Waters/Analysis
Witad Awards 2018 Write-Ups: Technology Innovator of the Year (End-User)—Kim Prado, RBC Capital Markets
The financial technology industry has few rock stars, but Kim Prado, global head of client insight, banking and digital channels technology at RBC Capital Markets, is certainly one of them. Having been at the forefront of technology for well over 20…
Witad Awards 2018 Write-Ups: Technology Innovator of the Year (Vendor)—Jennifer Peve, DTCC
As the co-head of the Depository Trust and Clearing Corp.’s (DTCC’s) office of fintech strategy, Jennifer Peve has the broad mandate of ensuring that the DTCC stays ahead of the industry when it comes to fintech. That means having to know about…
Witad Awards 2018 Write-Ups: Technology Leader of the Year (End-User)—Wendy Redshaw, Deutsche Bank
It is a truth universally acknowledged that leopards cannot change their spots. Wendy Redshaw would like to respectfully disagree. The CIO for collaborative technology solutions at Deutsche Bank, who wins the inaugural award for technology leader of the…
Witad Awards 2018 Write-Ups: Technology Leader of the Year (Vendor)—Bethany Baer, IHS Markit
An interesting fact about IHS Markit Digital’s CTO, Bethany Baer, is that she’s relatively new to finance. Before joining the industry on the insurance side in 2011, her most significant stint was as a vice president in various roles at travel specialist…
Witad Awards 2018 Write-Ups: Trade Execution Professional of the Year—Mariya Kurchuk, Pragma Securities
Mariya Kurchuk spent a decade studying and conducting research in the field of electrical engineering, ultimately earning a PhD in the subject from Columbia University in New York. It’s natural to think, therefore, that she’d end up at Boeing, Lockheed…
Witad Awards 2018 Write-Ups: Vendor Partnership or Alliance Professional of the Year—Wendy Collins, UnaVista (LSEG)
Wendy Collins, managing director, global strategic partnerships at UnaVista, an operating unit of the London Stock Exchange Group (LSEG), wins this year’s vendor partnership or alliance professional category, thanks to her contribution to establishing…
Witad Awards 2018 Write-Ups: Trailblazer (Lifetime Achievement)—Debra Walton, Thomson Reuters
Debra Walton, global managing director, customer proposition, financial and risk at Thomson Reuters, is the first recipient of one of the two highest-profile awards of the Women in Technology and Data Awards, the other being WatersTechnology’s woman of…
Witad Awards 2018 Write-Ups: WatersTechnology’s Woman of the Year—Sallianne Taylor, Bloomberg
Sallianne Taylor, Bloomberg’s head of strategic alliances in the firm’s global data group, wins this year’s highest-profile award due in no small part to her astonishing 30-year career at the firm. She currently manages Bloomberg’s strategic…
Waters Wavelength Podcast Episode 115: The CME Buys NEX Group
Anthony and James discuss the potential ripple effects stemming from this latest deal in the fixed-income space, fintech investment and Brexit.
Utility Belt: How Utilities are Stepping Up
Banks, looking for ways to cut costs and meet regulatory pressures, are increasingly turning to collaborative projects like utilities.
Waters Wavelength Podcast Episode 114: A Recap of FIA Boca - Blockchain, Crypto, AI, Brexit
WatersTechnology attended the Futures Industry Association's annual conference in Boca Raton, Florida. These are the takeaways.
Waters Wavelength Podcast Episode 113: IBM's Lund on Blockchain's Evolution
Jesse Lund talks about real uses for DLT in the capital markets, lessons learned while rolling out IBM's blockchain platform, and what’s ahead for 2018, and into 2019.
Waters Wavelength Podcast Episode 112: A Look at How Fintechs are Being Disruptive
The past two weeks have seen some major announcements that point to fintechs being even more disruptive than in years past.
Waters Wavelength Podcast Episode 111: The Challenges Facing Utilities
The Association for Financial Markets in Europe (AFME) released a report looking at the market environment that utilities face. Anthony and James examine its findings.
Waters Wavelength Podcast Episode 110: An Examination of the Temenos-Fidessa Deal
Victor Anderson, editor-in-chief of Waters, joins the podcast to discuss Temenos’ potential acquisition of Fidessa.
Waters Wavelength Podcast Episode 109: An Overview of the CFTC Technology Advisory Committee’s Meeting
Anthony and James talk about how regulators in the US are falling behind other nations' regulators, the lack of talk about Reg AT, and an SRO for cryptocurrencies.
Waters Wavelength Podcast Episode 108: Dan Schleifer Talks About the Challenges of Creating a Fintech
ChartIQ's co-founder and CEO joins the podcast to give his insights—and lessons learned—as to how to create a startup geared toward the capital markets.
Waters Wavelength Podcast Episode 107: An Examination of the Thomson Reuters-Blackstone Deal
Anthony, James and Max Bowie dig into the Thomson Reuters-Blackstone announcement and try and figure out the winners and losers, industry-wide.
Waters Wavelength Podcast Episode 106: Blockchain on the Buy Side; the Importance of Coding
Anthony and James examine a new report about how the buy side is lagging behind when it comes to blockchain development, and how K-12 schools are lagging when it comes to teaching coding.
AFTAs 2017: Best New Technology Introduced Over the Last 12 Months: Risk/Compliance and Reporting—AQMetrics
AQMetrics, headquartered just west of Dublin, Ireland, wins its first AFTA, beating 11 other outstanding entries in this category, thanks to the work it has done over the course of the last 12 months in enhancing the functionality of its approved…
AFTAs 2017: Best New Technology Introduced Over the Last 12 Months: Middle and Back Office—AdvantageData
AdvantageData Inc. (ADI) wins its first category at the AFTAs thanks to its Middle Market Loan Advantage offering, which saw off a handful of entries in this new category. The Boston-based firm, founded back in 1997, initially focused on providing cross…
Waters Wavelength Podcast Episode 105: Blackstone's Bill Murphy, Part 3
Bill Murphy, CTO of Blackstone, once again joins the podcast to discuss the private equity firm's new offices, designed to house its innovations team.
AFTAs 2017: Best Analytics Initiative—Credit Suisse
The platform has over 100 models representing over 90 percent of Credit Suisse’s revenue within the Intermediate Holding Company (IHC).
AFTAs 2017: Best Mobile Strategy—Janus Henderson
Janus Henderson, the merged entity comprising Janus Capital and London-based Henderson Group, wins its first AFTA thanks to its Quantum Global offering, the firm’s risk management, research, and portfolio analysis tool, which has been used by the…