The Waters Weekly Wrap: November 9-13
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.

It's awards season! The Buy-Side Technology Awards took place last Friday in London. Algomi won best buy-side product while RIMES Technologies was named the best overall technology provider to the buy side for 2015.
Also, don't forget to check out the American Financial Technology Awards (AFTAs) shortlist announced last week. The awards are slated for December 7 in NYC.
This Wednesday the Asia Pacific Financial Information Conference also took place in Hong Kong.
Asia Pacific Financial Information Conference
Opening Cross: Utilities Will Get Data Management Out of the Closet… And to the Dry Cleaners (IMD)
Achieving Alpha: Can Data Lead the Way? (IRD)
Asia-Pacific Executives See Innovation Returning To Data Technology (IRD)
Best of the Rest
Tullett Prebon Agrees to Buy Icap's Hybrid Voice Broking, Information Business (SST)
Outsourced CCOs, Back Under the Microscope (BST)
MiFID II Delay: When in Doubt, Play the Technology Card (SST)
Users Slam ABS Singapore Benchmark Fees (IMD)
Thomson Reuters Consolidates Foreign Exchange Venues, Creates FX Trading (SST)
Thomson Reuters, Systex Eye Sale of AFE to Capitalize on Success of ‘Connect’ Cross-Border Projects (IMD)
November Features
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)
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