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Sell-Side Technology Awards 2019: All the Winners
This year's SST Awards were held on the afternoon of April 12 in London. Here are this year's 31 category winners.
Google Plans Foray into Asset Management with AI Data Tools
The technology giant is rolling out tools to asset managers who need to use machine learning but have limited in-house experience.
Banks Forge Cloud Agreements to Split Accountability
Banks are trying to split responsibility for their operating environments with the major cloud providers. Regulators are having none of it.
Women in Financial Services: The Shameful Truth
MarketAxess' Miranda Morad chats to Victor Anderson about the long road ahead to meaningful gender equality for the financial services industry.
Cobalt Expands with New Hires
The vendor recently entered into a partnership with IHS Markit for post-trade services in currency markets.
Women in Technology & Data Awards 2019: All the Winners and Why they Won
The 26 category winners from this year's Women in Technology and Data Awards were announced on the afternoon of March 8 at a sit-down lunch in London.
Hermes Ramps Up Cloud DevOps Strategy
Shift to Azure has dramatically increased investment manager's ability to push new code, engineers say.
Bobby Bhakar Joins Instimatch as CTO
The Swiss vendor has hired a number of senior personnel recently and has been steadily growing its institutional client base.
BST Awards 2018 Winner's Interview: Duco
Duco's CEO, Christian Nentwich, chats to Victor Anderson about his firm's win in the best buy-side reconciliation platform category at the 2018 Buy-Side Technology Awards.
Startup Fincross to Onboard Clients, Launch Crypto Custody in Q2
Subject to regulatory approval, the newly created digital asset investment bank plans to launch a custody solution in April.
No-Deal Data Pacts Fail to Quell Hard Brexit Fears
UK and EU regulators agree to share data post-Brexit, but trading firms say this doesn’t go far enough.
BST Awards 2018 Winner's Interview: SmartStream
SmartStream's Adam Cottingham chats to Victor Anderson about his firm's win in the best corporate actions processing platform category at the 2018 BST Awards.
FCA Sets Regulatory Roadmap for Crypto
The introduction of a regulatory framework could revitalize interest in waning ICO funding.
Refinitiv Hires Global Head of Industry and Government Affairs
Sherry Madera will be responsible for boosting Refinitiv's participation across government, policy initiatives, industry trends, and regulatory developments.
Tradeweb, Bloomberg Gain Dutch Approval Ahead of Brexit
The green light will enable the firms to continue serving their EU27 clients following Brexit.
Confluence Promotes Ionadi to BizDev VP Role
Ionadi will be responsible for overseeing North American business development.
Accuity Appoints Wilson CEO
David Wilson will be responsible for delivering solutions for payments, risk and compliance, as well as developing new partnerships and overseeing client services.
Hamilton Trades Derivatives for Digital Currency
Steve Hamilton joins the crypto start-up ahead of its digital securities exchange launch next year.
Buy-Side Technology Awards 2018: All the Winners and Why they Won
Here are the free-to-view write-ups covering this year's 36 category winners, plus a number of winners' circle interviews and video clips from this year's awards function in London on November 2.
BST Awards 2018 Winner's Video: TriOptima Cleans Up in the Collateral Management Category
TriOptima won the category for the best collateral management platform for the first time at this year's Buy-Side Technology Awards. It also won the best pricing/valuation service and the award for the best overall technology provider to the buy side.
Kaizen New Hire to Head Trade Reporting Expansion
Chris Machin will lead development of the expansion of ReportShield to cover APA trade reporting.
UK Regulator Deepens Partnership with Sopra Steria
Although there were reported glitches after Mifid II went live with the Market Data Processor (MDP), the FCA signed on for bigger projects with the company that built the platform.
BCS Launches Synthetic Prime Brokerage Services
The offering will enable easier access to the Russian equity and derivatives markets.
Binance Cryptocurrency Exchange Picks Refinitiv for KYC
Refinitiv has traditionally provided KYC services to regulated banks and asset managers.