Interview
SST Awards 2017 Winners’ Interview: SmartStream Maintains its Reconciliations Dominance
SmartStream continued it domination of the reconciliations category at this year's SST Awards, thanks to its TLM Reconciliations Premium platform. Victor Anderson speaks to Rocky Martinez about what sets the offering apart in a highly competitive…
SST Awards 2017 Winners' Interview—SmartStream
SmartStream wins the best sell-side reconciliation platform at the SST Awards for the fifth straight year, thanks to its TLM Reconciliations-Premium offering.
SST Awards 2017 Winners' Interview—Synechron
Synechron’s Blockchain Accelerator Program helped it win two awards at this year's Sell-Side Technology Awards: best distributed-ledger technology project and best use of the Agile methodology.
SST Awards 2017 Winners' Interview—Broadridge Financial Solutions
Broadridge Financial Solutions won the best outsourcing provider category for the second straight year at this year's Sell Side Technology Awards held at the Marriott Marquis in Manhattan.
Fees and Expense Management Interview Series Part II: Focusing on TCA
In part two of this three-part series, Victor Anderson chats to SmartStream's Bharat Malesha about transaction-cost analysis and the challenges facing capital markets firms when calculating the various costs of doing business.
Bafin Opens Up About Electronic Whistleblower Platform
The German regulator discusses its recently launched platform through which financial markets employees can anonymously report regulatory abuses.
StatPro Blazes an Agile Trail with Revolution Performance Release
Victor Anderson speaks to StatPro’s Neil Smyth about Revolution Performance, the firm's new performance platform/engine, and the extent to which clients have embraced cloud-based, middle-office applications.
Fees and Expense Management Interview Series Part I: Understanding Fees and Expense Management
In part one of this three-part series, Victor Anderson chats to SmartStream's Bharat Malesha about the challenges facing capital markets firms when it comes to fees and expense management.
The Long and Winding Road to IBOR Nirvana
Victor Anderson speaks to SimCorp’s Stephen Butcher about the IBOR proposition facing buy-side firms, the business benefits realized on the back of such projects, and the operational and technology variables asset managers need to consider when embarking…
A Product of Participation: Saxo Makes the Case for Interbank Collaboration
Victor Anderson chats to Saxo Bank’s Jennifer Hansen about the Danish bank's collaboration stance and the significant technology and financial benefits offered by inter-bank co-operation.
Irish Funds, Deloitte Complete Blockchain for Regulatory Reporting Proof-of-Concept
The two organizations developed their proof-of-concept, RegChain, with the participation of five major institutions.
Euronext Discusses its New Pan-European Dark Pool
WatersTechnology speaks with Euronext’s Danielle Mensah and reveals details of the exchange’s new “proactive” MTF for equities block trading, ahead of its official launch in mid-2017.
AFTAs Awards 2016 Winners' Interview: SmartStream
SmartStream won the Best Back-Office Initiative category.
AFTAs Awards 2016 Winners' Interview: MTS Markets
MTS Markets won two awards at the AFTAs 2016.
BST Awards 2016 Winners' Interview: Nasdaq SMARTS
Nasdaq won the best market surveillance platform category at this year's BST Awards, thanks to its outstanding SMARTS offering, a product that has won numerous WatersTechnology awards over the years.
BST Awards 2016 Winners' Interview: UBS Delta
UBS Delta, a perennial winner at the BST Awards over the years, won this year's most prestigious category, the best overall technology provider for 2016.
BST Awards 2016 Winners' Interview: Electra Information Systems
Electra Information Systems won the best buy-side reconciliation platform at this year's Buy-Side Technology Awards, its third win in this category over the years.
BST Awards 2016 Winners' Interview: Fidessa
John Brazier speaks to Fidessa's Richard Hooke about Fidessa Sentinel's continued domination in the BST Awards, and the changes the vendor has in the pipeline for next year.
BST Awards 2016 Winners' Interview: BISAM & Natixis
BISAM, with its alliance partner Natixis Global Asset Management, won this year's best risk management initiative category, one of three wins for the New York-based firm.
BST Awards 2016 Winners' Interview: Ullink
Ullink wins this year's best low-latency trading network category in the Buy-Side technology Awards, thanks to its Nyfix network.
Liquidnet Discusses Virtual Lab for Product Testing
The trading network created a virtual hub, allowing buy-side clients to review new technology products.
Taming Unstructured Data
Deriving metadata from unstructured information in document form helps support know-your-customer compliance
Interview: Lifting the Hood on SmartStream's Reference Data Utility
Victor Anderson chats to Peter Moss, CEO of SmartStream's Reference Data Utility, about the project's premise and its benefits to industry participants.
Law & Order: Data Management Unit
In-house lawyers should see legal data as a means to derive major benefits for their firms, D2 Legal Technology's Akber Datoo tells Joanna Wright