The Waters Weekly Wrap: May 25-29
A look back at the best content published across all the Waters brands.

After a week of serious conference action in London and New York, things settled down at Waters this week; however the industry continued to comment — and act — enthusiastically as it assessed technology's role in markets where it has traditionally lagged behind.
Also, as a reminder, voting for this year's Waters Rankings will close next Friday. So be sure to log on, check out the categories, and make your opinion heard!
Forward at Any Cost
CLOs' Demand Surges, Leading Custodians, Tech Providers to Respond (BST)
C-Levels Wrap Up NAFIS, Discuss Strategies to Push Tech Refresh (SST)
S3 Adds Canadian Best Ex Analytics, Eyes Further Geographies (SST)
Best of the Rest
Swift's KYC Registry Made Available for Fund Distributors, Custodians (BST)
NanoSpeed Slashes FPGA Trading, Data Exchange Gateway (IMD)
Russian CSD Introduces Customizable Corporate Actions (IRD)
More From BST Europe, NAFIS
Agility Key to Reducing Risk, says Aspect Capital CTO (BST)
No Risk Management Without Technology, Says Blackrock's Fishwick (BST)
ESMA Board Member: Capital Market Union Shouldn't 'Reinvent the Wheel' (BST)
Business Strategy Must Embrace Tech to Compete, Says C-Level Panel (BST)
Thomson Reuters Leads IMD/IRD Awards Tally as Race Tightens Between Bloomberg, Interactive Data (IMD)
LEI Implementations Lead to Big Benefits for All (SST)
The Waters Profile: Pierre Dulon, Credit Agricole
An Ever-Closer Union: Credit Agricole CIB's Dulon Bets on Unity (Waters)
From the May Mag
Bitcoin Comes of Age as New Technology Questions Follow (Waters)
T2S: The Final Countdown (Waters)
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