Opinion
Waters Wavelength Podcast: DTCC’s Peve on using tokenization to streamline private markets
Jennifer Peve, managing director and head of strategy and business development at DTCC, discusses the Digital Securities Management (DSM) platform the firm is working on for US private markets.
Waters Wavelength Podcast: Bill Murphy on innovation discovery
Bill Murphy, managing partner at Cresting Wave, is back on the podcast with Tony to talk about innovation discovery.
Waters Wrap: The changing role of the CDO (and NYSE’s musical chairs)
As data and analytics change, so too must the CDO function. Anthony also looks at the appointment of Lynn Martin as president of NYSE.
Waters Wrap: An EU consolidated tape—a story of market data costs & reality
After the European Commission released its proposal for an EU consolidated tape last week, Anthony explores some of the unanswered questions that still linger and what the greatest roadblocks appear to be.
Waters Wavelength Podcast: Sustainability and the circular economy
Garry Cooper, CEO and co-founder at Rheaply, joins the podcast to discuss the circular economy and how technology plays a part.
Regulators turn gaze on ESG rating providers—for better or worse
Governments around the world are looking to clamp down on providers of ESG ratings and data products. Jo wonders what the implications could be for a still nascent market.
The future of algo trading: Using deep learning to more accurately predict equity market volumes
OpEd by Sam Clapp, Mizuho Americas equities, and Don Hundley, Japan head of Mizuho equities electronic trading
Waters Wrap: Nasdaq, Quandl and the next phase of the alt data craze
Anthony looks at how Nasdaq's Quandl strategy ties into other trends spreading through the market.
Waters Wavelength Podcast: IBM’s Likhit Wagle on modernizing mainframes
IBM’s general manager of global banking and financial markets joins the podcast to talk about the importance of modernizing mainframes.
Waters Wrap: What TT’s new owners & CEO could mean for the industry going forward
Once the target for acquisition, Trading Technologies is now on the lookout for companies it will look to acquire to expand its asset class coverage. Anthony explores what that might mean for the industry.
Fee filings cloud hopes for cheaper NMS data
Aspirant ‘competing consolidators’ were hoping for a lot more leeway than they got in an important fee filing, Jo says. By Jo Wright
Waters Wrap: CME & Google—the first domino falls
Anthony explores some of the unanswered questions—and potential ripple effects—that come with the new partnership between CME and Google.
Waters Wrap: On cloud migrations and VCRs
Financial services firms are increasingly embracing public cloud offerings, but there have been stumbles along the way, including around scalability, throttling, and a lack of true multi-cloud connectedness. These are lessons that must be learned if…
Interoperability: Banks struggle with just how much they want for flagship platforms
For all the talk of interoperability within the capital markets, Wei-Shen wonders just how far firms are willing to go.
Waters Wrap: Examining Digital Asset’s DLT strategy (and its broader implications)
Digital Asset has slowly expanded its influence with exchanges in the APAC region, and this year has made additional inroads in the US and Europe. Anthony examines the company's wins and losses over the last seven years.
After Refinitiv deal, LSEG Labs builds machine-learning market impact tool
Geoff Horrell talks about the Lab’s innovation strategy after the Refinitiv acquisition, deep learning, and the ideation process.
Waters Wrap: On people and thinking outside the box when hiring
Anthony explains that Wall Street is too cookie-cutter when it comes to producing and attracting talent. As tech keeps on rapidly evolving, banks and asset managers are going to need to look beyond the usual ranks to find specialist skills.
Cloud: Capital markets’ Swiss Army knife
The best uses of the cloud so far have been as an enabler of performance and innovation. The best uses yet to come could reshape AI. So, Max warns, if you think cloud is about cutting costs, you’re thinking about it all wrong.
Waters Wrap: Will privacy-enhancing tech for the back office fall flat?
Anthony says that banks should be more concerned with cleaning up the technical debt accumulated in the back office, rather than dumping money into bleeding-edge technologies.
Waters Wavelength Podcast: State Street’s COO on acquisition strategy
Lou Maiuri, chief operating officer at State Street, joins the podcast to discuss State Street’s acquisition of Brown Brothers Harriman’s Investor Services business.
Waters Wrap: The expanding battle over reference data identifiers
Bloomberg, Broadridge, and Finra have all recently made news in the world of standards and identifiers. Anthony looks at some of the questions the reporters at WatersTechnology will be asking going forward.
Waters Wrap: Owning the data & doing something unique with it—the ultimate alchemy
Based off of Max Bowie’s recent deep-dive feature, Anthony says that the world of alt data M&A—and the factors that drive these deals—is likely to change in the near future. For an analogy, just look to sushi.
Waters Wrap: Get ready for the low-code, no-code explosion
Anthony looks at some recent developments in the low-code and no-code spaces, and tries to better understand what’s hype and what’s reality.
Waters Wrap: Some random thoughts about Big Tech disruption and M&A in Q4
Anthony looks at what he thinks will be the biggest topics during the last quarter of 2021.