Industry Issues & Initiatives
Nasdaq, User Groups Fire Opening Salvoes in Looming Battle Over SIP Data Fees
As the SEC prepares to host a two-day event to tackle market data access and fee issues, industry user groups and Nasdaq have laid out their positions on SIP reform. Max Bowie reports.
Wavelength Podcast Episode 141: Brexit and Blockchain and Data, Oh My
It’s a trio of problems: Mifid II’s data problem; blockchain projects stalled; and data quality issues for machine learning.
Experts Warn on Data Quality for AI Projects
Speakers at the Buy-Side Technology North American Summit said a single source of quality data is where AI projects should start.
Wavelength Podcast Episode 140: Web Data Extraction & Refinitiv Update
Octavio Marenzi joins to talk about the web data extraction market and Anthony and James delve into Refinitiv.
It Takes a Village to Raise a Machine
As the industry—and society, as a whole—embraces the promise of artificial intelligence, James argues that there is a need to train models on more than just mathematical data.
The End of Privacy
As cybersecurity issues become more daunting, and as vendors collect more of our personal information, Anthony says we will need Congress to take more of an active role in protecting citizens’ information, even as they willingly give it away.
October 2018: Coming Together
Data and technology, once firmly separate, are increasingly becoming the same function, both in the industry and in the pages of Waters.
The Fast and the Curious: The Latency Barrier for Institutional Crypto Traders
Institutional investors want to enter the crypto space but the lack of infrastructure around guaranteed latency and access to real-time market data is hindering a wider entry into the field. By Emilia David
Wavelength Podcast Episode 139: Broadridge on Emerging Tech in APAC
Also: A look at IHS Markit pulling MarkitSERV off the market and Algomi pivoting to Alfa.
Algomi Pivots Offering Away from Honeycomb to Alfa
Usman Khan sits down with WatersTechnology to discuss how the vendor will look to change course in 2019 and focus on the development of the Alfa platform.
Wavelength Podcast Episode 138: Nasdaq-Cinnober Tie-up & 10 Years After Lehman's Collapse
A look at Nasdaq's potential acquisition of Cinnober and whether Wall Street has learned anything 10 years after Lehman's collapse?
To a Bright Future: Can Technology Save Us?
In echo chambers, it’s easy to believe that we’re heading for a horrible ending as a species. Anthony argues that people need to take a deep breath and a step back.
Fintech Finally Finds Its Feet
As Waters celebrates its 25th anniversary, James increasingly sees an industry more excited about technology than ever—and with good reason.
Banks Fortify to Spin Money from Their Own Data
Forays into selling data have been slowed by concerns over confidentiality, internal battles over its use and clean-up work on the data itself. Risk.net's Faye Kilburn reports.
Data Issues Still Seen as Higher Investment Priority than AI
Investment spend is largely seen to be going to data management programs before emerging tech initiatives.
Thomson Reuters, Bloomberg Face Off on Treasury-IRS Data
After luring one of the trading partners behind Thomson Reuters’ RCM 19901 data service, Bloomberg is positioning a new US Treasury-interest rate swap data service directly against its rival.
Waters 25: A Look at the Future
Waters canvasses a range of industry opinion leaders about what the defining technologies of the next few decades will be.
Wavelength Podcast Episode 137: Bloomberg on Data Fragmentation
Bloomberg's Gerard Francis comes on the podcast to talk about how data fragmentation issues are becoming more challenging.
September 11 Attacks: 17 Years On
Today is the 17th anniversary of the September 11 attacks in New York, the day that 16 Risk Waters staff members lost their lives. Today we remember them.
September 2018: Waters—Twenty-Five Years in the Making
This year, Waters celebrates the 25th anniversary of its founding. Victor looks back at a number of the seminal moments in its history and the staff members who helped shape the publication.
Waters 25: A Look Back on the Last Two Decades
Waters examines some of the most important events in financial technology of the past 25 years.
Wavelength Podcast Episode 136: Blockchain Projects & Some Politics
Anthony Malakian and James Rundle record a weekly podcast touching on the biggest stories in financial technology. This week: blockchain and politics.
Wavelength Podcast Episode 135: The Most Important Technologies of the Future
After speaking with C-level execs from across the industry, Anthony and James try and connect some dots as to which technologies will most influence the capital markets in the future.