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AFTAs 2016: Most Cutting-Edge IT Initiative: Buy Side—Blackstone
Blackstone is no stranger to the AFTAs winners’ circle. The $350 billion New York-based asset manager won the best IT integration initiative in the 2014 AFTAs, while in 2013 it won the most cutting-edge IT initiative, and Bill Murphy, the firm’s CTO, was…
Regulation or Innovation: Which Will Win Out in 2017?
Does regulation drive innovation or vice-versa? Or is it more important to have both working in tandem?
January 2017: Sticking to My Day Job
From Brexit to the US presidential race, nothing about 2016 was predictable.
Tech Talent Tips: How to Nab the Programmer You’ve Always Wanted
What your firm is missing when it comes to getting the best young talent out there.
LuxSE's Robert Scharfe: Opening Doors
The CEO of Luxembourg Stock Exchange discusses how he reshaped the Exchange's outlook in the global markets.
Buy-Side Technology Awards 2016: Winners' Circle—Fidessa
Fidessa executive discusses how its maintained success.
Buy-Side Technology Awards 2016: Winners' Circle—IHS Markit
Markit EDM director chats about the evolution of the platform.
Buy-Side Technology Awards 2016: Winners' Circle—S3 Partners
S3 Partners’ Blacklight came out on top in the data analytics category in this year’s Buy-Side Technology Awards. Robert Sloan, managing partner for S3 Partners, talks with Dan DeFrancesco about how the firm was able to separate itself from other…
Buy-Side Technology Awards 2016: Winners' Circle—Symbiont
Firm's president and chairman discusses the win.
Buy-Side Technology Awards 2016: Winners' Circle—SS&C Advent
Robert Roley, senior vice president and co-general manager at SS&C Advent, talks with Dan DeFrancesco about the evolution of Geneva and how the firm plans to grow the platform going forward.
Buy-Side Technology Awards 2016: Winners' Circle—RIMES Technologies
RIMES Technologies’ dominance in the best data provider category at the Buy-Side Technology Awards is absolute, given that it has won this category for 10 straight years. Alessandro Ferrari, executive vice president of global marketing at RIMES, talks to…
Buy-Side Technology Awards 2016: Best Buy-Side Product for 2016—Commcise
The first of two categories decided by the Waters journalists, announced on the afternoon of the BST Awards luncheon in London, where the previous 29 winners were considered as potential recipients, goes to London-based startup Commcise, thanks to its…
Buy-Side Technology Awards 2016: Best Overall Technology Provider for 2016—UBS Delta
As has become a tradition in the Buy-Side Technology Awards, the final category of the 34 on offer and the second to be announced at this year’s November 4 awards luncheon held at the May Fair Hotel in London, is that of the technology provider of the…
Buy-Side Technology Awards 2016: Service to the Industry Awards—BISAM, IHS Markit and RIMES Technologies
BST acknowledges three truly-innovative firms serving the buy side.
Buy-Side Technology Awards 2016: Best Integrated Front-Office Platform—Charles River Development
Charles River takes Best Integrated Front-Office Platform crown as new capabilities were added.
Buy-Side Technology Awards 2016: Best Buy-Side Commodities Trading Platform—Rival Systems
This is Rival Systems' first Buy-Side Technology Award.
Buy-Side Technology Awards 2016: Best Buy-Side Market Surveillance Tool/Platform—Nasdaq SMARTS
This is the first year of the category at the Buy-Side Technology Awards.
Buy-Side Technology Awards 2016: Best Buy-Side Risk/Portfolio Analytics Product—Axioma
Axioma's Fabien Couderc discusses the win.
Buy-Side Technology Awards 2016: Best Buy-Side EMS—REDIPlus
If you create something good, people will take notice, especially if they are looking to strengthen an area through deploying new technologies.
Buy-Side Technology Awards 2016: Best Distributed-Ledger Technology Project—Symbiont
The New York-based vendor wins the category in its inaugural year.
Buy-Side Technology Awards 2016: Best Buy-Side Collateral Management Tool—CloudMargin
CloudMargin wins the category for the second year in a row.
Buy-Side Technology Awards 2016: Best IBOR Platform/Service—SimCorp
SimCorp continues its winning streak as it wins Best IBOR Platform/Service for the third straight year.
Buy-Side Technology Awards 2016: Best Fund Administrator—SEI
The ability for fund administrators to deliver the quality and caliber of services expected by increasingly demanding buy-side firms is largely contingent on their technology—possessing industry-leading technology makes delivering reliable, accurate and…
Buy-Side Technology Awards 2016: Best Buy-Side Algorithmic/DMA Product or Service—FlexTrade
“TradeGuide draws in data from multiple sources, which is interpreted with conclusions presented in an easy-to-digest format."