The Waters Weekly Wrap: July 16-22
A look back at the best stories published across all the Waters brands.
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Before we get to the stories from the week, you should first check out this webcast that looks at the need for clean, timely and accurate data for asset managers in order to manage various disparate downstream processes, including pre-trade decision support, performance and attribution, client reporting, and risk management.
And on the latest edition of the Waters Wavelength Podcast, Dan and Anthony discuss trading turrets, Sifma's comment latter pertaining to the CAT, and the Republican National Convention.
Technology
(Best of Buy-Side Technology & Sell-Side Technology)
Case Study: Eclipse Brokerage Taps Cloud9 to Slash Turret Usage (SST)
Thomson Reuters Adds Futures, Options Execution to Eikon for Energy, Commodities Traders (BST)
Sifma: CAT NMS Plan Has Issues with Duplicative Systems, Cost, Data Security (SST)
Liquidnet Launches Invitation Tool for Finding Liquidity in Fixed Income Dark Pool (BST)
New ITG App Forecasts Deviations in Volatile Market Conditions (SST/BST)
Pragma Targets Improved Order Routing Transparency with TradeBase Launch (BST)
Data
(Best of Inside Market Data & Inside Reference Data)
Thomson Reuters: Eikon Trading Capabilities Tackle Duplicate Data Fees (IMD)
Blockchain for Regulatory Reporting? (IRD)
LPL Financial Rolls Out Money.Net into ‘Affinity' Vendor Program (IMD)
GLEIF CEO: LEI Registrations Will Hit Target By 2020 (IRD)
Vela Hiring Spree Boosts Sales, Marketing Ops (IMD)
European Commission Adopts ISIN and RTS 23 Under MiFID II (IRD)
Opinions
If Data and Standards Were Easy... (Max Bowie)
Sifma Comment Letter Latest in Long Line of CAT Issues (Dan DeFrancesco)
So You Want To Be The Best? (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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