The Waters Weekly Wrap: December 15-19, 2014
A look back at the best content published across all the Waters brands

This will be the last Waters Weekly Wrap until after the New Year. Friday will also be the final daily update sent out.
That doesn't mean there won't be a reason to check the website, though. Inside Market Data and Waters have already begun posting stories looking back at the year that was.
Brace yourselves, Waters' yearly recaps are coming...
The Compliance Challenge (Waters)
The Ups and Downs of Risk Management (Waters)
The Top 10 Features of 2014, Part 1 (Waters)
IMD Looks at the Top 10 Stories of the Year
No. 1 : Firms Stretch Tight Budgets to Meet Regs, ID New Data (IMD)
No. 2: Infrastructure Deals Drive M&A, Funding Activity in 2014 (IMD)
No. 3: Vendors, Venues Diversify Services to Meet Demand (IMD)
No. 4: Data Industry Sends a Message on Chat Platforms (IMD)
No. 5: ESMA Weighs in on EU Consolidated Tape (IMD)
No. 6 In US, Consolidated Tape Saga Comes Full Circle (IMD)
No. 7 Industry Finds Ways to Derive Value from the Crowd (IMD)
No. 8 Cloud Makes Crucial Ganes, Despite FinQloud Exit (IMD)
No. 9 As Volumes Intensify, Data Search Tools Get Smart (IMD)
No. 10 Herd in Review: Bloomberg's Back and So are Other Data Vets (IMD)
Best of the Rest
Cantor Fitzgerald announced its Cantor Connect Algo Suite will begin using IEX's Smart Order Routing (SST)
Eze Software Integrates Eze OMS with RealTick EMS, Previews 2015 Upgrades (BST)
HFT May Account for Three Quarters of European Equity Orders (SST)
Waters USA: FX Primed to Suffer More Trading Scandals (SST)
BGC-GFI Group battle wages on (SST)
Central's Recognia Buy Will Enable Analytics Cross-Pollination, Institutional Expansion (IMD)
Waters USA: Revisiting the Kill Switch Debate (SST)
Waters Profile: The Swiss-Icelandic-French Connection
The Journey of Kepler Cheuvreux and its Head of Electronic Execution, Thomas Biotteau (Waters)
Also from the Mag: Looking Ahead
A Look at Fintech Innovation Models (Waters)
Hong Kong Connection Opens up China's Capital Market (Waters)
Israel: A Hotbed for Start-Ups (Waters)
Slow Growth Causes New Spending Strategies (Waters)
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