Waters Weekly Wrap: November 30-December 4
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.
Read about the Buy-Side Technology Awards 2015 here. Next week is the American Financial Technology Awards (AFTAs) in New York. On another exciting note, the December features are out.
December Features
Keeping It Agile: Aspect Capital's Barney Dalton (Waters)
'Scratching and Clawing,' Syndicated Loans Tack Toward Progress: Part I (Waters)
Pragmatic Steps Highlight Syndicated Loans' Latest Tech Push, Part II (Waters)
All Roads Lead to Rome: Navigating IFRS 9 (Waters)
Market Surveillance: Rising to the Challenge (Waters)
Everyone has an Opinion
December 2015: Agile: Beneficial But Not Without Its Pitfalls (Waters)
Dan DeFrancesco: The Art of the Deadline (Waters)
Tim Bourgaize Murray: Syndicated Loans: Getting the Dominos Lined Up (Waters)
Michael Shashoua: Question Time for Mifid II Opponents (Waters)
Max Bowie: Are Vendor Buys Putting Traditional Exchange Business on ICE? (Waters)
Best of the Rest
Anticipating T+2, SEC Approves Bloomberg's Trade Confirmation Alternative (BST)
Asia Bursts Ahead, Yet AMs Lag Behind (BST)
FIS Finalizes Acquisition of SunGard (SST)
OMG Adopts FIGI Standard (BST)
FIX Protocol Group Enhances Timestamp Standard (IRD)
MarketPrizm Expands Tokyo Managed Connectivity (IMD)
Metamako Launches FPGA Partner Program (IMD)
Scotiabank Names Former CEO of BBVA Bancomer a Strategic Advisor for Global Digital Banking (SST)
trueEX Separates Post-Trade Business from SEF (SST)
The Waters Profile: Scott Murray, CTO of Northern Trust
Northern Trust's Scott Murray: One Step Ahead (Waters)
November Features
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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