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Waters Wavelength Podcast Episode 88: CBOE's Bryan Harkins, SEC Hack, Esma Proposal
Bryan Harkins joins to discuss how the CBOE-Bats integration is going and plans for the exchange operator going forward. Anthony and James talk about the SEC hack and Esma's potential new powers.
Waters Wavelength Podcast Episode 87: Disaster Recovery & Initial Margin Rules
James talks about his trip to Chicago and some of the interesting topics that came up (including a look at disaster recovery demands). Then Anthony and James touch on ISDA's initial margin rules, with Phase 3 going live next year.
WatersTechnology Unveils Inaugural London Fintech Innovation Summit
The WatersTechnology Innovation Summit 2017 is the first European event that focuses exclusively on the fintech industry from a capital markets perspective.
Whisper It Quietly, but Regulation May Have Benefits
"There is also a general feeling among the people I spoke to that the successful firms will be the ones that grasp this opportunity with both hands, rather than sitting back and waiting for it to happen to them."
Looking to the Future of Settlement
"It took 20 years to get consensus to move to T+2, but just three years from the inception of the technical working group to implementation."
Waters Wavelength Podcast Episode 86: Nasdaq’s Use of Machine Learning & T+2 Comes to North America
Joakim Strid joins the podcast to discuss how Nasdaq is deploying machine-learning techniques for surveillance. Then Emilia David joins the podcast to discuss T+2’s launch in the US, Canada, Mexico and Peru.
The Painful Truth About Morgan Stanley’s Innovation Lab
Aggelos argues that the tech industry needs greater diversity and how Morgan Stanley's new innovation lab can help in that respect.
The Existentialist Dread of Robotics
Fear of replacement at the mechanical hands of robots is holding back much-needed progress in automation.
Machine Learning in the Capital Markets: Waters Takes an Inside Look
Anthony Malakian looks at a dozen live projects in the capital markets that use machine-learning tools to improve front-, middle-, and back-office processes.
The Power of Law: Wiener Börse CEO Christoph Boschan
Christoph Boschan on mixing finance with law, Mifid II's flaws, and how Wiener Borse is avoiding a "massive technology trap."
Enter the Robots: Enhancing Reconciliations through Robotic Process Automation
Robotic process automation possesses significant potential to enhance reconciliations operations particularity when married to artificial intelligence.
September 2017: Relax, the Big Cull Is Over
While some jobs could be lost as a result of automation in the capital markets, Victor says they aren't likely to rival the cuts that followed the financial crisis.
Awards Update: AFTAs 2017 Open Sept. 4; BST Awards 2017 Close Sept. 11
The entry deadline to this year's Buy-Side Technology Awards has been extended by a week, while entries to this year's American Financial Technology Awards will open on Monday September 4.
Waters Wavelength Podcast Episode 85: Cybersecurity & Dos/Don'ts for PRs
James and Anthony talk about the cybersecurity rules permeating the industry and then pivot to PR dos and don'ts.
Liquidity—Bringing it all Together
Sponsored feature: SmartStream
Settling Down: How the US Finally Embraced T+2
The long journey to T+2 finally comes to an end on September 5, 20 years after the US financial industry last shortened the settlement cycle.
New York Firms Feel the Heat from New Cyber Regs
State regulator's rules come into effect for a broad swath of financial firms in New York, presenting unique challenges.
Waters Wavelength Podcast Episode 84: Quantum Computing & IBOR/Blockchain
Wei-Shen Wong talks to Anthony about quantum computing, and then James and Anthony talk about the pairing of IBORs with blockchains. They end things by talking about Game of Thrones and the Mayweather-McGregor fight.
Waters Wavelength Podcast Episode 83: Systematic Internalizers & RegTech
Anthony and James delve into how the systematic internalizer regime is shaping up, and then examine the regtech sector.
Waters Rankings 2017: Moody's Analytics
Waters speaks to Moody's Analytics at the 2017 Waters Rankings event in New York.
Getting Ready for the Next Tech Bubble
Aggelos recently traveled to Copenhagen and met with the CEO of Saxo Bank, Kim Fournais. During their meeting, Fournais explained that trading technologies might just create a new crisis across the capital markets. Aggelos disagrees, although he says…
Waters Wavelength Podcast Episode 82: An Examination of ESG & What's New With Reg SCI
Anthony and James talk AI and ESG, Reg SCI and the SEC, and Game of Thrones and Dragons.
Waters Rankings 2017: SIX Financial Information USA
SIX Financial Information speaks with Waters at the 2017 Rankings.