Sell-Side Technology/Analysis
Private/Permissioned Blockchains Next Up for Distributed Ledgers
"The big difference between the original blockchain for bitcoin and the blockchain now widely talked about by banks is that instead of preferring transactions to be unknown, blockchain prefers transactions to be known."
GTS CEO Talks Acquisition of Barclays' DMM Business
GTS's new customers can expect sophisticated technology organizing information in innovative ways.
Cambridge Blockchain Wins Santander InnoVentures Distributed Ledger Challenge
Startup's solution focuses on identity-management issues financial services firms face.
DTCC Chief Technology Architect Talks Blockchain
Rob Palatnick gives his thoughts on the DTCC's recently published white paper regarding the need for industry collaboration around blockchain.
Scotiabank Eyes Analytics in Partnership with Queen's University
The Toronto-based bank will spend over $1.5 million to create the Scotiabank Centre for Customer Analytics at Smith School of Business at Queen's University.
Bloomberg Buys Netbox Blue, Integrates Technology into Enterprise Compliance Platform
Bloomberg's purchase of Netbox Blue comes after the two firms held a partnership for two years.
Nasdaq Brings Blockchain to Life
As distributed ledger technology edges closer to widespread adoption, WatersTechnology speaks to Nasdaq's head of blockchain strategy about what's next for this potentially revolutionary technology.
Trading Technologies to Add Trade Analytics, Backtesting in 2016
Last year the vendor launched its new SaaS-based trading platform and rolled out the Algo Development Lab.
National Stock Exchange Officials Discuss Exchange's Relaunch, Plans to Attract Investors
NSX is the 12th US stock exchange entrant, with IEX looming on the horizon.
Top Stories of 2015: Best of the Sell Side
Before 2016 rolls in, a look back at the year that was.
Implementing an Efficient Cyber-Security Strategy: Priorities, Costs, and BYOD
Computers and servers have become increasingly complex, but so has the risk of cyber security breaches associated with those systems.
As Regulatory Reporting Demands Increase, Agility is Key, Say Panelists
At Waters USA 2015, panelists discussed how technology can help to address regulatory requirements and also shared their views on IT costs associated with compliance.
Borsa Istanbul Completes Phase One of Nasdaq Tech Implementation
Turkish exchange goes live on nine Nasdaq products simultaneously after ambitious two year development and integration project.
Amazon's Mullins Highlights the Driving Forces Behind Cloud Adoption
At this year’s Waters USA conference, AWS’ Scott Mullins discussed the need for innovation, change and trends facing the industry today.
The Red Queen and the Black Death: The Realities of Finding Value in a World of Big Data
At Waters USA, Anthony Scriffignano implored the audience to retool the way they think about data, else risk drowning in a sea of information.
Waters USA 2015 C-Level Panel: For Bigger Firms, Time to Make 'Real Bets' as Disintermediation Looms
Senior technologists from the buy side and sell side opened Waters USA with fresh urgency about both cost reduction and disintermediation.
Bank of America's Whitston Describes Benefits of Horizontal Services Model
At Waters USA 2015, Alla Whitston, enterprise CTO for technology infrastructure at Bank of America, explained Persona, a new project that allows the firm to determine what technology should be afforded to its employees in a standardized way.
'True Engineering Work': Stratus Talks Solarflare Partnership
Jason Andersen of Stratus discusses his firm's partnership with Solarflare and future enhancements planned for the firm.
trueEX Separates Post-Trade Business from SEF
truePTS is a new entity that will focus on allocations, instant status notification and other processing capabilities.
Scotiabank Names Former CEO of BBVA Bancomer a Strategic Advisor for Global Digital Banking
Ignacio ‘Nacho' Deschamps talks with Dan DeFrancesco about his new role aimed at helping the Canadian bank with its digital transformation.
DTCC's Daniel Magarino Discusses New Data-as-a-Service Offering
Daniel Magarino talks with WatersTechnology about customizing data so firms can turn data into action.
ETAS 2015 Panelists Cite Memory, Coding and CEP Trends
As legislation bites what opportunities emerge?
Algo Testing a Major Concern Under MiFID II, ETAS Panelists Say
Clarity of definitions and testing environments are still major hurdles for firms' MiFID II readiness, panelists say.
Perretta Discusses State Street's Transformation Wave, New CIO
Waters caught up on the latest with the firm's global head of enterprise data and tech.