Operations
WatersTechnology has been covering the industry’s operations needs for over 30 years, focusing on the technologies and operational practices that buy-side and sell-side firms can develop and implement as a means of improving their operational resilience, throughput and efficiency, in addition to enhancing their operational transparency and regulatory compliance. Combining news, events, awards, research and thought-leadership, this site should be a resource hub to help educate the market on these areas.
Strategies for global operational resilience: Adapting to Dora and incoming regulatory requirements
A webinar exploring best practices for enhancing operational resilience within financial institutions
Balancing digital innovations with operational resilience
Many banks and financial services firms are pushing forward with digital innovation projects, seeking efficiencies and competitive advantage. But how can firms embed operational resilience as part of their transformation journey?
Latency under the spotlight
Welcome to Latency under the spotlight, a series of three short discussions focusing on latency across the financial services industry from a number of different perspectives. Joining Victor Anderson is Stefan Schlamp from Deutsche Börse.
Managed services under the spotlight
A series of four short podcasts focusing on managed services across the financial services industry
DTCC urges affirmation focus ahead of T+1 move
On May 28, large numbers of securities transacted across the North American marketplace will be required to settle one day after they are executed. DTCC is urging all market participants to scrutinize their existing technology and operational procedures,…
Northern Trust: Improving transparency across the asset servicing market
Northern Trust won three categories in the 2023 American Financial Technology Awards. Paul d’Ouville, global head of technology solutions and servicing at Northern Trust, discusses his firm’s fourth consecutive win in the Best reporting initiative…
Shining a light on fixed income
Fixed income as an asset class has presented the market with several challenges due to the OTC model by which the bulk of securities are traded
Buy-side compliance: Firms seek customizability and automation
This survey sheds light on the types of systems already in place at buy-side firms, the efficacy of those systems and their compliance-related challenges—the most acute being the need to improve automation levels and the desire for system customizability…
Demand for managed services grows as firms focus on the bottom line
WatersTechnology and SmartStream recently conducted an online survey on the current and future shape of the managed services market across the industry. The research underlines the extent to which the quality of the relationship between capital markets…
Operational resilience and security drive DTCC’s agenda
As capital markets firms continue their digitization drive and look to the cloud for increasingly large swaths of their technology and data needs, they also inadvertently expose themselves to a range of operational risks.
Quantifying Portfolio Managers’ Skills for a More Vibrant Active Equities Industry
Cabot Investment Technology, a FactSet company, explains how asset owners are leveraging their metrics to give them an enhanced understanding of their external managers and greater confidence in their allocations
Exchange Trends—The Technology Challenges for Start-Ups
Start-up exchanges are looking at how to offer different types of trading methodologies and contracts to the marketplace. At the same time, decentralized finance and digital assets are shaping the future of all financial exchanges, and there is plenty of…
This Week: Symphony, Nasdaq, Interactive Brokers, Finos, MSCI, and more
A summary of some of the past week’s financial technology news.
People Moves: BNY Mellon, BNP Paribas, Liquidnet, and more
A look at some of the key "people moves" from this week, including Winnie Chen (pictured), who joins BNY Mellon as APAC head of treasury services.
This Week: BlackRock/Cassini Systems, Standard Chartered, and more
A summary of some of the past week's financial technology news.
People Moves: Rimes, LCH, LSEG, ACA
A look at some of the key people moves from the past week, including Brad Hunt (pictured), who joins Rimes Technologies as its new CEO.
People Moves: HKEx, LSEG, Esma, Finos, and more
A look at some of the key people moves from the past week, including Nicolas Aguzin (pictured), who joins HKEx as its new CEO.