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Bitcoin Comes of Age as New Technology Questions Follow
Derivatives venues, underlying ledger technology in focus.
Sell-Side Technology Awards 2015: Best Cloud Provider to the Sell Side — BT
BT also won in the best sell-side trading network category.
Sell-Side Technology Awards 2015: Best Infrastructure Provider to the Sell Side — Perseus
This is Perseus' first win at the Sell-Side Awards.
Sell-Side Technology Awards 2015: Best Sell-Side Automated Trading Platform — SunGard
This year is the first occasion that SunGard has won the best automated trading platform category.
Sell-Side Technology Awards 2015: Best Sell-Side OTC Trading Initiative ─ SmartTrade
The OTC trading initiative is a new category in the Sell-Side Technology Awards.
Sell-Side Technology Awards 2015: Best Data Provider to the Sell Side ─ Thomson Reuters
This year is Thomson Reuters' second consecutive win in what has become a fiercely competitive market.
On Everyone’s Radar: The Short History of Cyber Crime
Cyber crime is not a new trend and as the volume of attacks increase lessons can be learned from historic cases.
Rise of the CISO
CISOs from across the industry talk about how their role has grown in prominence in the capital markets industry.
Max Bowie: Hidden Indicators within the Data Itself
Max Bowie argues that analyzing data supply and demand might yield indications of future market movements.
Michael Shashoua: Shadow Play
Michael Shashoua looks at dark data and suggests its value is based on 'meaning' residing within large datasets.
Fixed-Income ETFs: Pricing, Tech Evolve in This Rapidly Growing Space
The fixed-income ETF market is not yet 15 years old, but since 2007 the space has grown exponentially as institutional investors have taken notice of these increasingly liquid products. Anthony Malakian explores the reasons behind the interest in fixed…
Tim Bourgaize Murray: Fifty Percent, Give or Take
Tim Murray picks apart the recent SS&C-Advent tie-up and speculates that SS&C might have paid way over the odds.
Anthony Malakian: Remember, the ETF Space is Still Evolving
The rise in popularity of fixed-income ETFs will continue, despite there being 'issues' that need to be addressed.
March 2015: A Necessary Evil
SS&C Technologies' recent acquisition of Advent Software has the industry scratching its head.
Vanguard CIO John Marcante: The Big Leap
The March 2015 Waters Profile
Transaction-Cost Analysis' Fixed-Income Evolution
TCA is moving from equities into fixed-income towards becoming a real-time analysis tool.
The #CIO: UBS Group CIO Oliver Bussmann
How the Swiss giant's information chief derives value in 140 characters or less
60 Seconds with Reorg Research's Kent Collier
Kent Collier is founder and CEO of Reorg Research.
Lean on Them: Funds Increasingly Turn to Administrators
As a result of 2008, fund admins are having to build out their data mgmt capabilities.
February 2015: Swings and Roundabouts
Victor reflects on staff changes, both at Waters and capital markets firms, and how best to move forward with new team members.
Communication Surveillance: A Daunting Challenge
Marina Daras talks to banks and vendors to see how they approach communication surveillance, and what kind of technology can be deployed to help them with this challenge.
James Rundle: No CHF-ing Way
Could better risk tech on FX desks helped in the Swiss franc debacle?
Tim Bourgaize Murray: A Seat at the Disruption Table
The buy side should insist on one.
Michael Shashoua: The Ides Arrive Early
The IRS launch of a system to accommodate Fatca compliance attempts to address operational concerns, but users still have to discover if IDES will make life easier or add complexity, Michael writes. Also, uncertainty swirls in the corporate actions space.