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Max Bowie: Data ‘Sandboxes’: Learning Through Play
Like the sandboxes of childhood, today’s developer “sandbox” environments promote innovation through experimentation—thankfully, Max says, just as in those carefree childhood days, without the fees and administrative burden usually associated with data…
Michael Shashoua: Seeking Smarter Applications
Compliance technology and artificial intelligence make more inroads among financial data management operations, with opposite levels of disruption to the industry, Michael writes.
John Brazier: The Buy Side Has Never Had It So Good
The buy side has plenty of options for bond trading, it's a matter of making the right decisions.
Waters Wavelength Podcast Episode 11: Future of Exchanges, Bussmann Departure, Apple-FBI Closure
The guys look at how trading venues have evolved, what's in store for the former UBS CIO and the fallout from the end of the Apple-FBI battle.
Adequately Agile: Capital Markets Firms Embrace Agile Methodology
While the Agile software development methodology has been around since the mid-90s, it’s really only been in the last few years that capital markets firms have started to embrace various aspects of its Manifesto.
The Waters Weekly Wrap: March 19-25
A look back at the best content published across all the Waters brands.
Grappling with Vendor Risk Rules
Vendors in the financial services industry rarely make the headlines unless the news is bad. And in 2015, the news was often catastrophically bad. By Steve Marlin
Waters Wavelength Podcast Episode 10: Markit-IHS Merger, FIA Boca
Dan and Anthony look at the Markit-IHS merger and recap Anthony's trip to FIA Boca.
The Waters Weekly Wrap: March 12-18
A look back at the best content published across all the Waters brands.
Waters Wavelength Podcast Episode 9: Cyber Risk North America, Deutsche Börse-LSE Deal
Dan shares his thoughts on Cyber Risk North America and the agreement between Deutsche Börse and LSE.
The Waters Weekly Wrap: March 5-11
A look back at the best content published across all the Waters brands.
Waters Wavelength Podcast Episode 8: Consolidation of Risk Platforms, Open Source
Dan and Anthony analyze mergers on the buy side for vendors of risk platforms and the usage of open source in financial services.
The Waters Weekly Wrap: Feb 27 - Mar 4
A look back at the best content published across all the Waters brands.
Agile: The CIOs’ Pressure Valve
Victor Anderson argues that as pressure continues to mount on CIOs to provide examples of the value they deliver to the organization, the Agile development methodology offers them some wiggle room and might well provide them with something of a pressure…
Waters Wavelength Podcast Episode 7: Machine Learning, Climbing the Corporate Ladder
Dan and Anthony look at machine learning and the best way to get promoted.
Dan DeFrancesco: Know Before You Build
Why it's important to understand whom you're building for.
Anthony Malakian: Questions Abound About Machine Learning
"There’s a lot of promise in machine learning, but there are still massive unknowns and risks."
March 2016: When Is Agile Not Agile?
"Agile means different things to different organizations and some have adopted it to a greater extent than others."
Max Bowie: Data Romance Isn’t Dead; It’s Just in an Open Relationship
"The more clients you can provide access to, the more attractive a channel your platform becomes, and more third-party vendors will be willing to make their content available via your platform."
Machine Learning: Hype vs. Reality
Waters takes an in-depth look at advancements made in this field of artificial intelligence and where there's still room for advancement.
Michael Shashoua: Dogs Ate the Regulators’ Homework
Financial services firms are seeing positive news on two different regulatory fronts of late — first from the confirmed delay of the Mifid II compliance deadline and secondly from the less obvious delays in implementation of the Common Reporting Standard…
The Educator: Georgette Kiser, The Carlyle Group
Georgette Kiser learned early in her career the importance of understanding the people she builds solutions and platforms for.
Fixed Income: Electronic Evolution
The historic liquidity issues plaguing the fixed-income market have been recognized for some time and a number of trading platforms have been launched to facilitate trading, particularly within the secondary bond market.