Articles by Wei-Shen Wong
Waters Wavelength Ep. 302: Connectifi’s Nick Kolba
Nick joins the show to give his views on trends in the interoperability space and the FDC3 standard.
AI co-pilot offers real-time portfolio rebalancing
WealthRyse’s platform melds graph theory, neural networks and quantum tech to help asset managers construct and rebalance portfolios more efficiently and at scale.
Waters Wavelength Ep. 301: SIX’s Javier Hernani
Javier Hernani, head of securities services at SIX, joins to discuss everything T+1.
Waters Wavelength Ep. 300: Reflecting on humble beginnings
It is our 300th episode! Tony and Shen reflect on how it all started.
As the ETF market grows, firms must tackle existing data complexities
Finding reliable reference data is becoming a bigger concern for investors as the ETF market continues to balloon. This led to Big xyt to partner with Trackinsight.
Observations and lessons to learn from the move to T+1
The next few years will see other jurisdictions around the world look to North America for guidance on transitioning to shorter settlement cycles.
Waters Wavelength Ep. 299: ACA Group’s Carlo di Florio
Carlo di Florio joins the podcast to discuss regulations.
Waters Wavelength Ep. 298: GenAI in market data, and everything reference data
Reb is back on the podcast to discuss licensing sticking points for market and reference data.
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.