feared it would. Instead, Victor says the upcoming US election necessitates a more measured approach.
Waters Rankings: Where Have the Last 10 Years Gone?
The Waters Rankings, now in their 10th year, have never been more closely contested between nominees, or more popular among Waters readers, illustrating the extent to which buy-side and sell-side firms have come to rely on technology and services to…
SIX Swiss Exchange and Liquidnet Expand SLS Offering
Expansion of SIX Swiss Exchange Liquidnet Service increases the number of markets covered by SLS to 11, and the stocks on offer to 4,200.
Silica Upgrades to DST’s AWD10 Platform
AWD10 platform will assist Silica in improving its business processes by integrating and automating its third-party administration business.
China Life Implements DST's HiPort
By implementing the asset-servicing platform, China Life was able to integrate the accounting and valuation processes between its custodian bank and finance practice.
NYSE Euronext-TradingScreen Alliance Provides Access to Euro Central Order Book
NYSE Euronext will finance, for a period of three months, costs relating to software licenses allowing institutional investors to view the European Central Order Book.
Bank Pekao Rolls Out SunGard's Valdi for WSE Connectivity
Bank Pekao's traders will use Valdi to help improve and monitor order flows and provide a sales trading service.
Edwards Joins Equipos in Partner Manager Role
Edwards joins Equipos from Microsoft, where he led industry market development for the financial services sector.
July 2012: People Power
Technology may be the driver of the industry, but Victor says people and their relationships are at the heart of it.
KLP AM Selects Algorithmics for Risk Management
Asset manager will implement the Algo Risk Service across all its portfolios to create a more integrated risk management function linking its portfolio managers, risk managers and client advisors.
Marilyn Watson's Passing
SimCorp's long-time PR face passes away while on holiday in Cyprus.
Credit Suisse AM Looks to SEI for Middle-Office Suite
SEI now provides CSAM with a range of middle-office services, including fixed-income analytics, trade processing, investment accounting, end-client invoicing and reporting, as well as amortization and updated portfolio positions and pricing
DST and QED Announce Compliance Alliance
The QED Anova Platform will provide users with flexible performance, aggregation and distribution of data for middle-office compliance purposes.