The Waters Weekly Wrap: February 8-12

First up, this week WatersTechnology launched a survey to establish the extent to which capital markets firms are operating outdated middle- and back-office platforms that might be hindering their growth objectives. If you'd like to partake, click here.

And for this week's Waters Wavelength Podcast, Dan DeFrancesco and Anthony Malakian attempt to tackle eight topics in rapid succession. The results weren't always great, but it's an entertaining listen, if anything.

Technology

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

Finance, Risk Need to be Brought Together to Improve Data Management Processes (BST)

Markit Buys JPMorgan Integration Software for Syndicated Loans (SST)

Major UK Fund Managers Team on Blockchain (BST)

Acquisition of Etrali Fuels IPC's Global Goals (SST)

Survey: Unifying the Risk View (BST)

European Commission Confirms One Year MiFID II Delay (SST)

Data

(Best of Inside Market Data & Inside Reference Data)

Interactive Data Loses COO Nadler, Infrastructure CTO Caudell (IMD)

Not Just Another ID in a Database (IRD)

Update: BCA Research, FiscalNote Partner for US Policy Analytics (IMD)

Data Disruption? (IRD)

Selerity Integrates Twitter Into Symphony App (IMD)

GLEIF Says Program 'Will Maintain Quality in LEI Pool' (IRD)

Opinions

(Still) Deconstructing the Flash Crash (Anthony Malakian)

Golden Copy: Desperately Seeking Standards (Michael Shashoua)

From Our Pages to the President's Lips (Dan DeFrancesco)

The Story Behind the Numbers (Faye Kilburn)

Features

Won't Back Down: SEC CIO Pamela Dyson (Waters)

Risky Alternative: Solving Enterprise Risk for Alternative Investments (Waters)

Fixed-Income Liquidity: An Alternative FIX (Waters)

Toward Mobility: Building More Than a Scaled-Down Desktop Environment (Waters)

Star-Spangled Exchanges: IT Projects in 2016 (Waters)