Waters/Feature
CEO Yves Choueifaty: Pushing Smart Beta's Boundaries
Tim Bourgaize Murray catches up with Tobam's chief for the July Waters Profile.
Wanted: Young, Talented Technologists
Dan DeFrancesco talks to folks around the industry about talent acquisition.
Capital Markets Firms Look to Model Behavior for Enhanced Decision Support
The jury is still out on the effectiveness of behavioral analytics until systems make significant advancements.
The Scripture of Python: An Inside Look at the Use of Scripting Programming Languages on Wall Street
Anthony speaks with 10 Wall Street firms to find out how they're using the Python scripting language.
SEC 15b9-1: Shots Across the Bow
Finra registration could push some options HFTs to the brink.
Man of the People: Jos Dijsselhof Leads Euronext into its Next Act
Waters profiles the CEO of Euronext, Jos Dijsselhof
Tip of the Iceberg: The Challenges of BCBS 239
Dan DeFrancesco talks to experts about banks' progress toward meeting BCBS 239 guidelines.
T2S: The Final Countdown
The first wave of migrations to the Target2-Securities platform begin in June, kicking off a game changer nine years in the making.
An Ever-Closer Union: Credit Agricole CIB's Dulon Bets on Unity
Dulon discusses how he created a leaner IT structure for CA CIB. By Marina Daras with photos by Thierry Chantegret
Bitcoin Comes of Age as New Technology Questions Follow
Derivatives venues, underlying ledger technology in focus.
Shedding Light: Blackstone CISO Jay Leek Flips the Security Script
The April Waters Profile.
On Everyone’s Radar: The Short History of Cyber Crime
Cyber crime is not a new trend and as the volume of attacks increase lessons can be learned from historic cases.
Patch and a Prayer: An Inside Look at the Art of Patching
Anthony walks through the challenges of patching systems & servers.
Finding the Right Allies to Fight the Cyber War
Marina Daras talks to cyber security experts and technology vendors to establish what the vendor landscape looks like, who the potential allies are in the ongoing cyber war.
Rise of the CISO
CISOs from across the industry talk about how their role has grown in prominence in the capital markets industry.
Fixed-Income ETFs: Pricing, Tech Evolve in This Rapidly Growing Space
The fixed-income ETF market is not yet 15 years old, but since 2007 the space has grown exponentially as institutional investors have taken notice of these increasingly liquid products. Anthony Malakian explores the reasons behind the interest in fixed…
Mifid II : The Quest for Clarity
Marina Daras speaks to market participants about their thoughts and concerns on Mifid II ITS.
Vanguard CIO John Marcante: The Big Leap
The March 2015 Waters Profile
Transaction-Cost Analysis' Fixed-Income Evolution
TCA is moving from equities into fixed-income towards becoming a real-time analysis tool.
The #CIO: UBS Group CIO Oliver Bussmann
How the Swiss giant's information chief derives value in 140 characters or less
Lean on Them: Funds Increasingly Turn to Administrators
As a result of 2008, fund admins are having to build out their data mgmt capabilities.
Communication Surveillance: A Daunting Challenge
Marina Daras talks to banks and vendors to see how they approach communication surveillance, and what kind of technology can be deployed to help them with this challenge.
The Big Deal with BYOD
The journey of BYOD policies in financial services
Pawar to the People: AQR CTO Neal Pawar
AQR CTO Neal Pawar’s background in theater has given him the benefit of being able to relate to different people while managing projects. Dan DeFrancesco sits down with Pawar to talk about his path to AQR and what lies ahead.