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AFTAs 2014: Mission Accomplished
Launched a decade ago, the American Financial Technology Awards were, for their first seven editions, dominated by the sell side. But as we have come to expect in recent times, the buy side was well represented in 2014, with Janus Capital, MSD Capital,…
Fintech Takes the UK by Storm
A quiet current of growth in financial technology has built into a storm over the past few years, driven in large part by a start-up culture that seeks to both disrupt and complement the efforts of traditional vendors and investment banks. London has…
January 2015: The End of Our World as We Know It
For a variety of reasons, including the 2008 global financial crisis, Victor believes the capital markets universe is shrinking.
FIX-ing Liquidity in Fixed Income
Project Neptune aims to help firms access liquidity in fixed income.
Think Different, Be Different: Thomas Biotteau, Kepler Cheuvreux
Kepler Cheuvreux’s head of execution, Thomas Biotteau, talks to Marina Daras about the merger between Kepler Capital Markets and CA Cheuvreux, and what makes up the strength of the newly formed European broker.
Cloud Collaboration ─ Microsoft and Excelian Discuss their Cloud Alliance
Microsoft and Excelian discuss the benefits of their cloud-based, high-performance computing alliance.
Cloud as a Business Enabler in the Capital Markets
Bloomberg's Brian Cunningham discusses his firm's cloud strategy.
Scrutinizing the Hybrid Data Model
At a roundtable hosted by Waters and sponsored by Rimes Technologies, following the firm’s Data Governance Conference in London on November 4, participants debated the state of data governance, the role of hybrid data models within financial services…
60 Seconds with RiskFirst's Matthew Seymour
Matthew Seymour, Managing Director, RiskFirst
Co-sourcing Benefits the Buy Side
Weintraub discusses what makes for an ideal co-sourcing relationship
Emerging Exchanges: Partnering for Power
Exchanges in emerging markets are teaming up with developed exchanges for technology and knowledge.
December 2014: How Soft Are You?
While having good technology is a start, Victor says soft skills are necessary to win clients and gain an advantage over rivals.
Tim Bourgaize Murray: Getting the ‘Easy’ Parts Right
Knowing your customer is a hassle—a mundane, laborious process both for bank and client supplying profile details, alike. Tim discusses why fixing the problem is immensely important, and why it’s become so very difficult to do.
Ever Vigilant: Neuberger Berman CISO Robert Ganim
Waters profiles Neuberger Berman's first ever chief information security officer
Michael Shashoua: Valuable Parallels
Recognition of the value of data in consumer-facing industries has been booming. Michael says the financial services industry’s awareness of data’s value preceded this, but challenges and battles over that value still lie ahead.
Max Bowie: The Next ‘Big’ Thing: Big Service
Data has far-reaching uses beyond the split-second trade, including promoting flow by delivering better service. So, to celebrate data’s role in customer service, please allow Max to uncork a Balthazar of big data.
James Rundle: Fixed Income’s Meteor Moment
With the recent glitches in the fixed-income market that brought about something of a Flash Crash, many now believe that a move toward fully electronic fixed-income trading will solve many of the issues we’ve seen over the past few years. But while the…
November 2014: The Trials of Life
Being a start-up in the capital markets is no easy feat. It's important to innovate without scaring off clients that can free fledgling firms from their investors, Victor says.
Scrutinizing Compliance Technology
The increased importance of compliance functions within buy-side and sell-side firms has been extensively documented since the financial crisis. Matt Gibbs (MG) and Dave Hutchinson (DH), product managers at Linedata, explain how compliance technology has…
The Push Toward Managed Data Services
TCO involves a proper data governance program to succeed.
60 Seconds with Xignite's Stephane Dubois
Stephane Dubois is CEO and founder of Xignite.
KYC: Know Your Choices
Know-your-customer (KYC) requirements, hardly a bank’s most value-added function, have become a popular topic among operations, compliance, and reference data professionals, with a growing consensus that KYC checks can be done cheaper and more…
Bond Trading Resists Electronification, But for How Long?
The bond market is the last bastion of Wall Street to resist electronification, despite the success of certain e-trading platforms like MarketAxess, Tradeweb and Bloomberg. Many buy-side traders have warned that the current market structure is not suited…
CAT Conundrum: SROs, Vendors Vie to Build Consolidated Audit Trail
In 2012, the US Securities and Exchange Commission passed Rule 613, requesting the industry to develop a plan to build and run a platform capable of tracking and storing information on every order, cancellation, modification and trade execution for…