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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Thomson Reuters and Lepus carry out data-management survey
Thomson Reuters and independent research firm Lepus have published a survey highlighting the responsibility fragmented IT systems played in the financial crisis and the role data will play as the market rebuilds.
DST Global Solutions launches risk consulting service
DST Global Solutions' Investment Management Solutions (IMS) business has launched a range of risk consulting services to address various aspects of buy-side firms' risk management challenges. Edward Dumas, DST Global Solutions' head of risk solutions for…
Investit survey: managers identify priorities for 2010
Senior executives from the investment management industry feel sufficiently optimistic about the future that they are expanding into new geographical locations, according to a survey conducted at Investit's bi-annual industry conference.
SunGard integrates algo tools with QuantHouse feeds
SunGard has integrated its smart order routing and algorithmic trading tools, GL Stream and GL Tactics, with market-data feeds from QuantHouse, the Paris-based provider of ultra-low latency market-data technologies.
Maitland stops the clocks
Maitland Fund Services, based in the South African buy-side stronghold of Cape Town, has, according to Nick Baikoff, the firm's head of asset services, altered the clock speed for itself and its clients by developing a real-time front- to back-office…
Algorithmics whitepaper: front office driving credit value adjustment
The market volatility experi enced during the 2008 financial crisis has forced financial institutions to reassess their traditional approach to counterparty credit risk. A number of banks have moved beyond the control mindset of credit limits to…
Middle-office move
A decade ago, the typical buy-side firm comprised three distinct areas: the front, the middle and the back offices, each responsible for managing its own well-defined functions. But that is no longer the case as buy-side firms look to move traditional…
SimCorp introduces new front-office suite
Copenhagen-based specialist buy-side technology provider SimCorp has released a new front-office suite within SimCorp Dimension, its front-to back-office investment management platform. The suite features scalable front-office support for portfolio…