The Waters Weekly Wrap: September 21-25
Each Friday, Waters editors and journalists pull together a quick-hit series of the best analysis pieces, features, and video interviews from across the five brands-just in case you missed them.

We are no longer accepting nominations for the Buy-Side Technology Awards, but the buy side has something else to look forward to. On Oct. 7 we'll be holding the Buy-Side Technology North American Summit in New York. For the entire event's agenda, click here.
Speaking of conferences, Waters held its inaugural Cyber Security and Risk Management Briefing in New York this week. The event, as you'll see in a couple of the stories below, touched on some pressing issues in the industry.
Cyber Security and Risk Management Briefing
FBI Views Finance as a Top Cyber Target, Encourages Greater Collaboration (BST) (SST)
Deutsche Security Executive Discusses the Risk Management of Cyber Security (SST)
Best of Rest
Buy-Side to Benefit by FactSet's Portware Acquisition (BST)
Saxo Hands Over Keys to Technology Toolsets with OpenAPI Initiative (SST)
Activ Joins IPC Sytems' Financial Markets Network (IMD)
Sibos 2015: Innovation Hype, Regional Questions Top Singapore Agenda (Waters)
Fidessa Embarks on Partnership Program, Taps OTAS Technologies For Analytics (IMD)
Velocimetrics Adds Automatic Protocol Discovery Feature to Tip-Off (IMD)
Industry Consortium to Build Standard Identifier for Derivatives (IRD)
Solvency II: Opportunity for Asset Managers? (IRD)
Markit Launches Evaluated Prices for TruPS, ABS CDOs (IMD)
EMIS Redesigns Website, Brings Data Into Focus (IMD)
The Waters Profile: Scotiabank's Tag Team
McNamara, Zerbs Work Towards Common Tech Goals in Toronto (Waters)
The September Features: A Labor of Love
The Great Unbundling Bungle: Fretting Over Mifid II (Waters)
Messaging Wars: Bloomberg, Symphony and ... Senator Warren? (Waters)
Corporates Get Electronic, Part II: The Buy Side (Waters)
Euro Exchanges Draw a Roadmap for 2016 (Waters)
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