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BST Awards 2018 Winner's Video: TriOptima Emerges Top in Valuations Category
TriOptima won the best pricing/valuations category in this year's BST Awards, in addition to its wins in the collateral management and best overall technology provider categories.
AFTAs 2018: All the Winners
This year's American Financial Technology Awards were held on the evening of Monday December 3 in New York. Here are the 32 category winners.
December 2018: Walking Through Fire
James reflects on the importance of human involvement as trading technology evolves.
Deep Learning: The Evolution is Here
Advancements in AI have led to new ways for firms to generate alpha and better serve clients. The next great evolution in the space could come in the form of deep learning. WatersTechnology speaks with data scientists at banks, asset managers and vendors…
Choose Your Path
Anthony speaks with a young programmer to see what got him into the field, and to perhaps learn some lessons that other parents of young children can instill in their kids.
Coding in the Trenches: Bjarne Stroustrup, Morgan Stanley
He found fame as the mind behind C++, one of the most popular programming languages ever created. But today, Bjarne Stroustrup is a managing director at Morgan Stanley where he works to create more efficient and secure technology infrastructures.
Wavelength Podcast Episode 146: Waters USA Preview; Brexit Drama
A look at some of the key themes that will be talked about at Waters USA—including cloud, AI, alt data, blockchain—and also a discussion of recent Brexit developments.
Corfinancial Elevates CFO Hobson to CEO
Hobson, who has served as CFO of Corfinancial for the last 15 years, will be responsible for expanding its market share and products globally.
Tax Data Report: Fast-Forward into a New Era of Tax Data Management
Are you ready for a new era of tax transparency following the introduction of the Packaged Retail and Insurance-Based Investment Products (Priips) and the revised Markets in Financial Instruments Directive (Mifid II) regulations?
The Day the Data Stood Still
With the UK preparing to leave the EU in March, regulators have a limited amount of time to figure out how to keep the flow of information going between each other post-Brexit—and the window is closing.
Custody Seen as Crypto's Next Major Battleground
Although institutional interest in cryptocurrency trading has grown, the development of the custody space, in particular, is crucial for its next phase of evolution.
SS&C Advent: Practice Makes Perfect
SS&C Advent won the best accounting system provider category in this year’s Waters Rankings thanks to two products—Geneva and Advent Portfolio Exchange—that it inherited as part of its July 2015 acquisition of Advent Software. Victor Anderson chats to…
Wavelength Podcast Episode 145: CSDs Consider Crypto; Bank Robberies & AI; DTCC's Blockchain
Anthony and James look news pertaining to cryptocurriences and blockchain deployments, as well as AI and cloud.
STP: Shedding the Leftover Inefficiencies
The age-old problem of achieving straight through processing remains a challenge for some buy-side firms today. But time is running out.
Emerging Markets Exchanges Embrace New Tech
While economic measures might place markets in Kenya, Tanzania, Palestine and elsewhere firmly in the “emerging” bracket, their use of technology is anything but.
Banks and Bank Robbers Embark on AI Arms Race
As cyber attacks become more frequent and costly, banks are increasingly turning to artificial intelligence to protect their networks—but so are the criminals.
In Praise of Perseverance: Laura Barrowman, Credit Suisse
Waters speaks with Credit Suisse's technology chief about her career, and how the Swiss bank is grappling with innovation in an era of emerging technologies.
Wavelength Podcast Episode 144: Market Data Fees Fight & Crypto Hype
This week, Anthony and James talk about the fight unfolding over exchange data fees and then explain why there' so much unwarranted hype around cryptos.
The Quantum Computing Question
While interest in quantum computing has been slow to arrive in the capital markets, Wei-Shen, who attended this year’s Sibos conference in Sydney, says a tipping point might be soon to come.
November 2018: Bonfire of the Sandwiches
Regulators must reach an agreement on data sharing before Brexit, even if that requires working around EU rules.
We, the Laggards
While Anthony understands why banks are desperate to get in on the alternative data oil rush, he thinks that ultimately, they’re going to be disappointed.
