The Waters Weekly Wrap: February 20-26
A look back at the best content published across all the Waters brands.

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For this week's Waters Wavelength podcast, Dan DeFrancesco and Anthony Malakian discuss the recent dispute between the FBI and Apple over unlocking the phone of one of the San Bernardino shooters; the possibility of a merger between London Stock Exchange Group and Deutsche Börse; and they wrap things up by talking about some of their favorite current television shows, including "Billions", "It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia", "Archer" and "House of Cards".
And here are the top stories from the week that was:
Technology
(Best of Buy-Side Technology & Sell-Side Technology)
Apple vs. the FBI: A Fight That Could Turn Ugly (BST/SST)
Bloomberg Tradebook Adds In-Trade Capability to STAZ (BST/SST)
Blockchain in the Capital Markets: Three Issues That Need Addressing (SST)
Regulations, Data Management Still Problematic, But for Market-Related Reasons (BST)
Eurex Trading Suspended Due to Tech Issues (SST)
Frost Consulting Releases Research Valuation, Budgeting Software Platform (BST)
Data
(Best of Inside Market Data & Inside Reference Data)
MiFID II Delay: Not an Opportunity to Relax (IRD)
FlexTrade Integrates Symphony Chat, Preps Chat-to-TCA Integration (IMD)
Calastone Launches Global Fund Distribution Solution (IRD)
BME Buys Out Infobolsa Partner Deutsche Börse for €8.2M (IMD)
AxiomSL Opens New Office in Poland (IRD)
LSE-Deutsche Börse Merger Deal Would Create ‘World's Largest Index Provider' (IMD)
Opinions
Opening Cross: Eco-system Warriors: It's All About Access (Max Bowie)
Some Thoughts on the Apple-FBI Debate (Anthony Malakian)
Golden Copy: Thoughts About MiFID II Postponement (Michael Shashoua)
What an LSE-Deutsche Börse Merger Means...For Technology (Dan DeFrancesco)
Features
Won't Back Down: SEC CIO Pamela Dyson (Waters)
Risky Alternative: Solving Enterprise Risk for Alternative Investments (Waters)
Fixed-Income Liquidity: An Alternative FIX (Waters)
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