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Wavelength Podcast Episode 149: The Biggest Stories from 2018
A discussion about the trends and stories that dominated the year.
The Best Longform Stories of 2018
Collating the best of our features throughout the year.
Wavelength Podcast Episode 148: A Look at APAC Trends for 2019
Wei-Shen Wong joins the podcast to discuss all things Asia: cloud, crypto, blockchain, AI, India-SGX and more.
Singing to the Tune of Data
Wei-Shen Wong wonders about the future of market data models, and how pricing models need to change.
Lingering Questions Remain over Mifid II
Nearly one year on from the fundamental changes to Europe’s trading rulebook brought about by Mifid II, its overall impact is still unclear. Although experts talk of greater transparency in the markets, it’s had its share of issues, some of which are…
Wavelength Podcast Episode 147: Crypto Insurance; Waters USA Recap
BlockRe’s Raymond Zenkich joins to talk about the challenges of offering insurance products for bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies.
Tokenization: The Flip Side of the Coin
Turning traditional assets into digitally traded data is one of the most commonly cited benefits of emerging technology, including distributed ledgers. But the reality is that the process is far more difficult than it seems.
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 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.