Articles by Wei-Shen Wong
Deutsche Bank works on standardized protocols for asset tokenization
The bank is looking at its role as an asset servicer to ensure the safety of tokenized assets and investor protection. It plans to have a limited prototype by November.
All eyes turn to North America as T+1 arrives
As T+1 settlement becomes a reality in North America, long-lingering questions will get their answers.
Waters Wavelength Podcast: Talos’s Samar Sen
Samar Sen, head of Apac at Talos, joins the podcast to talk about the institutional tools in the digital assets space.
Waters Wavelength Podcast: Bloomberg’s Tony McManus
Tony McManus, global head of enterprise data division at Bloomberg, joins the podcast to talk about the importance of data in the context of AI and GenAI.
Waters Wavelength Podcast: S&P’s CTO on AI, data, and the future of datacenters
Frank Tarsillo, CTO at S&P Global Market Intelligence, joins the podcast to discuss the firm’s approach to AI, the importance of data, and what might be in store for datacenters in the coming years.
Bank-led consortium takes aim at position reporting
Five banks, including Barclays, BNP Paribas, Goldman Sachs and HSBC, have joined forces to mitigate interpretation and implementation errors in position reporting disclosures.
Waters Wavelength Podcast: Broadridge’s Joseph Lo on GPTs
Joseph Lo, head of enterprise platforms at Broadridge, joins the podcast to discuss AI tools.
‘Very careful thought’: T+1 will introduce costs, complexities for ETF traders
When the US moves to T+1 at the end of May 2024, firms trading ETFs will need to automate their workflows as much as possible to avoid "settlement misalignment" and additional costs.
Waters Wavelength Podcast: Countdown to T+1
DTCC’s Val Wotton joins the podcast this week to discuss the impending move to T+1 in the US.
Hub to lay off 20% of staff, sources say
Hub’s CEO says this is simply a case of a startup trying to stay nimble and efficient; others say it points to deeper issues.
Waters Wavelength Podcast: An exploration of the DeFi world
Daniel Liebau from Lightbulb Capital joins the podcast and dives into DeFi.
Waters Wavelength Podcast: Looking into the EU regulatory landscape
Eflow’s Ben Parker joins the podcast to discuss EU regulations.
Waters Wavelength Podcast: Tim Baker on Cusip lawsuit, data copyrights, and innovation in market data
Expero’s Tim Baker joins the podcast to talk about the ongoing Cusip suit and regulatory intervention in the market data space.
Ticking clock: Firms in Asia face unique T+1 challenges
Firms in Asia worry about unintended consequences of massive change to settlement cycle.
Citi details API for HKEX’s Synapse
New pieces of technology, like Synapse, assist Citi in migrating clients to newer technologies, and newer ways to settle and clear more efficiently.
Hunting for reliable low latency, HFTs look to novel techs in 2023
WatersTechnology looks at advancements in market data latency technology and what role the cloud can play.
Multicast in the cloud—no longer a pipe dream
Colt Technology explains the process it went through to make it possible to distribute multicast market data in the cloud.
Waters Wavelength Podcast: BMO on market structure
This week, Joe Wald from BMO joins the podcast to discuss the SEC’s market structure proposals.
What is Aladdin Trader? BlackRock’s fixed-income tool still a mystery
Sources tell WatersTechnology that Aladdin Trader will expand on the platform’s ‘limited’ execution functionality.
Waters Wavelength Podcast: Episode 276 (Dos and don’ts for PR People, Part Four)
The team in London, plus Shen, gives an update on the rules all media relations teams should follow.
Waters Wavelength Podcast: Bill Murphy on getting the foundations right
Bill Murphy, managing partner at Cresting Wave, is back to discuss the foundations necessary to leverage emerging technologies in the long run.
Waters Wavelength Podcast: The issue with corporate actions
Yogita Mehta from SIX joins to discuss the biggest challenges firms face when dealing with corporate actions.
LSEG-Microsoft products on track for 2024 release
The exchange’s to-do list includes embedding its data, analytics, and workflows in the Microsoft Teams and productivity suite.
Waters Wavelength Podcast: Navigating the buy vs. build debate
Adaptive Financial Consulting’s Matt Barrett joins the podcast to discuss how firms decide to build or buy.