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Buy-Side Technology Awards 2017: Best Buy-Side Compliance Product—Charles River Development
It’s perhaps no surprise that, post-crisis, the compliance category has been one of the more competitive in the Buy-Side Technology Awards. Charles River, which last won this category in 2014, returns to the podium this year for its Investment Management…
Buy-Side Technology Awards 2017: Best Buy-Side Data Analytics Tool—FactSet
FactSet snags this year’s title for the best data analytics tool for the buy side, thanks to its suite of portfolio analytics. The vendor was also named best data analytics provider at the Inside Market Data/Inside Reference Data Awards held earlier this…
December 2017: Innovation—the Battle for Hearts and Minds
Victor says chief innovation officers are becoming more common in the industry, but they have their work cut out for them.
Buy-Side Technology Awards 2017: Best Buy-Side Back-Office Technology Provider—SmartStream Technologies
It is no secret that the front office has traditionally received the greatest attention from a technology perspective, both from capital markets firms themselves and the community of third-party technology vendor serving them. After all, when it comes to…
Buy-Side Technology Awards 2017: Best Integrated Front-Office Platform—Eze Software
Eze Software reclaims the best integrated front-office platform award, having last won the accolade in 2015.
Peeling Back European Regulations in 2018: What to Expect Next Year
Waters runs through the key facts you need to know about Mifid II, GDPR, BMR and Brexit.
Waters Wavelength Podcast Episode 98: A Focus on Asia, Rolet Out at LSEG, Nasdaq's Bitcoin Futures
Wei-Shen Wong joins the podcast to discuss some of the major trends affecting the APAC marketplace. They also examine Xavier Rolet's leave and Nasdaq's bitcoin futures play.
Mifid's Architect: Esma Chair Steven Maijoor
Europe’s top markets cop talks to Waters about Mifid II and III, Brexit, no-action letters, clearinghouses and the regulator’s future.
SmartStream Corporate Actions Video Series Part III: The Risks Associated with Manual Processing
Victor Anderson and Adam Cottingham discuss the upstream and downstream risks associated with manually-intensive corporate actions processes.
Waters Wavelength Podcast Episode 97: C-Level Execs Talk Bitcoin, Fintechs, Cognitive Computing & Open-Source Tech
In separate interviews, executives from AQR, JPMorgan, Cboe and IBM discuss topics permeating the capital markets.
Waters Wavelength Podcast Episode 96: CAT Concerns & Big Tech Takes Aim at Asset Managers
Anthony and James look at developments pertaining to the Consolidated Audit Trail and wonder if big-tech companies could challenge traditional asset managers.
Waters Wavelength Podcast Episode 95: Bitcoin/Blockchain News, BNP's Acquisition, Post-Trade Tech
Anthony and James take a look at some of the biggest news events from the past week.
Cash and Liquidity Management Special Report
Requirements for broader liquidity monitoring and increased liquidity thresholds is transforming cash and liquidity management practices and systems
Waters Wavelength Podcast Episode 94: The CME's Bitcoin Play & FSB Worries About AI
CME plans to launch futures on bitcoin in Q4 2017, while the FSB looks at AI as a threat.
Millennials Ruin Many Things, but Not Cybersecurity
The younger generation's knowledge of technology makes them far easier to teach cybersecurity policies to.
Buy-Side Technology Awards 2017: All the Winners and Why they Won
This year’s Buy-Side Technology Awards luncheon was held at the May Fair Hotel in London on November 3. Here are this year's winners accompanied by explanations of why they won their respective categories.
The Agility of DevOps
C-level executives from buy-side firms discuss how they're experimenting with DevOps, what its benefits are and where the challenges remain.
Demystifying the Use of Machine Learning & AI Within Financial Services
This webinar—which features speakers from Axa Investment Managers and RBC Insurance—will look at specific applications of machine learning and other forms of AI in finance.
The Profit in Playing the Villain
Fintech has proven to be a lucrative industry for both the buy and the sell sides, but for very different reasons, James argues.
SmartStream Corporate Actions Video Series Part II: The Challenges Around Messaging Standards
Victor Anderson and Adam Cottingham discuss how the lack of messaging standards for processing corporate actions is affecting firms' abilities to automate current operations.
All Things Are Just Dandy in the Eurozone
The tone at this year's Esma conference was a little too positive when it came to Mifid II says John.
Ground Zero: Digital Currencies in Asia
As cryptocurrencies gain interest from investors around the globe, Wei-Shen Wong examines the splintered Asian marketplace to see how regulators are adopting different strategies when it comes to overseeing these complex instruments.
Will Europe’s Unbundling Rules Expand to the US?
The unbundling of research and execution services in Europe is one of Mifid II’s most ambiguous mandates. Aggelos says the precedent Europe is setting could trigger a domino effect in the US markets.
November 2017: AI: Turning Buy-Side Donkeys Into Thoroughbreds?
Artificial intelligence is no panacea, but it can help with buy-side decision-making, Victor says.