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Case Study: Fee Management Issues Offer Utility Opportunity
How a vendor’s acquisition of a big bank’s platform has led to the development of a utility.
Guarding the Turret: The Future of Trader Voice
Trader voice firms are contemplating what the future of turrets will be.
Prop Shop Culture: Tyler Capital's Chris Donnan
Tyler Capital's CTO Chris Donnan explains the importance of culture and its focus on machine learning.
Boosting Asia’s Liquidity: A Look at Best Ex Issues in the Region
While best execution mandates are growing around the globe, should the question be more about better execution than best execution?
Rise of the Semi-Transparent (Nontransparent?) Active ETF
Eaton Vance is the first to launch an exchange-traded managed fund, with Precidian (and others) looking to release similar offerings.
Dawn of the PTF: An Inside Look at Canada's Attempt to Revive the Mutual Fund Market
Invesco Canada, TMX Group and potentially even Fundserv are building products that blend ETFs and active mutual funds.
The Race to Be Asia’s Fintech Hub
Wei-Shen Wong takes a look at where regulators in Singapore, Hong Kong and Japan stand in terms of encouraging fintech innovation, and examines who has taken the lead.
MAR Triggers Sophisticated Technology
Firms need to adopt new technologies in data surveillance and monitor communications to check for market manipulation intent
Reinventing RBC: Royal Bank of Canada's Bruce Ross
Bruce Ross was tasked with leading the Royal Bank of Canada’s transformation of its technology department when he was named head of technology and operations at the Toronto-based bank in January 2014.
The Buy Side’s KYC Moment
When it comes to KYC demands, while the sell side still has it the roughest, over the last two years, the buy side has had to take on a greater share of the burden.
APIs: The Unheralded Here and Now of Financial Technologies
An inside look at how APIs are gaining traction, but there are still challenges, including a lack of standardization for newer, web-based systems.
Can Blockchain Change the Reconciliation Game?
Blockchain may remove the need for post-trade activities like reconciliation but it is still a long way from being complete.
Out of Africa: Newton Investment Management's Paula Walter
Paula Walter didn’t take the shortest, most direct route to her current role as CTO of Newton Investment Management. For starters, she grew up literally on the other side of the world from the UK, while her tertiary education prepared her more for life…
Startups: Surviving the Fintech Labyrinth
More than $19 billion was poured into fintech startups in 2015, as investors chased big profits in acquiring or simply funding innovative solutions to the market.
Understanding the Value of User Experience: Why UX Matters Now, More Than Ever, for Big Firms
Users of financial software are more in tune with what makes for good and bad user experiences than ever before. And while small capital markets firms excel at reaching out directly to their customers, large banks and asset managers struggle to offer the…
FIBO Marches Forward: A Look Inside State Street's FIBO Proof of Concept
Interest in FIBO is high as banks like State Street complete successful tests.
Dark Pool Caps: Lighting Up the Darkness
Restrictions on the use of dark-pool trading waivers come into force as part of MiFID II but some in the industry believe the rules will do more harm than good.
CAT Concerns: The Biggest Hurdles Still Facing the Massive Audit Trail
What still lies ahead for the Consolidated Audit Trail?
The Tinkerer: Elliot Noma, Garrett Asset Management
Anthony Malakian sits down with Elliot Noma to discuss how he went from writing books about psychophysics to running a hedge fund.
Europe Unbundles Research and Execution
The unbundling of research and execution functions is one of the most widely anticipated and debated pieces of regulation amid the storm of measures introduced by the European Commission that will have a significant impact on how the buy side and sell…
Dancing in the Dark: Fraud Shapes Dark Pools
Dark pools, with their anonymous members and clandestine dealings, have come in for a fair bit of stick in the last few years, especially from regulators on both sides of the Atlantic keen to shine a light on these increasingly popular execution venues.
Nasdaq CEO Bob Greifeld: Slow and Steady
Bob Greifeld discusses his career, HFT and blockchain with Dan DeFrancesco.
Agile: More Mentality Than Methodology
Part two of this two-part feature looks at the business processes most suited to Agile & the need for Agile to be a company mentality.
Open to Open Source
The benefits of using open-source software are too great to ignore for financial firms.