The Waters Weekly Wrap: November 16-20

The Tullet Prebon-Icap deal from last week has been followed up by some more mergers and acquisitions. BGC, and its subsidiary GFI, agreed to offload Trayport to ICE this week. SS&C, who has had arguably the biggest year in terms of acquisitions, closed its deal with Primatics.  

Also, Tim Bourgaize Murray did a deep dive into the syndicated loans market. You can read part one here and part two here.  

Deals  

SS&C Closes Deal with Primatics Financial (SST) 

BGC, GFI to Offload Trayport to ICE for $650 Million (BST/SST) 

Tullett-Icap Voice Broking Merger Will Drive New Data Products, Indexes (IMD) 

New Releases

Thomson Reuters Introduces Buy-Side Equities Dashboard for Eikon (BST)

Markit Launches Netting Synchronization Service for Cleared OTC Derivates (SST)

Calypso Launches New Multi-Asset Portfolio, Risk Solution (BST) 

Solarflare Adds Data Recording Capability to CSS for Security Threats, Regulatory Requirements (SST)

Best of the Rest 

Security, Accessibility and 'Holding a Mirror to It' (BST)

Spoofing: Defining the Indefinable (SST)

Users Seek Justification for LSE Fee Hikes (IMD)

Survey: Asset Managers Lack Confidence in Own Data Quality (IRD)

BT and Volante Team Up for Messaging Standards Translation (IRD)

Airex CEO Stephen Kuhn Discusses Company's Plans to Become the Amazon of Wall Street (BST)

Kilburn's Corner: While MiFID 2 Sleeps, London Burns (IMD)

Security, Accessibility and 'Holding a Mirror to It' (BST)

State Street Promotes Perretta, Hires LSEG's Shagoury as CIO (BST) (SST)

November Features

Northern Trust's Scott Murray: One Step Ahead (Waters)

Molded Through Merger: A Look Back at Major M&A Activity (Waters)

Off the Chain: The Blockchain Battle (Waters)

The Future of FX: Too Many Cooks? (Waters)

Data Lakes: Uncharted Waters (Waters)