Buy-Side Technology/Analysis
Panelists Question Future of Back-Office Operations
A C-level panel at the North American Buy-Side Technology Summit 2016 discussed where the benefit is in firms' back offices going forward.
Flexibility, Scalability Key for Unigestion in Adoption of SimCorp Dimension
Swiss boutique asset manager Unigestion updates IT architecture to enable wider scope of asset-class investment and better time to market.
C-Level Execs Share Cybersecurity War Stories
Panelists at this year's Chicago Trading Technology Summit discussed how they are addressing cybersecurity demands in the face of increased attacks.
SimCorp Sees Benefits of Front-Office Push
SimCorp's Marc Mallet chats to Victor Anderson about the vendor's front-office strategy and explains the reasons behind the firm's new area of focus.
CFTC Chief Counsel Petal Walker Discusses Reg AT's Source Code Proposal
At this year's Chicago Trading Technology Summit, the CFTC's Petal Walker gave an update on Reg AT's progression and what's at stake for the source code provision.
Thomson Reuters Looks to Grow APAC Footprint for AML/KYC
Compliance talent is thin in the region, hence why firms are looking to vendors for help.
Renaissance Investment Management Migrates to Indata's Private Cloud
COO Sudhir Warrier speaks to WatersTechnology about moving to Indata's iPM Cloud.
Lombard Risk Rolls Out AgileCollateral to Tackle Buy-Side Collateral Management
Launch of cloud-based, streamlined version of Colline solution aimed at buy-side collateral management compliance and efficiency.
New Sapient Platform Helps Firms with Management of Data Requirements
Gavin Kaimowitz, head of Sapient Global Markets' data practice, discusses the launch of Sapient Synapse.
Point to Port: Bloomberg Looks to Ease Concerns Following Completion of BRAIS Acquisition
Barclays support of the Point platform will end in 18 months.
SigOpt's Machine Learning Draws Wall Street Attention
The San Francisco-based vendor uses Bayesian techniques to improve the modeling and research processes.
Not Safe for Work: Cybersecurity Training for Employees
Waters looks at some ways to encourage employees to report potential threats and get them to read IT policies.
Case Study: Ativo Overhauls its Front & Back Office, Risk & Performance Platforms to Support Growth
Executives from the asset manager detail how the firm replaced much of its existing technology stack, and the reasons for doing so.
SS&C Developments Driven by Asset Managers Searching for Greater Yields
As buy-side appetite for greater yields in more complicated asset classes grows, SS&C Technologies focuses on single platforms, user experience and software-as-a-service.
Symphony CEO Talks Platform Enhancements
David Gurle, Symphony CEO, says his platform now has close to 100,000 users and over 70 firms on it.
What Price Brexit: How Will FinTech Be Affected?
WatersTechnology examines some of the key areas of capital markets technology that may be affected by the UK’s planned withdrawal from the European Union.
Asset Managers Reexamining Outsourcing Strategies
At this year's TSAM NY event, executives from Putnam Investments and General Motors Asset Management discussed how outsourcing has changed in recent years.
Mariner's CTO Discusses Blending Old Servers with New Cloud-Based Solutions
"Fintech, algorithms, deep learning and AI are permeating all aspects of the financial industry," said Henry Kravchenko.
Vendors Share UX Best Practices
Where do firms need to improve when it comes to UX?
Symphony's David Gurle Gives Background on Partnership with Markit
David Gurle, founder and CEO of Symphony, talks about what led to the deal.
Buy Side Wants Clearer Benchmark Regulation
Non-public and bespoke indices are two key areas that need to be further explained
Regtech: A Brand New Old Industry
Mounting regulations have given rise to a what some say is a new business sector: regtech.
Lessons to be Learned from Netflix's Approach to Data
Tarundeep Dhot, director of advanced analytics at CIBC, said the preeminent data science project is the Netflix recommendations list.
For Some, Regulators ─ Not Data Control ─ Biggest Hurdle for Public Cloud Adoption
Panelists discuss the biggest hurdles firms are facing when it comes to moving systems to the public cloud.