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Waters Rankings 2013: Winners' Circle — New Frontiers
The complex-event processing (CEP) space has always been a highly competitive one, and with the recent run of acquisitions among vendors, it’s becoming fiercer. Tibco StreamBase, however, fought off its rivals to take the award for the best CEP provider…
Waters Rankings 2013: Winners' Circle — Building Bridges
IPC Systems’ dominance in the Waters Rankings has continued this year, with the company taking first place in the Best Trading Communication System Provider and Best Network Provider categories. Simon Jones, director of product marketing at IPC, explains…
Waters Rankings 2013: Best Mobile Solutions Provider — Morningstar
Morningstar pulled off something of a coup by winning what was unquestionably one of the most hotly contested of all the categories in this year’s Waters Rankings, given the current interest from all quarters of the industry in mobile communication.
Waters Rankings 2013: Best Full-Service Brokerage — JPMorgan
Traditionally, this is a category that has been dominated by Goldman Sachs, but the last two years have seen two different winners, with JPMorgan being named as the best full-service broker for 2013. Perhaps this shift is a sign of the challenging market…
Risk Management a Challenge When Algos Go Rogue
In an article published in May, Waters explored the problematic task of performing market surveillance in automated, high-frequency trading environments. Another challenging area for algorithmic trading is that of risk management, when questions of risk…
AQR's Path to Reconciliation
In order to improve its reconciliations capabilities, AQR Capital decided it needed to replace its legacy reconciliation system, which relied largely on manual processes. The Greenwich, Conn.-based hedge fund turned to Electra Information Systems for…
Waters Rankings 2013: Best Low-Latency Data Feed Provider — Thomson Reuters
This win makes it four in a row for the data giant in this category. The last year has been marked by announcements of connections around the world for Elektron, which provides an infrastructure for low-latency market access. The global architecture…
Inventing the New Thing Is the New Thing
Innovation is like vacation—people spend more time talking about the amazing places they’re going than they spend actually getting there. There isn’t a company worth its salt where innovation is not part of its agenda, although its application varies…
Waters Rankings 2013 ─ All the Winners
At a cocktail reception held at rooftop event space 230 Fifth, this year's Waters Rankings winners were announced.
Risk Management: Time to Get Real
It wasn’t long ago that it was acceptable for capital markets firms to manage their risk on an overnight basis, computing their various measures through lengthy batch processes while the markets slept. But that all changed with the 2008 credit crisis as…
Chief Data Officer: A Role Under Construction
Over the past few years, the capital markets have witnessed the promotion of data executives to the role of chief data officer (CDO), elevating data issues to the C-level. Marina Daras looks at how CDOs are making their way to the top of primarily sell…
Complex-Event Processing special report
July 2013 - sponsored by: Apama
Real-Time Risk Management webcast
Waters gathered leading industry experts for a webcast on June 26, 2013 to discuss how financial trading firms are looking to aggregate their risk exposure on a real-time basis and the challenges they face.
James Rundle: Dark Alleys
The topic of cyber warfare and security is often associated with other industries, but more than ever, it’s becoming applicable to the wholesale capital markets. James says that protections and discussions are no longer optional—they’re essential.
Anthony Malakian: Has Wall Street Learned Its Lesson?
Three years ago this month, the Dodd–Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act was signed into law. Anthony says that while much has improved, there’s still a system in place that rewards greed.
Michael Shashoua: Game of Global Communication
Risk is a growing concern for corporate actions, but will that be enough to push through improved messaging standards? Michael thinks this should translate into a consensus for action.
Max Bowie: Will Ratings Rethink Restore Credit Confidence?
Rightly or wrongly, credit rating agencies are often blamed for the financial crisis. But with new stricter rules for rating agencies now in force, Max says why not rethink the entire issue of regulating ratings, and give them the same status as any…
The Nuclear Option: Eaton Vance's John Shea
John Shea sits down with Jake Thomases to discuss his interesting pre-Wall Street career and Eaton Vance's IT.
Dodd–Frank Turns Three—What's Next?
July marks the three-year anniversary of the Dodd–Frank Act being signed into law. Anthony Malakian takes a look back at the IT challenges faced, and previews what’s still ahead.
July 2013: The Tail Wagging the Dog
While trialing new technology, Victor is reminded of the importance of getting input from end-users.
60 Seconds with Emilio Mercado of Simplified Financial Information
Emilio Mercado, CEO, Simplified Financial Information
Poles Apart? Tech Push Boosts Poland's Prominence
Capital markets in Central Europe—and especially Poland—have made steady gains after being unlocked by the collapse of the Soviet Union, with new technology helping to both catalyze reform and create jobs. Tim Bourgaize Murray reports from Warsaw on the…
Deploying Professional-Grade Mobile Technology Across the Enterprise - webcast
Waters gathered leading industry experts for a webcast on June 19, 2013 to discuss the strategies leading and the challenges facing the financial markets of tablet and mobile device implementation across the enterprise.
E-Trading Corporate Bonds: Act Two?
In part one of his two-part feature on the electronic trading of corporate bonds, Jake Thomases traveled back in time to understand why an early explosion of credit trading platforms disappeared almost as soon as it arrived. In part two, he asks whether…