The Waters Weekly Wrap: March 12-18

It looks like we're moving forward once more with a merger between the London Stock Exchange and Deutsche Börse. Approvals still need to be gained from shareholders and regulators, so this is by no means a done deal (and this idea has fallen apart twice before), but here are some things to consider as we move forward.

Dan was solo this week on the Waters Wavelength podcast, as Anthony was down in Florida for the FIA Boca conference. Dan talks about attending a few panels at the Cyber Risk North America conference in New York and provides a bit more on the LSE-Deutsche Börse tie-up. Dan wraps things up by making his Final Four picks for the 2016 NCAA men's basketball tournament.

And here's the best of the rest from WatersTechnology from this past week:

Technology

(Best of Buy-Side Technology & Sell-Side Technology)

Establishing a Framework Key to Security's Communication with Board (SST)

S3 Unveils Execution Quality Service for Fixed Income (BST)

Exchange Heads Discuss the Continued Transition as Technology Companies (SST)

Kinetix's Rules Engine Obtains Legal Approval (BST)

Virtus Partners Implements Misys FusionBanking Loan IQ (SST)

ChartIQ Nabs $4 Million in Series A with Illuminate Financial (BST)

Data

(Best of Inside Market Data & Inside Reference Data)

Deutsche Börse Readies Data IP ‘Think Tank' (IMD)

Regulators: Don't Risk Reporting Late Under MiFID II (IRD)

CME to Sell Chicago Co-Lo Datacenter (IMD)

Survey Finds Cost Control Declining as Priority for Buy Side (IRD)

CBOE Preps Vest Downside Protected Indexes (IMD)

Italian Trade Processing Provider Adds Thomson Reuters Data (IRD)

Opinions

Raising a Glass to Market Data's Master Mixologists (Max Bowie)

Golden Copy: ‘Regtech' Challenges (Michael Shashoua)

March Madness: The Financial Technology Trends Tournament (Dan DeFrancesco)

Features

The Educator: Georgette Kiser, The Carlyle Group (Waters)

Machine Learning: Hype vs. Reality (Waters)

Fixed Income: Electronic Evolution (Waters)