The Waters Weekly Wrap: January 18-22

As we head into the depths of winter, people moves are getting hotter. There are also quite a few new developments on the data front. Also, don't forget to read our January features! Stay warm.  

We also recorded our first podcast, the Waters Wavelength, featuring Anthony Malakian and Dan DeFrancesco. Click her to read more about it and listen to it. 

On the Move

Axioma Taps Morokoff as Head of Research (BST)

Confluence Creates Investor Communications, Expense Solutions Position for Casagrande (BST)

ITG Names Minder Cheng Chairman of Board of Directors (SST)

Fitch Solutions Taps Ex-Moody's Revelle for Americas Sales (IMD)

New Director for Sapient Global Markets (IRD)

Hobbs Madison Hires Leaper (IMD)

DRT Promotes Rossabi to MD, Telx (IMD)

Confluence hires Gary Casagrande (IRD)

Data, Data, Data

More Options for GoldenSource (IRD)

Digital Contact Delays Trading.co.uk Big Data Platform Launch to Add Enterprise Features (IMD)

Thomson Reuters Provides Tech, Data to Asia Startup Accelerator (IMD)

Rival Systems Adds Eurex Data Access (IMD)

Best of the Rest

Big Buy-Side Merger: StatPro Acquires Investor Analytics (BST) 

CFTC Approves 18 SEFs, 5 Still Waiting (SST)

Trax, Traiana Create Alliance to Offer Repo Matching Service (SST)

Digital Asset Nabs More Than $50 Million in Funding from 13 Firms (SST)

Study: Enterprise Risk Analysis Takes on Greater Importance Amongst Institutional Investors (BST)

Neptune Collaboration to Enhance Standardization, Liquidity to Fixed-Income Markets (BST)

Bloomberg Blow Up: Predicting the Death of the Terminal (SST)

R3 Helps 11 Banks Experiment with Blockchain Technology (SST)

Marcel Bar to Spearhead Investit Digital Accelerator (SST)

Splice Machine Nabs $9 million in Extra Funding (SST)

Liquidnet Rolls Out New EMEA Block Trading Algo Suite (BST)

Startup Almax Begins Testing Artificial Intelligence News Analytics Platform (IMD)

Opening Cross: Choose Your Partners for the ‘Year of the Ecosystem' (IMD)

Millistream Adds MT Newswires US, Global News to Data Products (IMD)

CJC Expands Offices Worldwide to Meet Client Growth, Demand (IMD)

Equinix Completes $3.8Bn Telecity Acquisition (IMD)

AlphaSense Chooses Chibane for NY Sales (IMD)

FSB Names Tombini to Chair Budget Committee (IRD)

January Features 

Eternally Internal: WH Trading CTO Mike Madigan (Waters)

The Great Wall: Fintech in China (Waters)

Loans: Scratching and Clawing to Progress (Waters)

Legacy Systems: Mission Impossible or Mission Unnecessary? (Waters) 

Algo Testing Under the Regulatory Microscope (Waters)

Data Management: Regulation, Problems and Solutions for the Buy Side (Waters)