The Waters Weekly Wrap: June 4-10
A look back at the best content published across all the Waters brands.

Voting for this year's Waters Rankings is officially closed. The winners will be announced July 14 at a luncheon in Manhattan. Thank you for your participation.
On this week's Waters Wavelength podcast, Dan DeFrancesco focuses on his trip to the Toronto Financial Information and Technology Summit. He also shares his experience with how friendly Canadians are and then wraps things up by talking about his eventful flight home.
Technology
(Best of Buy-Side Technology & Sell-Side Technology)
MSCI Boosts Flexibility with Analytics Enhancements (BST)
Symphony Executive Discusses Mobile App Launch (SST)
Former Blue Cross Life Canada CEO: Regulatory Oversight Coming for Fintechs (BST/SST)
Buy vs. Build: Know When to Outsource (SST/BST)
Tradeweb Adds FlexRFQ Functionality (BST)
Icap's EBS BrokerTec Inks Deal With China's CFETS (SST)
Data
(Best of Inside Market Data & Inside Reference Data)
MiFIR Draws Closer (IRD)
Slow Economic Growth Expected to Impact Market Data Sector (IMD)
Are Utilities Changing Data Management? (IRD)
Higher Fees Unavoidable As Exchanges Transform Into Data Companies (IMD)
The Human Side of Data Governance (IRD)
Bracken Selects Rival Systems For Market Making Platform, Price Calculation Engine (IMD)
Opinions
Golden Copy: MiFIR's Tallest Orders (Michael Shashoua)
Are Banks Tacitly Asking for More Regulation to Squeeze Out Smaller Competitors? (Dan DeFrancesco)
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)
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Waters Wavelength Ep. 315: Company names and the loans market
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OCC’s security chief on generative AI with guardrails
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