The Waters Weekly Wrap: January 25-29
A look back at the best content published across all the Waters brands.
It's the end of January, which means that the Sell-Side Technology Awards are now open for entry. The 2016 edition of the program will feature 28 categories, 26 of which are open for entry. (Best Overall Sell-Side Product of the Year and Best Sell-Side Technology Provider of the Year will be decided by Waters' journalists.)
Also, check out Episode 2 of Waters Wavelength, a weekly podcast produced by Dan DeFrancesco and Anthony Malakian. This week, they discuss developments around blockchain technology ─ and how the DTCC is looking to get involved ─ and they address StatPro's acquisition of Investor Analytics. Anthony also laments New England's Sunday loss in the AFC Championship game against Denver.
Technology
(Best of Buy-Side Technology & Sell-Side Technology)
DTCC Says Industry-Wide Collaboration Needed for Successful Implementation of Blockchain (SST/BST)
DTCC's Palatnick on Blockchain: Too Many Groups Doing Their Own Thing, Not Working Together (SST/BST)
Cambridge Blockchain Wins Santander InnoVentures Distributed Ledger Challenge (SST)
Post-Paladyne, Broadridge Expands Managed Services Offering on the Buy Side (BST)
Machine Learning, Data Analytics Top ITRS' IT Roadmap in 2016 (BST)
Utilizing Artificial Intelligence for Institutional Trading (BST)
Data
(Best of Inside Market Data & Inside Reference Data)
Update: CEO, Chairman Depart Interactive Data, After ICE Completes Acquisition (IMD)
Markit Eyes Regulation-Led Liquidity Tools, Real-Time Bond Pricing for '16 (IMD)
Recognos Launches Machine Learning Data Extraction Service (IRD)
AxiomSL Launches Counterparty Credit Risk Solution (IRD)
Portuguese Investor Group Seeks EC Ruling with Anti-Market Data Fee Petition (IMD)
Opinions
Automation Doesn't Automatically Make You an Automaton (Max Bowie)
The DTCC's Fear of Missing Out on the Blockchain (Dan DeFrancesco)
Golden Copy: Unsung Elements of Data Governance (Michael Shashoua)
AI a Go (Anthony Malakian)
Features
Eternally Internal: WH Trading CTO Mike Madigan (Waters)
The Great Wall: Fintech in China (Waters)
Legacy Systems: Mission Impossible or Mission Unnecessary? (Waters)
Algo Testing Under the Regulatory Microscope (Waters)
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