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The Waters Weekly Wrap: April 2-8
A look back at the best content published across all the Waters brands.
Waters Wavelength Podcast Episode 12: Open Source, Reg AT, Panama Papers
Dan and Anthony chat about their April features.
Open to Open Source
The benefits of using open-source software are too great to ignore for financial firms.
Aberdeen's Iain Plunkett: Transformation Through Technology
Aberdeen Asset Management's new group CTO/COO discusses using technology as a lever for transformation.
The Waters Weekly Wrap: March 26 - April 1
A look back at the best content published across all the Waters brands.
Dan DeFrancesco: License to Build
Licensing is the key to open source continuing to prosper.
April 2016: ‘A Changeable Marketplace’
Anthony discusses the need to be agile, especially in changing marketplaces with constantly shifting regulatory regimes.
Reg AT: A Source (Code) of Contention
Regulation Automated Trading was created to protect market integrity and update the CFTC’s rules as algorithmic trading proliferates. There are many areas where there’s consensus agreement as to the benefits of this proposed regulation, but Anthony…
Max Bowie: Data ‘Sandboxes’: Learning Through Play
Like the sandboxes of childhood, today’s developer “sandbox” environments promote innovation through experimentation—thankfully, Max says, just as in those carefree childhood days, without the fees and administrative burden usually associated with data…
Michael Shashoua: Seeking Smarter Applications
Compliance technology and artificial intelligence make more inroads among financial data management operations, with opposite levels of disruption to the industry, Michael writes.
John Brazier: The Buy Side Has Never Had It So Good
The buy side has plenty of options for bond trading, it's a matter of making the right decisions.
Waters Wavelength Podcast Episode 11: Future of Exchanges, Bussmann Departure, Apple-FBI Closure
The guys look at how trading venues have evolved, what's in store for the former UBS CIO and the fallout from the end of the Apple-FBI battle.
Adequately Agile: Capital Markets Firms Embrace Agile Methodology
While the Agile software development methodology has been around since the mid-90s, it’s really only been in the last few years that capital markets firms have started to embrace various aspects of its Manifesto.
The Waters Weekly Wrap: March 19-25
A look back at the best content published across all the Waters brands.
Grappling with Vendor Risk Rules
Vendors in the financial services industry rarely make the headlines unless the news is bad. And in 2015, the news was often catastrophically bad. By Steve Marlin
Waters Wavelength Podcast Episode 10: Markit-IHS Merger, FIA Boca
Dan and Anthony look at the Markit-IHS merger and recap Anthony's trip to FIA Boca.
The Waters Weekly Wrap: March 12-18
A look back at the best content published across all the Waters brands.
Waters Wavelength Podcast Episode 9: Cyber Risk North America, Deutsche Börse-LSE Deal
Dan shares his thoughts on Cyber Risk North America and the agreement between Deutsche Börse and LSE.
The Waters Weekly Wrap: March 5-11
A look back at the best content published across all the Waters brands.
Waters Wavelength Podcast Episode 8: Consolidation of Risk Platforms, Open Source
Dan and Anthony analyze mergers on the buy side for vendors of risk platforms and the usage of open source in financial services.
The Waters Weekly Wrap: Feb 27 - Mar 4
A look back at the best content published across all the Waters brands.
Agile: The CIOs’ Pressure Valve
Victor Anderson argues that as pressure continues to mount on CIOs to provide examples of the value they deliver to the organization, the Agile development methodology offers them some wiggle room and might well provide them with something of a pressure…