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Ghost in the Shell: AI Expands Beyond Algos
As market movements become faster and more complex, it is impossible for humans to react quickly enough to those changes, requiring machines to step in. Now, artificial intelligence is extending its reach beyond algorithms, permeating other aspects of…
Performance Measurement: The Devil’s in the Data
Performance measurement has always been one of the most crucial business processes that all buy-side firms need to manage, irrespective of their investment strategies and the complexity of their operating models. Victor Anderson recently caught up with…
James Rundle: Rise of the Machines
While it’s popular to think of artificial intelligence as the harbinger of doom for humanity, James says AI has definite, critical applications for modern financial technology.
Leaving Room at the Start-Up Pond’s Edge
Can financial technology start-ups benefit from the Silicon Valley ethos, or are funding and mentoring programs modeled after other technology verticals more window dressing than the real deal? Tim Bourgaize Murray reflects on the nature of help in a…
Michael Shashoua: Protecting Valuable Data
Recognizing the increasing value of data, and with more worthwhile data being discovered or generated every day, cloud computing resources could aid in managing that data. Michael explores the parameters under which firms can do this securely and with…
Max Bowie: Colleagues, Consolidators, Where Are They Now?
As Waters bids farewell to one colleague and welcomes a new one in his place, Max wonders where the vendors have gone from the data industry’s glory days, and who will replace them.
August 2014: Start Me Up
There are no prizes for anyone identifying the August issue of Waters as the “start-up” issue. That is down to coincidence as opposed to design. Marina Daras travelled to Israel recently with the view to visiting a number of the country’s technology…
IBOR: No Walk in the Park
The investment book of record (IBOR) phenomenon currently sweeping the buy side shows no sign of slowing down, as asset managers on both sides of the Atlantic start moving down the road toward managing their investment positions and cash, not only on an…
Waters Rankings 2014: Best Crossing Network Provider — Instinet
In a year when the perils of high-speed trading were highlighted by Michael Lewis’s Flash Boys, sparking debate among traders, regulators and politicians alike, it is appropriate that the award for best crossing network goes to CBX, Instinet’s mainstay…
Waters Rankings 2014: Best Agency Brokerage — Instinet
As in years past, the battle between agency-only brokerages remained a close one in 2014, as Nomura-backed Instinet wrested away the award from previous winner ITG on the back of new crossing, connectivity, and algorithmic capabilities, underpinned by a…
Waters Rankings 2014: Best Execution Management System Provider — Eze Software Group
Eze Software Group, launched in January of last year when ConvergEx Group made the decision to exit the front-office technology provider market and then promptly sold two of its leading lights—the Eze OMS and its sibling RealTick EMS—has pulled off…
Waters Rankings 2014: Best Portfolio Management System Provider — Bloomberg
For the second consecutive year, Bloomberg AIM has been recognized as the best portfolio management system by Waters’ readership, following on the heels of its win in last year’s Buy-Side Technology Awards for the best integrated front-office platform.
Waters Rankings 2014: Best Buy-Side OMS Provider — Eze Software Group
Since its creation in January 2013, Eze Software Group has established itself as the de facto buy-side order management system (OMS) with its Eze OMS offering, winning the category at both last year’s and this year’s Waters Rankings. An award-winning OMS…
Waters Rankings 2014: Best Sell-Side OMS Provider — Bloomberg
For the fifth year in a row, Bloomberg’s Trade Order Management Solutions (TOMS) has won the Waters Rankings award for best sell-side OMS. The platform, which provides fixed-income cash and derivatives trading firms with a multitude of tools to manage…
Waters Rankings 2014: Best Algorithmic Trading Provider — Instinet
Instinet, the New York-based agency-only brokerage arm of Japanese financial services giant Nomura, wins this year’s best algorithmic trading provider award, which, when added to its wins in the best agency broker and best crossing network provider…
Waters Rankings 2014: Best Reconciliation Management Provider — DTCC
After winning this category on its own from 2010 to 2013, Omgeo continues to lead the pack when it comes to reconciliations, although since the fall of last year, it has been part of the Depository Trust & Clearing Corp. (DTCC).
Waters Rankings 2014: Best Sell-Side Clearing Provider — DTCC
The best sell-side clearing provider category in the Waters Rankings is one that has seen rapid change after years of stability. JPMorgan was the perennial leader in this category before being dethroned last year by Goldman Sachs. But this year we see a…
Waters Rankings 2014: Best Performance Measurement and Attribution System Provider — ConvergEx Group
New York-based ConvergEx Group, a provider of brokerage and trading-related services, emerged top in this year’s performance measurement and attribution provider category, a win that will undoubtedly raise a few eyebrows, not because of PerformEx’s…
Waters Rankings 2014: Best Enterprise Data Management Systems Provider — Bloomberg PolarLake
It is no secret that large portions of the third-party technology vendor community have grown through acquisition as the market has evolved and matured—after all, it is cheaper, more time efficient, and significantly faster to market to buy an existing…
Waters Rankings 2014: Best Transaction-Cost Analysis System Provider — ITG
ITG, a New York-based agency brokerage and capital markets technology provider, follows up its success in the transaction-cost analysis (TCA) category in last year’s Buy-Side Technology Awards by winning the corresponding category in this year’s Waters…
Waters Rankings 2014: Oded Weiss, Multifonds
Timothy Murray speaks with Oded Weiss, CEO of Multifonds, at the Waters Rankings.
Waters Rankings 2014: Ranjan Singh, IPC
Timothy Murray speaks with Ranjan Singh of IPC at the 2014 Waters Rankings.
Waters Rankings 2014: Best Corporate Actions Solution Provider — Thomson Reuters
The Depository Trust & Clearing Corp.’s (DTCC’s) corporate actions solution has won this category for the past three years, including last year after it had been bought by Markit. But for this year, the torch has been passed to Thomson Reuters with its…
Waters Rankings 2014: Best Reference Data Provider — Thomson Reuters
For three years in a row, Waters’ readers have chosen Thomson Reuters’ reference data over Bloomberg, the Rankings’ previous winner. An originator, consolidator and redistributor of security and financial instrument data, Thomson Reuters provides access…