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Buy-Side Technology Awards 2015: Best Fund Administrator—SEI
SEI won this year's Buy-Side Technology Award for best fund administrator.
Anticipating T+2, SEC Approves Bloomberg's Trade Confirmation Alternative
CMS for equities, fixed income will provide second option to DTCC.
Buy-Side Technology Awards 2015: Best Data Provider to the Buy Side—RIMES Technologies
RIMES Technologies, it seems, just can’t stop winning the best data provider category in the Buy-Side Technology Awards. The New York-based specialist data provider to the global investment management industry, has, apparently without breaking sweat,…
Buy-Side Technology Awards 2015: Best Integrated Front-Office Platform—Eze Software Group
Finally at the top of the pile in this consistently close-fought category, Eze Software Group (ESG) wins the 2015 best integrated front-office platform award, adding to previous victories in the OMS, EMS and best overall technology provider categories.
Buy-Side Technology Awards 2015: Best Portfolio Accounting Platform—SS&C Advent Software
SS&C Advent won this year's Buy-Side Technology Award for best portfolio accounting platform.
Buy-Side Technology Awards 2015: Best Buy-Side Compliance Product—Fidessa
In a category where the award changes hands yearly among a perennially competitive pack, Fidessa has reclaimed the best buy-side compliance product award, following victories for Linedata and Charles River in 2013 and 2014, respectively.
Buy-Side Technology Awards 2015: Winners' Circle—Fidessa
Fidessa’s Sentinel came top in a crowded field of compliance entries at this year’s Buy-Side Technology Awards. Tim Bourgaize Murray spoke with Richard Hooke, Fidessa’s product director for the buy side, about the intricacies and future direction of…
Buy-Side Technology Awards 2015: Best Buy-Side Execution Venue—Liquidnet
Liquidnet won this year's Buy-Side Technology Award for best execution venue.
Buy-Side Technology Awards 2015: Best Buy-Side Client Reporting Platform—Vermilion Software
Vermilion won this year's Buy-Side Technology Award for best client reporting platform.
Buy-Side Technology Awards 2015: Best Broker-Supplied Tool/Technology—UBS Delta
It’s been no secret of late that the major broker-dealers are suffering under new capital requirements. As they cope, some have been forced to exit markets, spin off desks, and pull back from higher-leverage activities. Luckily, they haven’t quit…
Buy-Side Technology Awards 2015: Best Buy-Side Collateral Management Tool—CloudMargin
Collateral management tools—a significant source of expenditure for sell-side securities services arms and a source of pain for investment managers—are at the forefront of post-financial crisis regulatory change. The need for higher quality collateral,…
Buy-Side Technology Awards 2015: Best Buy-Side Cyber-Security Platform/Tool—ACA Aponix
Talk about catching lightning in a bottle. Barely more than a year on from its founding and after being bought by mainstay buy-side services provider ACA Compliance this February, Aponix has duly landed the inaugural cyber-security award. As any Waters…
Deutsche Börse Release Xetra 16.0
Latest version of electronic trading system features new matching functions specifically designed for larger volume orders.
Buy-Side Technology Awards 2015: Best Buy-Side Pricing/Valuation Service—Interactive Data
All good things must come to an end, and so it is with Markit’s heady streak of five straight victories in this category. The last time Lance Uggla’s company was without this award—when Numerix held it in 2009—Barack Obama was still in his first year as…
FIS Finalizes Acquisition of SunGard
The Jacksonville, Fla.-based giant will now have over 55,000 employees and $9.3 billion in revenue.
Waters Weekly Wrap: November 23-27
Each Friday, Waters editors and journalists pull together a quick-hit series of the best analysis pieces, features, and video interviews from across the five brands-just in case you missed them.
Market Surveillance: Rising to the Challenge
It’s clear that a culture of bad practice has deep roots in the industry, and more effort is needed to restore trust.
All Roads Lead to Rome: Navigating IFRS 9
While IFRS 9’s development started before the full grip of the financial crisis took hold in the fall of 2008, in the wake of the collapse, it became clear that banks needed to do a better job of measuring and monitoring their credit losses. This new…
Saxo Pens White Label Partnership with JSC Galt & Taggart
Partnership will grant Georgian investment bank’s clients access to global markets and multi-asset investment.
CLS, Markit Launch Cross Currency FX Settlement Service
New settlement service for FX swaps aims to reduce counterparty risk exposure and liquidity demand.
Intelligent Innovation: Regulations Offer Way to Innovate
Dan looks at why regulations that force firms to innovate isn't necessarily a bad thing for the industry.
DTCC's Daniel Magarino Discusses New Data-as-a-Service Offering
Daniel Magarino talks with WatersTechnology about customizing data so firms can turn data into action.
CFTC Publishes New Wide-Ranging Automated Trading Rule For Futures
Pre-trade checks, venue development standards, prop shop registration highlight Regulation AT.
Robomania's Robust Rise
How much should institutional investors look into the fresh influence of robo-advisors?