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Where Are the Women?
Why the lack of gender diversity in finance leads to less revenue for the buy side.
Waters Wavelength Podcast Episode 68: An Inside Look at IBM Watson
Marc Andrews of IBM sits down with Anthony and Dan to discuss the company's use of Watson for regulatory compliance and surveillance.
Waters Cover Profile: Born to Be a Banker — Jodi Richard, chief operational risk officer, US Bank
Emilia David profiles US Bank's chief operational risk officer Jodi Richard and looks at how the bank tackles op risk and the extent to which its risk disciplines are integrated into the business.
Artificial Intelligence: Job Killer or Human Augmenter?
At the North American Trading Architecture Summit in New York, artificial intelligence came under the spotlight with industry participants discussing the extent to which it might replace humans across the capital markets.
Cutting Through the Hype: Finding the Difference Between True Innovation and a Good Use of Buzzwords
Tech executives’ ability to sort through bogus claims around new technology is more important now than ever before.
Waters Wavelength Podcast Episode 64: Open Source, Cyber, AI – A NATAS Recap
Dan and Anthony discuss the North American Trading Architecture Summit.
Synechron Launches AI Accelerator Solutions
The AI accelerators lets financial institutions fast-track programs around machine learning, natural language processing, and robotic process automation.
GreenKey Adds Gateways to Widen Audience, AI to Handle Mifid II Compliance
GreenKey’s new CEO, Nader Shwayhat, discusses the telephony vendor's latest platform release.
Automation Must Be End-to-End
Financial institutions looking to automate processes shouldn’t keep the technology in only one area of the business, speakers at a recent DTCC forum say, but rather make it into a holistic solution to add more value to the business.
March Madness: 2nd Annual Financial Technology Trends Tournament
In honor of the NCAA men’s and women’s basketball tournament starting this week, Dan creates a bracket of the biggest financial technology trends.
Skynet Is Falling: A Rational Fear of AI
Artificial intelligence is becoming more sophisticated. And, while she understands the benefits of this evolution, Emilia confesses that every new advancement in AI also scares her.
March 2017: Master and Servant
Artificial intelligence will change the world, but Victor wonders whether it will get too smart for its own good.
Waters Wavelength Podcast Episode 59: Gabriel Woo, VP of Innovation at RBC
Dan and Gabriel talk about AI initiatives at the Canadian bank. Later, Dan, James and Anthony discuss the LSE-Deutsche Börse merger debacle.
Future-Proofing the Investment Bank
In order to best position themselves in a future of dwindling returns, banks must invest in long-term technological advancements and work with financial technology companies.
AI Advancements Bode Well for Fintech’s Future, Although Concerns Linger
Anthony Malakian looks at three major advancements made by Google that have moved AI forward.
Waters Wavelength Podcast Episode 57: Artificial Intelligence and Humans—A Complicated Mix
The guys have a philosophical discussion about what the future will look like with humans and AI closely interacting.
Resistance Is Futile: Robots' Takeover of Human Race Inevitable
Humans have two options: Evolve or go extinct.
FactSet Deploys Narrative Science's Natural Language Generation Tool
The result aims to improve analytics and reporting capabilities for users.
BNP Paribas Securities Services Invests in Compliance Fintech Firm Fortia
Fintech vendor specializes in development of machine learning, artificial intelligence for compliance and regulatory requirements.
8 Securities Extends Robo-Advisory Platform to Financial Institutions
Banks and asset managers are able to customize 8 Securities’ robo-advisor platform for their own customers.
Natural Language Processing: An Inside Look at How NLP is Used in the Capital Markets
Waters examines how natural language processing and natural language generation tools are being used on Wall Street
Waters Wavelength Podcast Episode 51: Nasdaq CEO Adena Friedman
Dan chats with Nasdaq's new CEO.
Waters Wavelength Podcast Episode 47: Virtual Reality, Insider Trading
Dan and Anthony chat about Waters' biggest annual conference.
Man or Machine: Why Not Both?
The increase in the use of artificial intelligence holds great potential for the future of trading technology, as long as humans and machines can work together.