The Waters Weekly Wrap: May 28-June 3
A look back at the best content published across all the Waters brands.
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On this week's Waters Wavelength podcast, topics include the Consolidated Audit Trail, unbundling research in Europe, the NBA and NHL playoffs, and a heated debate on the Gawker-Peter Thiel battle.
Also, the June issue of Waters is now available online. See the links below for this month's features.
Features
The Tinkerer: Elliot Noma, Garrett Asset Management (Waters)
Europe Unbundles Research and Execution (Waters)
CAT Concerns: The Biggest Hurdles Still Facing the Massive Audit Trail (Waters)
Dark Pool Caps: Lighting Up the Darkness (Waters)
FIBO Marches Forward: A Look Inside State Street's FIBO Proof of Concept (Waters)
Technology
(Best of Buy-Side Technology & Sell-Side Technology)
Northern Trust Exec: Start Small with Blockchain to Boost Buy-Side Buy-In (SST/BST)
Deutsche Börse, Taiwan Futures Exchange Form Data Partnership (SST)
Flexibility, Balance Key to Successful Risk Management (BST)
Swift CEO Says There Will Be Changes In Messaging Service Following Breaches, Reports (SST)
FlexTrade Partners with RSRCHXchange for MiFID II Compliance (BST)
HedgeMark Live on Axioma Risk (BST)
Data
(Best of Inside Market Data & Inside Reference Data)
Survey: Evaluations Accuracy Improves, But Mortgage Securities Still Challenge Vendors (IMD)
Valuations Could Rise to C-Level Oversight (IRD)
Sweeping ASX Fee Rises Anger Consumers (IMD)
Union Bank of India chooses AxiomSL's XBRL solution (IRD)
OpenFin Releases Pre-Production Version 6 of HTML5 Container (IMD)
Mesirow Financial Goes Live on Clarient Entity Hub (IRD)
Opinions
When Will the Money Men Support Their Support Services? (Max Bowie)
Asset Managers Still Struggling to Capture, Normalize Data (Anthony Malakian)
MDW Special: Highlighting the Best Innovation Cities (Dan DeFrancesco)
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