Waters Wavelength Podcast Episode 8: Consolidation of Risk Platforms, Open Source
Dan and Anthony analyze mergers on the buy side for vendors of risk platforms and the usage of open source in financial services.
Dan and Anthony try and get some feedback on the features they're working on by discussing their progress thus far. They open things up talking about Anthony's feature on the consolidation of risk platforms on the buy side (1:05). They then switch to Dan's feature, which looks at the use of open source in financial services (10:11). The guys wrap things up chatting about the state of the UFC following the most recent pay-per-view (16:55).
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Links to articles discussed:
Bloomberg to Acquire Barclays Risk Analytics and Index Solutions Business
Big Buy-Side Merger: StatPro Acquires Investor Analytics
Axioma Adds ConceptONE's Regulatory & Risk Reporting Units to its Risk Suite
BISAM Acquires FinAnalytica, Bringing Together Performance, Risk Analytics
The Scripture of Python: An Inside Look at the Use of Scripting Programming Languages on Wall Street
North American Trading Architecture Summit 2016
Staff Writer Position in New York Offices
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Past episodes:
Episode One: Bloomberg Terminals, Work Force Issues
Episode 2: Blockchain, StatPro-Investor Analytics Merger
Episode 3: Dark Pools, SEC, Enterprise Risk
Episode 4: Flash Crash, MiFID II, Blockchain on the Buy Side, DMMs
Episode 5: Waters Wavelength Podcast Episode 5: Linux Vulnerability, Bitcoin vs. Blockchain
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