The Waters Weekly Wrap: July 9-15
A look back at the best stories published across all the Waters brands.

Yesterday, at an event held at The Metropolitan Club in Manhattan, the winners of this year's Waters Rankings were announced. You can see all the winners here..
And on the latest edition of the Waters Wavelength Podcast, Dan sits down with Wei-Shen Wong, Waters' Hong Kong-based reporter, to discuss fintech and regulation in the Asia-Pacific region.
Technology
(Best of Buy-Side Technology & Sell-Side Technology)
Symphony CEO Lays Out Future for Firm (SST/BST)
SS&C Developments Driven by Asset Managers Searching for Greater Yields (BST)
New ComplySci CEO Outlines Plans for Platform Expansion, Growth (SST)
State Street Joins GlobalCollateral Pilot Program for Margin Settlement (BST)
R3 Moves into Africa with Addition of Absa Bank to Blockchain Consortium (SST)
Deutsche AM, Henderson, AXA IM Join Board of Bond Trading Utility Neptune (BST)
Data
(Best of Inside Market Data & Inside Reference Data)
Equinix Outlines Expanded London Presence (IMD)
Avox Migrates Data Center to the Cloud (IRD)
Perseus Eyes More Client Wins for ‘Spend Mobility' Service Amid Markets Uncertainty (IMD)
Foundation Launches Tool for Challenging LEI Data (IRD)
Velocimetrics Launches Market Data Replay Solution (IMD)
Opinions
The Reality of Virtual Reality on the Trading Floor (Dan DeFrancesco)
Moving Forward, Looking Backward (John Brazier)
Features
Out of Africa: Newton Investment Management's Paula Walter (Waters)
The Buy Side's KYC Moment (Waters)
Understanding the Value of User Experience: Why UX Matters Now, More Than Ever, for Big Firms (Waters)
APIs: The Unheralded Here and Now of Financial Technologies (Waters)
Can Blockchain Change the Reconciliation Game? (Waters)
Startups: Surviving the Fintech Labyrinth (Waters)
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