Waters
SST Awards 2018: Best Sell-Side Market Risk Product—RiskVal Financial Solutions
When it comes to market risk, the challenges—and solutions—facing all at present center on transparency. From closing loopholes that in the past allowed regulatory arbitrage, through to more accurately analyzing the market impact of a portfolio’s…
SST Awards 2018: Best Sell-Side Trading Network—BT
BT takes home the award for the best sell-side trading network at the Sell-Side Technology Awards for the third time, a reflection of the company’s comfortable lead in this ever-competitive category.
SST Awards 2018: Best Sell-Side Web-Based Development Environment—Pershing, a BNY Mellon Company
Last year, the winner of this category was OpenFin, thanks to its Chromium-based desktop operating layer. However, this time around, Pershing, a BNY Mellon Company, came out on top in the best sell-side web-based development environment category, thanks…
SST Awards 2018: Best Sell-Side OTC Trading Initiative—FIS Front Arena
Tech giant FIS picks up the gong for the best over-the-counter (OTC) trading initiative this year for its Front Arena product, the second year in a row that it has won the award.
SST Awards 2018: Best Smart Order Routing Tool/Product—Pragma Securities
Pragma Securities has attracted widespread attention over the years due to its flagship offering, Pragma 360, an algorithmic trading platform for foreign exchange (FX), North American equities and futures.
SST Awards 2018: Best Swap Execution Facility—Tradeweb Markets
When it comes to the ultra-competitive world of swap execution facilities (SEFs), volume is king. But before the mandate to trade certain derivatives contracts through SEFs kicked in during early 2014, Tradeweb’s TW SEF didn’t look at first like it would…
SST Awards 2018: Best Use of the Agile Methodology—Duco
This category, only the second time it has been on offer in the Sell-Side Technology Awards, is awarded to a third-party technology vendor that has embraced the “early and often” release cadence synonymous with the Agile methodology, while also focusing…
SST Awards 2018: Most Promising Sell-Side Startup—TransFICC
Founding a fintech startup has its challenges, although the large number currently in existence across the capital markets suggest that it’s not especially tough. The difficult part is establishing a successful business that emerges from the valley of…
SST Awards 2018: Best Sell-Side Product for 2018—UnaVista, London Stock Exchange Group
UnaVista, a wholly owned subsidiary of the London Stock Exchange Group (LSEG), wins this year’s best overall sell-side product award, one of only two categories announced at the SST Awards lunch in London on April 20. UnaVista also won the best middle…
SST Awards 2018 Winners' Circle: UnaVista, London Stock Exchange Group
The London Stock Exchange Group’s UnaVista platform won two categories in this year’s Sell-Side Technology Awards in London: best middle-office platform and best overall product for 2018. Victor Anderson chats to the firm’s CEO, Mark Husler, about sell…
SST Awards 2018: Best Sell-Side Technology Provider of the Year—SIX
Zurich-based SIX, a technology and data provider and infrastructure operator of the Swiss financial center, wins the final category of the SST Awards 2018—the technology provider of the year—announced on April 20 at the awards lunch in London.
SST Awards 2018 Winners' Circle: SIX
SIX, the Zurich-based financial services firm that underpins the infrastructure of Switzerland’s financial center and provides capital markets firms with financial information and ancillary services, won two categories at this year’s Sell-Side Technology…
Wavelength Podcast Episode 123: An Examination of the SGX-NSE Row; Esma Targets Reporting Platforms
Wei-Shen Wong joins to discuss the brewing battle between the SGX and NSE and Anthony and James look at Esma's shot at reporting platforms.
Interviews from RIMES II Client Conference EMEA 2018
On May 2 this year, RIMES Technologies held its annual EMEA client conference at the Four Seasons hotel in London. WatersTechnology was there to interview a number of the attendees.
SST Awards 2018 Winner's Interview – SmartStream Technologies
SmartStream's Vincent Kilcoyne chats to Victor Anderson about the roll-out of his firm's TLM Fees and Expense Management platform at Credit Suisse.
Wavelength Podcast Episode 122: An Interview with Cboe's Chris Isaacson; GDPR Has Arrived
Cboe's CIO joins the podcast to discuss the exchange's tech migrations after the Bats acquisition, and Anthony and James give a primer on GDPR.
Wavelength Podcast Episode 121: An Examination of CQRS; Coinbase’s Institutional Play
Linedata's Dave Remy and Chris Condron discuss all things CQRS and James Rundle goes over some of the big news breaking in the crypto space.
Where There’s a Will, There’s a Way
With less than a month to go until the SGX lists its new India derivative products, anything can happen. All eyes are on India’s regulator, Sebi, as well as the country’s three exchanges, to see what action—if any at all—they will take.
Singapore Exchange Hits Back at India’s Data Pull
Indian market regulator Sebi is terminating its three exchanges’ existing market data licensing agreements with foreign partners.
Wavelength Podcast Episode 120: CCP Non-Default Losses
James and Anthony look at the main issues around CCP non-default losses, who should be responsible for these funds, and where this is all heading.
How is the Industry Faring in a Post‑Mifid II World?
The revised Markets in Financial Information Directive (Mifid II) went into effect at the start of 2018 and, as with any significant regulation go-live, there were some hiccups. Three months later, there are still gaps that need to be filled –…
Getting Ready for CAT
While the consolidated audit trail (CAT) may have missed its initial November go-live date, the project is far from over. Broker-dealers will still need to report to the system when compliance deadlines are finalized, and it may be wise to begin…
Wavelength Podcast Episode 119: SS&C's Acquisition Plans; Data Privacy Concerns; May 2018 Features
After its eleventh-hour bid deal for Fidessa fell through, SS&C is back on the hunt for an acquisition (or acquisitions). Anthony and James speculate on what that could mean for the industry.
Protectionism Seeps into the Capital Markets
What started with Brexit and the election of Donald Trump is now taking hold in India—protectionism.