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Market Surveillance: Rising to the Challenge
It’s clear that a culture of bad practice has deep roots in the industry, and more effort is needed to restore trust.
All Roads Lead to Rome: Navigating IFRS 9
While IFRS 9’s development started before the full grip of the financial crisis took hold in the fall of 2008, in the wake of the collapse, it became clear that banks needed to do a better job of measuring and monitoring their credit losses. This new…
Pragmatic Steps Highlight Syndicated Loans' Latest Tech Push, Part II
Learning from previous efforts, incremental steps are now realizing significant benefits for the space — which, sources on both the buy and sell side say, is just what the doctor ordered as new, less experienced investors ponder entry. Tim Bourgaize…
'Scratching and Clawing,' Syndicated Loans Tack Toward Progress: Part I
Learning from previous efforts, incremental steps are now realizing significant benefits for the space — which, sources on both the buy and sell side say, is just what the doctor ordered as new, less experienced investors ponder entry.
Data Lakes: Uncharted Waters
Anthony Malakian examines why data lakes are growing in popularity, and the risks that they pose.
The Future of FX: Too Many Cooks?
Over half of all trades in the foreign exchange market are now conducted electronically, with new players and venues entering the market.
Off the Chain: The Blockchain Battle
Tim Bourgaize Murray surveys industry perspectives on Blockchain's potential, and finds a battle brewing.
Molded Through Merger: A Look Back at Major M&A Activity
A recent spate of M&A activity has helped shape our industry into what it is today.
Diving Deeper Into Evaluated Pricing Sources
The sourcing of data is becoming increasingly important to evaluated pricing consumers
Data Sharing: The Unexpected Cyber Shield
Automated sharing of information could be one way to pre-empt attacks
Northern Trust's Scott Murray: One Step Ahead
Scott Murray, CTO of Chicago-based Northern Trust, always keeps an eye on the future.
Perfection Impossible: Risk Aggregation
Strapline: Data Management
Data's Clouded Horizons
Can Data-as-a-Service help financial institutions with data management?
Digesting MiFIR's Technical Standards
Experts weigh in on data management and governance challenges that regulation brings
Buy or Die? Capital Markets M&A Activity Ramps Up
After a quiet number of years, a recent spate of M&A activity has re-shaped the financial technology landscape as large technology providers respond to market demand for new technologies by acquiring smaller, more innovative players. But what makes a…
Beyond the Credit Crunch: The New Credit Risk Landscape
John Brazier takes a look at the credit risk space to find out what has really changed since the credit crunch.
The Finite Sunshine of the Cyber Mind
Anthony Malakian spent the morning at a recent cyber security event and reports on where the industry stands when it comes to defending itself from hackers.
The Mila Mess: Finding Out What's Wrong with Mercado Integrado Latinoamericano
Dan DeFrancesco looks into what isn't working with Latin America's Mila.
JPMorgan Asset Management's Curt Engler: Building Bigger Better
As head of trading for JPMorgan Asset Management’s massive US equities desk, Curt Engler talks his firm's growing buy-side presence.
Industry Consortium to Build Standard Identifier for Derivatives
ISDA-led project aims to develop ISIN-like standard to address regulatory and liquidity challenges
Progress Report: KYC Utilities 18 Months On
Benefits are emerging from the efforts of four well-known service providers to launch KYC data facilities
Quality's Continuing Journey
The importance of high quality data will not recede under the influence of a new utility initiative emphasizing lower costs, data managers say
Analytical Layer Cake
Data analytics is evolving the sophistication of data, building its information value and transforming its nature
Dark Pool Bond Trading: Getting Buy-Side Buy-In
In the second part of this two-part feature, the first of which appeared in the August 2015 issue of Waters, Kris Devasabai looks at the impact dark liquidity pools will have on the global bond trading marketplace, and the likelihood of buy-side firms…