The Waters Weekly Wrap: March 2-6
A look back at the best content published across all the Waters brands.

This week saw a major announcement from buy-side giants Blackstone and DE Shaw, a broad-based examination of fixed-income ETFs, a significant acquisition in the fund accounting and admin tech space, and much more.
Enjoy!
World, Meet Arcesium
DE Shaw, Blackstone Take on Alternatives Post-Trade with Arcesium Founding (BST)
Examining Fixed-income ETFs from All Angles (SST)
BT Talks about Deal with NBAD (SST)
March Focus on Fixed Income
Fixed Income ETFs Come of Age (Waters)
Transaction-Cost Analysis' Fixed-Income Evolution (Waters)
Seeking Clarity on Mifid II (Waters)
Best of the Rest
Not So Secret Agents in Third-Party Sales (IMD)
APIs Meet LEIs with SwiftRef (IRD)
Temenos Acquires Multifonds (BST)
Santander US to Appoint Powell as CEO (SST)
Vanguard's Main Line Man
Vanguard CIO John Marcante Takes a Big Leap (Waters)
From the February Mag
Lean on Them: Funds Increasingly Turn to Administrators (Waters)
The Big Deal with BYOD (Waters)
Communication Surveillance: A Daunting Challenge (Waters)
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