The Waters Weekly Wrap: November 2 - 6
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.

Our November features are out! Also, this week the American Financial Technology Awards (AFTAs) shortlist was announced. Click here to see the different categories.
The November Features are Here!
Northern Trust's Scott Murray: One Step Ahead (Waters)
Molded Through Merger: A Look Back at Major M&A Activity (Waters)
Off the Chain: The Blockchain Battle (Waters)
The Future of FX: Too Many Cooks? (Waters)
Data Lakes: Uncharted Waters (Waters)
Opinions, We Got 'Em
November 2015: How to Eat an Elephant (Waters)
Strategic Data Assets Need Solid Governance Foundations (Waters)
Opening Cross: Beyond Evaluations, Will Buyout Put Interactive Data on ICE? (IMD)
Why Quality Should Be Job One (Waters)
The EDM/MDM Challenge (IRD)
Data Management and Governance Seeing Processing Transformations (IRD)
The Swimmers in the Lake (Waters)
A Heady Debate at the Intersection of Bitcoin and Blockchain (Waters)
When Zombie Aerostats (or IT Projects) Attack!(BST)
SEF Situation: As MiFID II Looms, Harmonization Necessary (SST)
Best of the Rest
Data Governance: Towards A Single Version of the Truth (IRD)
Diving Deeper Into Evaluated Pricing Sources (IRD)
Numerix Introduces New Attribution Profile Functionality (BST)
NetOTC Appoints Roger Liddell as CEO To Tackle Initial Margin Processing (BST)
Margin Credit Functionality Added to smartTrade's LiquidityFX Platform (SST)
Consider the Hub and Spoke (IRD)
Asset Control Adds Data Quality Assessment, Stress-Testing to Data Management Tools (IRD)
Firms Show Little Interest in Third-Party Data Utilities, Survey Says (IRD)
OneMarketData Buys Tick Data for Cloud-Based Content-Analytics Combo (IMD)
Metamako Releases MetaWatch Network Monitoring, Analysis Tool With MiFID 2-Compliant Timestamps (IMD)
Trendrating Adds Smart Alpha, Beta Optimization Tools to V1.2 of Analytics Platform (IMD)
Equinix Already Looking Beyond New LD6 Slough Datacente (IMD)
HKEx Offers Market Data Free Trial to Demonstrate Value (IMD)
Inovestor Begins US Push for Fundamentals, Analytics Platform (IMD)
New Mexican Exchange BIVA Selects Nasdaq for Trading, Surveillance Tech (SST)
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