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Buy-Side Technology Awards 2015: Best Buy-Side Client Reporting Platform—Vermilion Software
Vermilion won this year's Buy-Side Technology Award for best client reporting platform.
Buy-Side Technology Awards 2015: Best Broker-Supplied Tool/Technology—UBS Delta
It’s been no secret of late that the major broker-dealers are suffering under new capital requirements. As they cope, some have been forced to exit markets, spin off desks, and pull back from higher-leverage activities. Luckily, they haven’t quit…
Buy-Side Technology Awards 2015: Best Buy-Side Collateral Management Tool—CloudMargin
Collateral management tools—a significant source of expenditure for sell-side securities services arms and a source of pain for investment managers—are at the forefront of post-financial crisis regulatory change. The need for higher quality collateral,…
Buy-Side Technology Awards 2015: Best Buy-Side Cyber-Security Platform/Tool—ACA Aponix
Talk about catching lightning in a bottle. Barely more than a year on from its founding and after being bought by mainstay buy-side services provider ACA Compliance this February, Aponix has duly landed the inaugural cyber-security award. As any Waters…
Buy-Side Technology Awards 2015: Best Buy-Side Pricing/Valuation Service—Interactive Data
All good things must come to an end, and so it is with Markit’s heady streak of five straight victories in this category. The last time Lance Uggla’s company was without this award—when Numerix held it in 2009—Barack Obama was still in his first year as…
Waters Weekly Wrap: November 23-27
Each Friday, Waters editors and journalists pull together a quick-hit series of the best analysis pieces, features, and video interviews from across the five brands-just in case you missed them.
Market Surveillance: Rising to the Challenge
It’s clear that a culture of bad practice has deep roots in the industry, and more effort is needed to restore trust.
All Roads Lead to Rome: Navigating IFRS 9
While IFRS 9’s development started before the full grip of the financial crisis took hold in the fall of 2008, in the wake of the collapse, it became clear that banks needed to do a better job of measuring and monitoring their credit losses. This new…
Fixing Benchmarks: The Impact of EU Benchmark Regs on the Buy Side
Buy-side firms that blend benchmarks in-house and therefore qualify as administrators are watching EU regulations carefully.
60 Seconds with Donna Milrod
Donna Milrod is the head of DTCC Solutions
The Waters Weekly Wrap: November 16-20
Each Friday, Waters editors and journalists pull together a quick-hit series of the best analysis pieces, features, and video interviews from across the five brands-just in case you missed them.
European Trading Architecture Summit 2015: Keynote
John Finch, CIO at the Bank of England, discussing digitization in the industry.
Pragmatic Steps Highlight Syndicated Loans' Latest Tech Push, Part II
Learning from previous efforts, incremental steps are now realizing significant benefits for the space — which, sources on both the buy and sell side say, is just what the doctor ordered as new, less experienced investors ponder entry. Tim Bourgaize…
'Scratching and Clawing,' Syndicated Loans Tack Toward Progress: Part I
Learning from previous efforts, incremental steps are now realizing significant benefits for the space — which, sources on both the buy and sell side say, is just what the doctor ordered as new, less experienced investors ponder entry.
The Waters Weekly Wrap: November 9-13
Each Friday, Waters editors and journalists pull together a quick-hit series of the best analysis pieces, features, and video interviews from across the five brands-just in case you missed them.
The Waters Weekly Wrap: November 2 - 6
Each Friday, Waters editors and journalists pull together a quick-hit series of the best analysis pieces, features, and video interviews from across the five brands-just in case you missed them.
Anthony Malakian: The Swimmers in the Lake
As data lakes gain traction on Wall Street, Anthony says that skilled programmers with knowledge of big data analysis and cleansing will become increasingly valuable.
Data Lakes: Uncharted Waters
Anthony Malakian examines why data lakes are growing in popularity, and the risks that they pose.
Tim Bourgaize Murray: A Heady Debate at the Intersection of Bitcoin and Blockchain
Tim reflects on the state of conversation around the not-so-new distributed ledgers.
Michael Shashoua: Why Quality Should Be Job One
Ensuring adherence to certain data quality standards has become the prerequisite for information, including know-your-customer data and evaluated pricing. Michael explains the foundations being built.
November 2015: How to Eat an Elephant
Victor says that as data continues to dominate the headlines in the capital markets, data management is a huge challenge that needs to be addressed.
Max Bowie: Strategic Data Assets Need Solid Governance Foundations
As data and the demands made upon it become more complex and integral to firms’ core business functions, Max argues that their data governance processes must become stronger and more structured.
The Future of FX: Too Many Cooks?
Over half of all trades in the foreign exchange market are now conducted electronically, with new players and venues entering the market.
Off the Chain: The Blockchain Battle
Tim Bourgaize Murray surveys industry perspectives on Blockchain's potential, and finds a battle brewing.