The Waters Weekly Wrap: April 2-8
A look back at the best content published across all the Waters brands.

So much blockchain this week...sooooooooo much. By my count, there were eight blockchain-related announcements this week. You can find them all here, and more, assuming you're not blockchained-out yet.
Also, in this week's Waters Wavelength Podcast, Dan and Anthony talk some more about Reg AT and open source, and they also touch on the fallout stemming from the Panama Papers. To wrap things up, Anthony gives his controversial opinion on the men's and women's NCAA championship basketball games.
And here's the best of the rest from WatersTechnology from this past week:
Features
Aberdeen's Iain Plunkett: Transformation Through Technology (Waters)
Open to Open Source (Waters)
Adequately Agile: Firms Eye Agile Method (Waters)
Reg AT: A Source (Code) of Contention (Waters)
Grappling with Vendor Risk Rules (Waters)
Technology
(Best of Buy-Side Technology & Sell-Side Technology)
With New Trading Platform, TruMid to Launch ‘On-Demand' Trading Sessions (BST)
BNP Paribas Securities Services Executive Talks SmartAngels Partnership, Blockchain (SST)
StatPro Revolution Performance to Focus on Scalability, Automation (BST)
Firms Grapple with Updated Reporting Standards (SST)
Recognos Focuses on Mutual Funds with Latest Upgrades (BST)
Four Banks, DTCC, Markit Complete Blockchain Test for CDS (SST)
Data
(Best of Inside Market Data & Inside Reference Data)
MiFID II is Getting Personal (IRD)
Data-as-a-Service Analytics Startup Kyper Taps WSH for Events Data (IMD)
Machine Learning's Many Tentacles (IRD)
Solarflare Sues over Patent Infringement, Exablaze Denies Accusations (IMD)
ESMA Shifts Data Project Into Gear (IRD)
Warsaw Exchange Relaunches Co-Lo to Grow Algo, International Participation (IMD)
Opinions
Don't Let a Wine Week Be Data-Weak (Max Bowie)
Golden Copy: The Extremes of Data Technology Performance (Michael Shashoua)
Premonition from the Panama Papers (Dan DeFrancesco)
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