Articles by Wei-Shen Wong
Waters Wavelength Ep. 297: How to talk to the media
This week, Tony and Wei-Shen discuss the dos and don’ts for sources interacting with the media.
BNY uses proprietary data store to connect disparate applications
Internally built ODS is the “bedrock” upon which BNY plans to become more than just a custodian bank.
The Waters Cooler: Tidings of comfort and joy
Christmas is almost upon us. Have you been naughty or nice?
Waters Wavelength Ep. 296: Questions about data quality
It’s all about the data, data, data.
Waters Wavelength Ep. 295: Vision57’s Steve Grob
Steve Grob joins the podcast to discuss all things interoperability, AI, and the future of the OMS.
Waters Wavelength Ep. 294: Grasshopper’s James Leong
James Leong, CEO of Grasshopper, a proprietary trading firm based in Singapore, joins to discuss market reforms.
Waters Wavelength Ep. 292: Fencore’s James Crosby
James Crosby joins the podcast to talk about the evolution of buy side tech and data decisions.
Deutsche Bank experiments with regulatory GenAI tool
Project Aggie can complete what business domain experts typically do in a few hours in under five minutes, the bank says.
T+1 shift sees out-of-hours human resourcing costs spike by as much as 20%
New research finds that trading firms are experiencing increased labor costs—which could be a boon for outsourced trading.
Waters Wavelength Ep. 291: Do you know enough to be dangerous?
Tony and Wei-Shen have a philosophical chat about what “being dangerous” means.
Waters Wavelength Ep. 290: Nasdaq’s Valerie Bannert-Thurner
Nasdaq’s EVP and chief revenue officer for the financial technology division joins Nyela on the podcast.
The Waters Cooler: No Singapore Slings
Market microstructure, a prediction exchange, ETF and T+1 woes—does it get any more exciting than this?
Waters Wavelength Ep. 289: WFIC at Y’all Street
Nyela joins to talk about her time at WFIC this year.
Managing cloud costs comes down to putting controls in place
With cloud usage now pervasive throughout the capital markets, firms are focusing on stemming unintended costs.
Waters Wavelength Ep. 288: Media’s changing landscape
Wei-Shen and Tony discuss ways to improve the podcast going forward.
Northern Trust adds fixed-income capabilities for outsourced trading in Asia-Pacific
The custodian bank now offers 24/6 fixed-income trading coverage with desks in Chicago, London, and Sydney.
Back to basics: Data management woes continue for the buy side
Data management platform Fencore helps investment managers resolve symptoms of not having a central data layer.
Waters Wavelength Podcast: Standard Chartered’s Brian O’Neill
Brian O’Neill from Standard Chartered joins the podcast to discuss cloud strategy, costs, and resiliency.
Aussie asset managers struggle to meet ‘bank-like’ collateral, margin obligations
New margin and collateral requirements imposed by UMR and its regulator, Apra, are forcing buy-side firms to find tools to help.
Startup helps buy-side firms retain ‘control’ over analytics
ExeQution Analytics provides a structured and flexible analytics framework based on the q programming language that can be integrated with kdb+ platforms.
SS&C continues Blue Prism rollout, eyes other acquisition targets
The company is focusing on organic growth while keeping its eye on potential acquisitions.
Northern Trust offers internal fund accounting, data tools to clients
Regulations and a mandate to enhance quality and transparency in a bid to improve the investor experience are pushing buy-side firms to have more oversight of their third-party providers.
Waters Wavelength Podcast: Deutsche Bank’s Boon-Hiong Chan
Boon-Hiong Chan from Deutsche Bank joins the podcast to talk about blockchain interoperability.
Standard Chartered keeps faith with quantum experimentation
The bank is aiming to future-proof itself with the ability to adopt new technology at an early stage.