The Waters Weekly Wrap: February 2-6, 2015

February arrived with a bang, revealing a new CFTC commissioner doing his best impression of Left Shark, and SS&C sealing one of the largest buy-side deals in recent memory with the acquisition of Advent.

Don't forget that the 2015 Sell-Side Technology Awards are now open for entries. The awards, open to third-party vendors serving the sell side, have 28 different categories. Start writing your pitch now, as the deadline for submission is February 20th. For more information, click here.

So, a Little Deal Happened ...

Shrewd Operators: Waters Gets the Buy Side's Take on Advent/SS&C (BST)

Victor Anderson Explains Why Acquisitions Do and Don't Matter (BST)

Speaking with SS&C Chairman Bill Stone about the Deal (BST)

Some Swaps Reform & the new BOR

Swaps Participants Talk Anonymity at Tabb (BST)

Giancarlo: Burn the Whole Thing Down and Start Over (BST)

Highlighting the PBOR Concept (BST)

Benefits of Managing Reference Data Reporting (IRD) 

Deutsche Bank Execs Talk Client Tech Relationships (SST)

The Waters Profile: Swiss But Social

UBS Group CIO Oliver Bussmann Tells Tim Bourgaize Murray Why Every Last Twitter Impression Counts (Waters)

Recapping February Features

Lean on Them: Funds Increasingly Turn to Administrators (Waters)

The Big Deal with BYOD (Waters)

Communication Surveillance: A Daunting Challenge (Waters)

From the Mag

Pawar to the People: AQR CTO Neal Pawar (Waters)

Fintech Takes the UK by Storm (Waters)

FIX-ing Liquidity in Fixed Income (Waters)

Gliding Down: Pensions Seek to Match Tech to LDI Strategies (Waters)