Feature
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…
European Exchanges: Roadmap to 2016
Four key European exchanges share their technology plans for the coming year.
Broker Commissions: The Great Unbundling Bungle
Handling sell-side research and commissions has typically been a mundane and relatively simple function for investment managers. But regulatory authorities in Europe are about to turn the process upside down with a little-known but potentially impactful…
Tag Team: McNamara and Zerbs Work Towards Common Tech Goals at Scotiabank
The two new heads of Scotiabank talk about the Toronto-based bank's latest projects and how they effectively work together.
Miscommunication: Bloomberg, Symphony and the Messaging Fight
Anthony Malakian speaks with industry participants to see how the messaging space has evolved and whether Symphony-or Bloomberg-have cause for concern.
Bracing for AnaCredit
Market participants raise concerns about ECB’s plan for analytical risk dataset
Darkness Rising: Can Dark Pools Cure What Ails Credit Trading?
There is widespread agreement that buy-side firms need to trade with each other to boost dwindling credit market liquidity, and at least 15 platforms are preparing to make it happen. In part one of this two-part feature, Kris Devasabai looks at the…
Digitization's Second Wave Finds Buy Side Seeking Wisdom From Within
Buy-side digitization has traditionally focused on making the client-facing portal right, often spending years and millions of dollars in the process of perfecting a front end. While that still remains a priority, technologists tell Tim Bourgaize Murray…
Assessing Evaluations
Firms' consumption of evaluated pricing is evolving because of regulation, sourcing and transparency issues
Unrealistic Expectations: 7 Capital Markets CIOs Discuss Current Challenges, Opportunities
An inside look at new technologies disrupting the market, and the ever-challenging 'people equation'.
Data Governance Plans Get Cross-Functional Emphasis
Components geared to managing data throughout a firm are gaining support from the right influencers
The Master Chef: Lou Eccleston Aims to Transform TMX Into a Tech Solutions Provider
Lou Eccleston talks about how his previous roles at Thomson Financial and McGraw Hill Financial have prepared him for taking on CEO duties at TMX Group.