Open-source
Open Source, Cybersecurity, Fintech Relationships: A Look Back at the North American Trading Architecture Summit
Dan gives a recap of WatersTechnology’s biggest sell-side focused conference in the US.
Waters Wavelength Podcast Episode 64: Open Source, Cyber, AI – A NATAS Recap
Dan and Anthony discuss the North American Trading Architecture Summit.
TPI Data to Fuel Risk Modeling Alliance
Tullett Prebon's derivatives, credit and rates data will be used in a series of open-source risk analytics tools.
Open Platform: ‘Diversifying’ Your Portfolio
Thomson Reuters' Debra Walton explores the benefits of incorporating diversity data factors into company analysis.
Open Platform: ‘Open’ Season: The Case for Cloud Web Containers in Fintech
Xinfinit's Alan Hutton outlines the argument for why open-source and cloud can and will replace traditional approaches to building data displays.
Waters Wavelength Podcast Episode 41: BNY Mellon CIO Suresh Kumar
Dan chats with BNY Mellon's head of technology about financial firms use of open source and dealing with regulations efficiently.
Symphony Software Foundation Releases APIs to Build Open-Source Community
Symphony's APIs are made available in a bid to foster more open-source collaboration.
Open Platform: Visual Effects──New Ways to Bring Your Data to Life
Sapient's Julie Rodriguez and Piotr Kaczmarek set out to prove that not only is a picture worth a thousand words; it's also worth thousands of dollars to your business.
Open Platform: ETF Growth Means New Tools of the Trade
Exchange-traded funds (ETFs) have been on an evolutionary process since first debuting in the US more than 25 years ago. The ETF market has become wildly popular, but also increasingly complicated, requiring better analytics and tools to navigate its…
Open Platform: What to Expect When You’re Indexing
Members of law firm Ropes & Gray's intellectual property team discuss the legal precedents behind licensing disputes, and share advice on how firms should treat datasets that might contain copyrightable IP.
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…
Euronext Preps Fee-Free European Indexes
Euronext will not charge firms to license the indexes, providing that they are using the indexes to create new investment products.
OpenFin Releases Pre-Production Version 6 of HTML5 Container
Version 6 of OpenFin's open-source HTML5 container offers additional security features to make the platform acceptable to financial markets firms.
Waters Wavelength Podcast Episode 12: Open Source, Reg AT, Panama Papers
Dan and Anthony chat about their April features.
Open to Open Source
The benefits of using open-source software are too great to ignore for financial firms.
Open Platform: Open Systems, Open Source, Open APIs… Open Opportunities?
Andrew Miller, managing director of consultancy Net Effect, outlines the opportunities offered by—and barriers to adopting—truly open systems.
Dan DeFrancesco: License to Build
Licensing is the key to open source continuing to prosper.
An Open-Source Audit: Where Financial Firms Are Turning to Open Source
Financial firms discuss areas where they are either using open source or hoping to in the near future.
An Open-Source Audit: Where Financial Firms Are Turning to Open Source
Financial firms discuss areas where they are either using open source or hoping to in the near future.
R.I.P. Vendors: Can Open Source Fundamentally Change the Way Third Parties Operate?
The rise of financial firms' adoption of open source could force vendors to make an adjustment.
Open Platform: Praying for Change: Don't Blame Data Fees; Blame the Policies
DataContent's Rafah Hanna explains why market data fees may be a necessary evil, but not an "immoral" one, and suggests how firms can halt the growth of fees.
Open Platform: Ghosts of Trading Floors Past──Disruption in the Dealing Room
Consultant and industry veteran Tom Perigoe harks back to the role of infrastructure integrators in creating dealing rooms of olde.
FIX Trading Community Opens Technical Standards Process to Developers
Standards body launches open technical standards process resource to facilitate software development.
Open Platform: The Very Long Engagement of Market Data and Big Data
The industry is finally recognizing the big use cases for Big Data