Articles by Dan DeFrancesco
Northern Trust's Scott Murray: One Step Ahead
Scott Murray, CTO of Chicago-based Northern Trust, always keeps an eye on the future.
Colt PrizmNet Launches in US, Partners with Distributor Exchanges
IEX, Moscow Exchange and Nasdaq have all announced partnerships with the financial extranet.
Confluence Releases Unity Performance and Analytics Solution Globally, Looks to Expand Market Reach
With the launch, the data-driven solutions provider looks to broaden its range of geographies and investment classes within the institutional portfolio business.
SEF Leaders Say Global Harmonization of Swaps Regulations Remains a Pipe Dream
Several SEF executives spoke at Sefcon VI about the challenges around finding common ground between US and European swaps regulations.
CFTC's Massad Cites Patience, Outlines Future SEF Rules as Some Tech Questions Remain Unanswered
Timothy Massad, chairman of the CFTC, spoke at Sefcon VI about changes regulators are working on surrounding SEFs.
Bloomberg TOMS First Solution Certified by IIROC for Reporting Under Rule 2800c
Latest Canadian post-trade regulation is similar to that of Finra’s Trace.
Eze Software Acquires TKS Solutions
TKS Solutions' Penny It Works offers partnership and shareholder reporting capabilities to Eze Software Investment Suite.
Data Security, Reporting Augmentation Still Pivotal Issues for CAT
Representatives from four bidders for the Consolidated Audit Trail (CAT) spoke at the TabbForum MarketTech 2015 conference about potential issues they see involving the building of the CAT.
Nasdaq's BWise GRC Platform Adds Information Security Module
Latest enhancement to platform will help users oversee IT risks in a user-friendly way.
CME Group, China Construction Bank Sign MOU
Offshore Chinese renminbi futures contracts will now be physically deliverable into London.
Scotiabank Creates Digital Factory, Eyes Customer Experience
The Toronto-based bank is looking to create a place to foster innovation across the enterprise.
The Waters Weekly Wrap: October 12-16
Each Friday, Waters editors and journalists pull together a quick-hit series of the best analysis pieces, features, and video interviews from across the five brands-just in case you missed them.
SunGard Team Develops Big Data-Consulting Product at Codeathon
SunGard's Ravi Kanth & Steven Silberstein discuss the winning product at the Coder Cup.
Dell Seals $67 Billion Deal for EMC
Deal will create the world’s largest privately-controlled integrated technology company.
Mila Should Take a Page Out of Nasdaq Nordic’s Book
Dan DeFrancesco compares Nasdaq Nordic to Mila and wonders why one has succeeded while the other has failed.
Google, SocGen and UBS Join List of Symphony Investors
Messaging service raises over $100 million in latest round of financing.
For Most Buy-Side Firms, Addition of a CDO Not on the Radar
A panel at this year’s Buy-Side Technology North American Summit looked at the role of chief data officer on the buy side.
Death of the Data Warehouse
Two panelists at the Buy-Side Technology North American Summit talk about their firms' use of big data lakes in place of data warehouses.
The Waters Weekly Wrap: October 5-9
Each Friday, Waters editors and journalists pull together a quick-hit series of the best analysis pieces, features, and video interviews from across the five brands-just in case you missed them.
Death of the Data Warehouse
Two panelists at the Buy-Side Technology North American Summit talk about their firms' use of big data lakes in place of data warehouses.
The Benefits of Best of Breed
Kevin Mahn, chief investment officer for Hennion and Walsh Management, discusses his firm's decision to use a best-of-breed approach when it comes to product solutions and client support.
Offloading Compliance Responsibilities to a Vendor Still a Dream
Panelists at the Chicago Trading and Technology Summit discuss the possibility of large, public cloud providers taking some compliance pressures off firms.
Inexact Science: When, If Ever, Should Intuition Trump AI?
A panel at the Chicago Trading and Architecture Summit 2015 discusses whether success in the capital markets is now more about science than business.
Google To Invest in Symphony, Values Firm at $650 Million, Reports Say
A Wall Street Journal Story reports Google is planning on investing in Symphony during its latest round of funding.