Happy New Year, dear listeners. This week, Tony and Shen reflect on how this podcast started, the guests we’ve brought on, the changes in music (and co-hosts), and the topics we’ve covered and will be covering looking ahead.Door WatersTechnology

Eliot talks to Carlo di Florio, president of financial services advisory company ACA Group, about the SEC’s key decisions this year, as well as the future of the regulator with current SEC Chair Gary Gensler’s tenure at the helm of the top US financial services regulator coming to an end in 2025. di Florio joined the SEC in the aftermath of the 200…

Reb and Shen discuss Reb’s article about how generative AI will impact the market data industry and how that will also creep into the reference data space. Reb also details a market data framework by Substantive Research, the drama around reference data identifiers, and a preview of her next story.https://www.waterstechnology.com/emerging-technolog…

Tony and Wei-Shen talk about five essential things you need to know when interacting with us as a source. 1. On the record/on background/off the record2. Don’t be a drone3. Give tangible examples 4. We may need help understanding the subject matter5. Why you want to talk to the mediaDoor WatersTechnology

This week, Tony and Shen discuss the first article from the Voice of the CDO series, as well as their thoughts on the Jake Paul v. Mike Tyson fight.https://www.waterstechnology.com/data-management/7952103/chief-data-officers-must-get-it-done-but-differ-on-what-that-meansDoor WatersTechnology

This week, Steve Grob, founder of Vision57, joins Tony on the podcast. Together, they chat about interoperability and the future of the OMS. 5:00 – Steve joins the podcast. They kick things off with firms’ appetite for AI9:00 – Rubbish in, rubbish out13:00 – Fix the standardization and availability piece15:30 – The state of the interop movement20:3…

This week, James Leong, CEO of Grasshopper, joins Wei-Shen on the podcast. They discuss the market reforms the Singapore Exchange and the Monetary Authority of Singapore are considering.9:30 – James joins the podcast and gives an overview of Grasshopper and its journey since 200612:00 – They discuss why the SGX and the MAS are looking at market ref…

This week, Tony and Reb discuss the industry's reaction to the FDTA proposed rules around identifiers, what that could mean for the ongoing Cusip lawsuit, and the Opera.Door WatersTechnology

This week, Shen speaks with James Crosby, co-founder and CEO of data management provider Fencore. They discuss the evolutionary nature of the buy side’s approach to technology platforms and data and how it has come full circle. 9:30 – James joins, and we discuss the buy-side operating model14:30 – How it has evolved16:30 – Are we repeating old mist…

Tony and Wei-Shen get a little philosophical in this episode. Tony tries to articulate an idea, and then it becomes about what it takes to be a good journalist versus what it takes to be a good columnist.Door WatersTechnology

This week, Nyela brings on Valerie Bannert-Thurner, EVP and chief revenue officer for the financial technology division at Nasdaq. They talk about Nasdaq’s approach to fintech and its strategy moving forward. 6:00 – Valerie joins Nyela on the podcast and talks about Nasdaq’s evolution12:00 – What makes up fintech at Nasdaq15:30 – The Street’s deman…

After a brief introduction from Wei-Shen and Tony, Nyela Graham joins the podcast to discuss her week spent in Austin, Texas, covering the World Financial Information Conference (WFIC), arguably the world’s largest conference dedicated solely to financial data-related issues.Nyela talks with Tony about the panels that received the most attention, t…

Hello, dear listener. It’s your favorite host, Wei-Shen, writing this. Let’s be honest. My co-host, Tony, and I have not given this podcast the love it deserves. We realize that and are looking to change and improve on it to give you a better listening experience with more episodes—and more importantly, more guests and analysis—on a regular basis.T…

This week, Brian O’Neill, COO for transformation, technology & operations, and global head for group transformation at Standard Chartered, joins Wei-Shen on the podcast. They discuss a cloud-first and a cloud-value strategy, monitoring cloud costs, and maintaining resiliency.5:30 – Brian joins the podcast and gives an overview of his background and…

This week, Boon-Hiong Chan, Asia-Pacific head of securities and technology advocacy and industry applied innovation lead at Deutsche Bank, joins the podcast. They discuss the importance of blockchain interoperability and go into some methods and key requirements to achieve that.https://www.waterstechnology.com/emerging-technologies/7951853/ace-high…

This week, Samar Sen, head of Apac at Talos, joins Wei-Shen on the podcast. They discuss how institutional tools for the digital asset space have grown in the last few years and the tools Talos is building on. 1:30 – Samar explains how he moved from the sell side to working with digital assets6:30 – How the SEC greenlighting spot bitcoin ETFs impac…

Tony McManus, global head of Bloomberg’s enterprise data division, joins the podcast this week. They discuss Bloomberg’s approach to AI and GenAI from a data perspective, getting the infrastructure and architecture right to leverage these technologies, and the skills necessary for graduates interested in joining Bloomberg. 5:30 – Tony McManus joins…

Nyela Graham brings Frank Tarsillo, CTO at S&P Global Market Intelligence, on the podcast this week. They discuss S&P’s approach to AI, the need for “ready-to-use” data, and how the firm’s Kensho and IHS Markit acquisitions are helping accelerate innovation. 2:00 – Frank joins the podcast and explains S&P’s approach to AI9:30 – How Kensho has shape…

This week, Joseph Lo, head of enterprise platforms at Broadridge, joins Wei-Shen on the podcast. They talk about Broadridge’s thinking behind BondGPT and OpsGPT, and some of the challenges firms face when experimenting with and using LLMs. https://www.waterstechnology.com/emerging-technologies/7951726/broadridge-ceo-we-intend-to-be-a-leader-in-aiTo…

Joining Wei-Shen on the podcast this week is Val Wotton, managing director and general manager for Institutional Trade Processing at the DTCC. They talk about the time left to US T+1, the assessment of firms’ readiness, as well as the SEC’s rule on affirmation rates.5:30 – Val joins the podcast and gives an overview of his role at the DTCC 7:00 – T…

This week, Daniel Liebau, founding chairman of Lightbulb Capital, a research and advisory firm related to blockchain, joins Wei-Shen on the podcast. They discuss decentralized finance technology, and also Dan’s DeFi 2034 paper, as well as some possible future scenarios for TradFi and DeFi. https://www.linkedin.com/company/blockchain-scholars-podcas…

Ben Parker, CEO at regtech firm Eflow, joins Theo on the podcast. They talk about the regulatory landscape in Europe, including the Markets in Crypto Assets Regulation and the European Market Infrastructure Regulation Refit. 4:00 – Ben joins the podcast and gives an overview of his background and eFlow Global6:00 – They cover the main items on the …

This week, Expero’s managing director and financial services practice lead, Tim Baker, joins Reb on the podcast to discuss the ongoing Cusip case, the FCA’s wholesale market data study, and issues to do with copyrighting market data.https://www.waterstechnology.com/regulation/7951301/the-cusip-lawsuit-a-love-story 5:00 – Tim joins the podcast and t…

Tony speaks with Joe Wald, managing director and head of electronic trading at BMO Capital Markets. But before that, Tony and Shen discuss their story about BlackRock’s mysterious “new” fixed-income tool, Aladdin Trader. Shen also talks about her recent trip to London. Skip ahead to 18:00 for the interview with Joe.https://www.waterstechnology.com/…

It’s Thanksgiving in the US, so we decided it’s time to revisit some of the dos and don’ts for PR people. Then, they discuss how Reb is settling into her new city. Here are Parts One (https://www.waterstechnology.com/management-strategy/2458851/waters-wavelength-podcast-episode-18-dos-and-donts-for-pr-people), Two (https://www.waterstechnology.com/…

This week, Bill Murphy, managing partner at Cresting Wave, joins Tony on the podcast to talk about the importance of putting the right foundations in place and having the right mindset before starting a technology project. 7:00 – Bill joins the podcast.10:30 – They discuss the increasing pressure for quick wins.14:00 – How important is it to get th…

This week, Yogita Mehta, commercial product director for corporate actions at SIX Financial, joins the podcast to discuss the existing challenges firms face in the corporate action lifecycle. 2:30 – Yogita joins the podcast and gives an overview of her career.6:30 – They discuss the biggest challenges in the corporate action lifecycle. 13:00 – How …

This week, Adaptive Financial Consulting’s co-founder and CEO, Matt Barrett, joins Theo on the podcast to discuss the buy versus build debate. Then, they look at what characteristics firms are after in a trading system.https://www.greenwich.com/market-structure-technology/trading-technology-unveiled https://www.waterstechnology.com/trading-tech/795…

This week, David Sharratt, global head of data product commercialization at Standard Chartered, joins Wei-Shen to talk about monetizing data. They discuss what a data product is, the steps necessary to build it, and the common pitfalls firms face in the process.6:00 – David joins the podcast and talks through his 30-plus years in the capital market…

This week, David Hardoon, group chief data and AI officer at Union Bank of the Philippines, joins Wei-Shen on the podcast to discuss language models and how they add that conversation layer to knowledge. They then unravel some of the terminologies around LLMs and the fundamentals of what firms are trying to achieve. This episode is David’s second t…

John Duigenan is the general manager for the Financial Services Industry for IBM. He joins Tony on the podcast to discuss the fields of generative AI and large language models. He has worked at IBM for more than 25 years in various roles.4:00 – John joins the podcast and talks about how he started in the financial services industry.6:00 – What’s th…

This week, Steve Rubinow, former chief innovation and technology officer at the New York Stock Exchange and lecturer at the Jarvis College of Computing and Digital Media at DePaul University, joins Tony on the podcast. They talk about AI disruption and the state of the education system.3:30 – Tony reminisces about how he first met Steve.7:00 – Stev…

This week, Brad Levy, CEO of Symphony, joins Tony on the podcast. They discuss Levy’s vision for Symphony going forward and how his managing style has changed since 2020.7:30 – Brad Levy joins the podcast and talks about his vision for Symphony. 10:30 – Brad chats about moving towards a markets-focused platform, extending to buy-side firms. 14:00 –…

This week, Emanuele “Manny” Conti, Numerix’s new CEO, joins Tony on the podcast. They talk about his vision for Numerix’s future, the company’s acquisition strategy, and major trends that are changing the industry. 3:30 – Manny is a Midwesterner and a fan of Ohio State football, which Tony finds unfortunate.7:30 – Manny discusses how he became fami…

This week, Steve Moreton, global head of product management at CJC joins Tony on the podcast to explain why firms should start experimenting with virtual reality now, because VR’s capital markets adoption is not a question of if, but when. (Actually, it’s already here.)To view Moreton’s Metaverse presentation at FISD Netherlands from earlier this y…

This week, Reb joins Tony and Shen on the podcast. They talk about returning to in-person conferences after what feels like many years of having these done online. They delve into how these events can, and should, stimulate more interesting interactions—whether in the form of case studies or topic-specific fireside chats. Having the right moderator…

This week, Shen records the podcast at The Grapes, Limehouse, one of the oldest pubs in London. (Fun fact: Ian McKellen owns it.) She’s joined by Reb and Nyela, as well as Theo and Eliot, our newest reporters representing WatersTechnology in London. It’s chaotic, extremely noisy (cause we’re at a bar, duhh), and Shen is greatly outnumbered by Gen-Z…

This week, Tyler Derr, chief technology officer at Broadridge, joins Tony and Shen on the podcast. They discuss how Broadridge has grown through acquisitions, interoperability in the capital markets, blockchain use cases, and thoughts on emerging technologies.4:00 – Tyler joins the podcast and walks through his background in the transfer agency spa…

This week, Tony and Shen discuss the upcoming North American Financial Information Summit (Nafis) on May 16, 2023. They walk through the themes that will be discussed during the summit and why they are important.You can find more information about the summit here: https://www.financialinformationsummit.com/na , and if you want to register, you can …

This week, Jerome Kemp, president at Baton Systems, a company looking to transform post-trade processing using distributed ledger technology (DLT), joins Wei-Shen on the podcast. They talk about the processes within the post-trade ecosystem that can benefit from DLT and some of the challenges that firms face in the implementation phase.3:00 – Jerom…

This week, Stephen Richardson, head of Apac and senior vice president of financial markets at Fireblocks, a digital asset security platform, joins Wei-Shen on the podcast. They chat about private key security and the technology traditional firms need to interact with digital assets.5:00 – Stephen joins the podcast and gives an overview of Fireblock…

This week, Matt Smith, CEO of compliance technology and data analytics firm SteelEye, joins Wei-Shen on the podcast to discuss the evolution of compliance solutions for electronic and voice communications and the regulatory landscape.1:30 – Matt joins the podcast and talks through some of the points in a report SteelEye released at the end of 2022.…

Andrea Gentilini, head of SEI Novus, joins Wei-Shen on the podcast. Together, they talk about using the term ‘target operating model’, and how the buy side should use data to evaluate managers’ skillsets better. 3:00 – Andrea joins the podcast and gives an overview of his career and how he landed at SEI Novus.6:30 – He gives an analogy about how as…

It’s just Shen and Tony on this week’s podcast. To start, they chat about the upcoming Thanksgiving holiday in the US and Rebecca Natale’s undying love for Taylor Swift. Then, they get into the nitty-gritty of the recent announcement by the Australian Securities Exchange (ASX) to scrap the replacement of its clearing and settlements system using di…

Joining Tony on the podcast this week is Spencer Lee, chief markets officer at TS Imagine, a trading, portfolio, and risk analytics solutions provider. They talk about the needs of buy-side fixed income traders, innovation in the space, and how traders deal with the various trading protocols. (2:30) – Spencer Lee joins Tony on the podcast and gives…

This week, Wei-Shen speaks with Josephine about her experience attending the World Financial Information Conference (WFic) in Prague in mid-October. She also recounts some of the engineering streams and panels that discussed challenges with delivering and consuming data on the cloud.Do check out her story covering the cooperation between JP Morgan …

This week, with no guest in tow, Tony and Shen go off the rails discussing how firms are migrating more workflows and processes to the cloud. They then touch on interoperability, blockchain, APIs, and open source before circling back to the cloud.Door WatersTechnology

This week, Andy Volz, chief operating officer at Clear Street, joins Tony on the podcast. They discuss the challenges existing technology infrastructures pose to the capital markets, the growing necessity of the cloud, and some trends in the market.9:00 – Andy joins Tony on the podcast and gives an overview of his career and what Clear Street does.…

James Crosby, founder and CEO of data management firm Fencore based out of Singapore, joins Wei-Shen on the podcast this week. They talk about the risks of vendor lock-in and how firms—both end-users and service providers—are working towards interoperability.4:30 – James joins the podcast and gives an overview of what Fencore does.8:30 – They discu…

Bill Dauge, head of alternative data at Nasdaq, joins Tony on the podcast this week. They talk about Nasdaq’s partnership with AWS and what it entails, and the trends that are driving this. 4:30 – Bill joins the podcast and gives an overview of his role at Nasdaq.7:30 – He goes into Nasdaq’s partnership with AWS and the exchange’s overall cloud str…