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Waters Wavelength Podcast Episode 16: Sifma Ops, Nasdaq, Fixed Income
Dan talks about his trip to Miami while Anthony discusses fixed income.
The Waters Weekly Wrap: April 30 - May 6
A look back at the best content published across all the Waters brands.
Sell-Side Technology Awards 2016: All the Winners and Why they Won
This year's Sell-Side Technology Awards, held at the Marriott Marquis in New York on April 21, featured 26 individual categories and 27 winners. Here is an overview of this year’s winners and why they won.
Sell-Side Technology Awards 2016: Best Sell-Side Front-Office Execution Platform — Fidessa
The firm’s electronic execution platform provides access to 215 markets globally.
Sell-Side Technology Awards 2016: Best Sell-Side Automated Trading Platform — Clearpool Group
Autonomy launched in February 2015
Sell-Side Technology Awards 2016: Best Sell-Side Credit Risk Product — Numerix
This win makes it four in a row for the New York-based specialist risk provider.
Sell-Side Technology Awards 2016: Best Sell-Side Market Risk Product— MSCI
The New York-based vendor has been around for over 40 years.
Sell-Side Technology Awards 2016: Best Infrastructure Provider to the Sell Side — CLS
CLS took part in three initiatives in 2015 that demonstrate its desire to meet its clients’ evolving needs.
Sell-Side Technology Awards 2016: Best Sell-Side Trading Communication System — Cloud9 Technologies
Cloud9 is built on WebRTC, which provides real-time communication capabilities through simple application programming interfaces (APIs) and Amazon Cloud Infrastructure.
Sell-Side Technology Awards 2016: Best Overall Sell-Side Product of the Year — R3
R3 was launched with 43 member banks.
Sell-Side Technology Awards 2016: Best Sell-Side Technology Provider of the Year — SmartStream
Numerix was the other co-winner in this category.
Sell-Side Technology Awards 2016: Best Sell-Side Technology Provider of the Year — Numerix
SmartStream was the other co-winner in this category.
Sell-Side Technology Awards 2016: King Holds Court
Write-ups by Victor Anderson, Anthony Malakian, Dan DeFrancesco and John Brazier.
Dancing in the Dark: Fraud Shapes Dark Pools
Dark pools, with their anonymous members and clandestine dealings, have come in for a fair bit of stick in the last few years, especially from regulators on both sides of the Atlantic keen to shine a light on these increasingly popular execution venues.
Sell-Side Technology Awards 2016: Best Sell-Side Reconciliation Platform — SmartStream Technologies
SmartStream has won this category every single year.
Sell-Side Technology Awards 2016: Best Sell-Side Compliance Product — Fenergo
The Dublin-based vendor’s solution helps firms manage end-to-end regulatory onboarding and entity data management processes.
Sell-Side Technology Awards 2016: Best Implementation at a Sell-Side Firm — AxiomSL
AxiomSL helped Standard Chartered Bank address new BOE reporting requirements.
Sell-Side Technology Awards 2016: Best Sell-Side Web-Based Development Environment — OpenFin
OpenFin has been a leading developer of HTML5-based solutions.
Sell-Side Technology Awards 2016:Best Sell-Side Newcomer (Vendor or Product) — AcadiaSoft
Last year's winner, Symphony, has seen wide industry adoption.
Sell-Side Technology Awards 2016: Best Smart Order Routing Product/Tool — Broadway Technology
The Broadway Order Router’s core strength lies in its adaptability.
Sell-Side Technology Awards 2016: Best Sell-Side Analytics Product — OTAS Technologies
In April, OTAS unveiled Lingo for Microstructure, a new extension of its existing natural language reporting technology.
Sell-Side Technology Awards 2016: Most Promising Sell-Side Start-Up — R3
The firm was founded in September 2015 by a consortium of nine banks (that number has since swelled to 43)
Sell-Side Technology Awards 2016: Best Swap Execution Facility (SEF) — Tradeweb Markets
Tradeweb Markets and its TW SEF have been awarded the best SEF award at the Sell-Side Technology Awards for the second consecutive year.
Dan DeFrancesco: Blockchain, Innovation Labs and Sorting Through the Madness
Taking a look at hype versus reality.